Wynoochee Steelhead

Cory B  and I floated  the Wynoochee Sunday 1-27-12  the overall water conditions were good. We had 6 feet of vis. The water  stayed between 1100 & 1200cfs, slowly dropping in the morning and on a slow rise in the afternoon. The sky was overcast with a constant rain/drizzle all day .The overall fishing was good but not great we hooked 4 steelhead two free drifting and two on bobbers . Most of the fish being caught were bright hatchery fish but I also heard of a few wild ones.

 

 

Mid January steelhead

Matt S and I spent the weekend fishing a few of the smaller streams.

The weather was cold in the mornings which caused a few issues with freezing lines and rod guides, but warmed a bit in the afternoons.

The water conditions were low and clear, and still dropping. We hooked 10 steelhead and landed 6 this weekend. We were able to catch a couple of hatchery fish  the rest  were wild. We had our best results fishing jigs & floats but  also hooked a few on drift gear.

It looks like we are having a good start to the wild season, I hope it continues  over the next few months.





Hatchery steelhead

Matt s and I fished  the wynoochee on Saturday 12-29-12 the water was at 2,000 and on a steady drop.

We had  4 feet of vis and a nice green tint.

There was a lot of pressure on the river  this weekend, it wasn’t easy  finding open water to fish  but everyone seemed to be in a friendly mood  which makes things a lot  nicer when conditions are crowded   There seemed to be a good number of  fresh fish in the river  and most boats seemed to be getting a couple chances .We ended the day with three hookups two on jig and bobber and one on a plug.  Sunday we left the drift boat at home and worked one of the smaller streams  conditions were perfect but there did not seem to be a ton of fish around.  We fished hard and were able to get three nice fish, two on jig and bobber and one drift fishing shrimp.

With no major rain in the forecast conditions should remain good for the near future.



Hatchery steelhead and silvers

Matt S and I fished one of the small coastal rivers Saturday 12-15-12.  The water was a nice steelhead green color with 3 feet of vis. The river was on a slight rise from the days rain and had a bit more color at the end of the day then we started.

We fished hard all day and were able to hook 3 winter run steelhead and 3 late run silvers. We caught our steelhead on jig and bobbers and had our best results on Coho while twitching river bend jigs.

Humptulips silvers and steelhead

Cory and I fished the Humptulips on Sunday 12-9-12 the water was at 1,900 CFS  with 2 feet of vis most of the day . There was not much  pressure on the river on Sunday but even with the lack of pressure the overall fishing was  still on the slow side. We fished hard and were able to scratch up some silvers and one steelhead using  a combination of Eggs and plugs  but  there still  seemed to be a lack of fresh fish in the river.  

Humptulips Silvers 11-17-12

Ed and I fished the Humptulips Saturday November 17.

It rained hard in the morning and the river was on the rise all day but, it  did not  blow out till after dark  Saturday night. The overall fishing was good but not great. We were able to catch our limits of nice bright hatchery silvers but were not able to find any kings. It feels like the main part of the king run is over for this year.  We did not see many moving fish and only  saw a few fish roll all day. We did see a fair number of silvers caught but, my gut feeling was there were not many fish in the river but, what was there seemed  to be biting  well.

Humptulips salmon

Brian S and I fished the Humptulips on Saturday 11-10-12 and Sunday 11-11-12 . The river was in great shape and should have been fishing very well, but  had a surprisingly slow tone to it this weekend. There did not seem to be many fish in the river. We did not see hardly any fish rolling or caught, and we were not able to spot any  fresh fish moving up river.  We  fished hard and were able to catch our  limits both days and  most of what we caught  were nice and bright, but I would  still consider  the overall fishing to be  very slow. We caught our fish on a combination of  egg and bobber and jigs and also heard of a few fish caught on spinners.