Northwest Fishing Reports

Hwy 530 follows the N.fork Stilly so there's a lot of places to pull over and fish. I usually start at Fortson and work down from there. My favorite holes are Fortson, Cpost then Cicero and they all have produced steelhead in the past. I plan on taking my daughter up there this year. Pm me if you ne...

We got 12 friday and 5 saturday. They are close to shore in about 10-15 ft of water. They will roll like crazy throughout the day and then around 3pm they disappear. This might have something to do with the tides, Im not sure. Tossing Pt wilson darts, buzz bombs and hoochie spinners to rolling fish ...

Since your staying at Swift Creek, I would try the area around Noisy Creek at first light, and venture off from there. This is the most popular spot by far, so you should see some boats there. We also had one of our best days a few years ago fishing the shallow area south west of the Shannon Creek l...

The camp host was saying the detectives suspect foul play. That was the camp host though.

You can have more than one vehicle at Baker, but you will have to pay an extra $9/night for each vehicle. I made reservations way back in March and got one of the last campsites available, so weekends get booked up pretty fast during sockeye season. We stayed at Horseshoe Cove and had a truck with t...

Why do you need another motor? I have a 16' alum boat with 30hp Mercury 4 stroke and find it trolls slow enough for everything I do from Baker Lake sockeye to Puget Sound salmon. I would think your 25hp would troll down plenty slow enough.

I believe it was forecasted to be 2ft or less today. Around 10 the wind was supposed to pick up. I get marine forecasts here: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/west/sewmz.htm For accurate wind readings and also wind forecast I use an app called Wind Alert for android/ apple phones. That way you...

Last year was my first year trolling out there for coho since I got a boat that was "sea worthy." We did well following Johns rigs and advise, and also that article you wrote up BARCHASER. I too had equal results out deep and in close. Our best day last year was out deep when we got a double after m...

Thats for pink salmon. Looks like the forecast is about the same for wild coho as 2014 at about 32,000, but 2014 hatchery coho forecast was 5,840 and 0 for 2015.

My guess is the mud slide may have had an impact. The 2015 forecast for the stilly is about 200,000. 2013 forecast was around 400,000.

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=1680 September 2, 2015 Reopen the Skykomish River below the mouth of the Sultan River Action: Open the Skykomish River from the mouth upstream to the mouth of the Sultan River to fishing. Effective dates: Sept. 2, 2015, until further notice...

They opened back up today. See here: http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/sep0215b/

Just in time for coho... and probably still pink salmon out there too. I was at 3 rivers last weekend drooling over the 21' NR Seahawks they have... man those are nice boats. Hopefully my next boat will be a NR.

I use black label herring cause I like nice long Great idea. I will have to try that. Green labels aren't very fun to fillet. Let it sit in the container 6-7 hours, drain off the liquid before you pop it in the freezer. Just grab it and go. Last year I tried using some strips for blackmouth that ha...

Ive just been using a 3/8-1/2" chunk of herring. Havent noticed any difference in catch rates. I see them on the Dicks website though. Might be worth a try. http://m.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=37651376&camp=CSE:GooglePLA:37651376:18840829:TACKLE&CAGPSPN=pla&CAWELAID=120138600...

Johns sporting goods in Evt has custom made kingfisher spoons that have a barrel swivel on the attachment location and stainless steel hooks with a barrel swivel on them. Thats what I was using for Kings when Ma9 was open. There is one called Herring Aid (not custom) that is hard to find but thats w...

Keep the big boat for the big water and buy another small boat for small lakes.

Not sure. I searched for "law" in Navionics and the only thing that came up within thousands of miles was Lawrence Point in the San Juans.

Good luck out there. 2" is perfect for casting into shallow water close to shore but 2.5" is better for deeper water. I've never used any larger than 2.5".

Mukilteo to Shipwreck would be the place to be right now. You don't need to go out far to get into fish. Last time I was out they were surfacing all over. Cast your buzz bombs to the surfacing fish, let sink 5-10 seconds and jig back to you kayak. For trolling, the fish have been suspended at 20-35f...