September Chrome

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:58 am

I have been blessed with the opportunity to spend A LOT of time on the rivers the last few weeks, and it has been paying off quite nicely! Been picking up a few early Silvers on the Stilly system by pitching spoons and spinners into slow moving pocket water. A lot of the fish have been small, like 3-4 pounds small but the other day I got a real nice buck that didn't even fit in the cooler. Watch him follow the spinner out of his hiding spot. Casted in the same spot and boom! Of course the Humpies have been plentiful and at times a bit annoying. It doesn't seem to matter what lure is on the end of your line, if its in the water there will be a Hump on the end of your line. With the rains a few fresh Pinks are still trickling into the lower river, although its almost October, which means targeting Coho and drooling of the upcoming Winter Steelhead.

Post by **racfish** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:50 am

Wow Nice chrome indeed. You'll be eating well this week. No more soup lines for you. Hehehe

Bmastro777 · Post by **Bmastro777** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:51 pm

How do u like your okuma sst? Interested in buying one. I'm leaning toward the 9.6" medium lite. Thoughts?

spoonman · Post by **spoonman** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:58 pm

Found some coho today! Although not all that Chrome really. Three for me two for my daughter, the location is blacked out to protect the innocent.

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:07 pm

Bmastro777 wrote:How do u like your okuma sst? Interested in buying one. I'm leaning toward the 9.6" medium lite. Thoughts?

I just bought 4 sst-s-862m which is this 8'6" med and i really like them. I dont know if i would go much light then that though. The extra foot would be nice for float fishing. As far as the strength, I have done the bass master fling with a humpie and it didnt snap

Bmastro777 · Post by **Bmastro777** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:57 pm

Where did u buy them? I see them on ebay for $85 after shipping. Id use the 9.6" for float fishing, might pick up a 8.6" casting rod for spoons too. Those are all great fish btw! I have yet to catch one on the sky :( so I might try the Green next...

primetime · Post by **primetime** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:06 pm

Have any of you ever caught a hatchery coho on the stilly?

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:49 pm

primetime wrote:Have any of you ever caught a hatchery coho on the stilly?

100% wild run

primetime · Post by **primetime** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:50 pm

I caught a hatchery coho last sunday on the stilly.

primetime · Post by **primetime** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:53 pm

It's the coho on the right

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:07 pm

wierd.... any one have any info on this?

4steelhead · Post by **4steelhead** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:34 pm

As of 2/25/13, WDFW predicts a return of 3066 hatchey and 33100 wild coho to the Stilly. What ever the actual counts are who knows. But they are hatchery in there.

primetime · Post by **primetime** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:43 pm

4steelhead wrote:As of 2/25/13, WDFW predicts a return of 3066 hatchey and 33100 wild coho to the Stilly. What ever the actual counts are who knows. But they are hatchery in there.

Thanks. Wonder where the hatchery is? Fortson or off Harvey creek maybe. I fished the stilly for years and never heard of hatchery coho there

Weekend-warrior17 · Post by **Weekend-warrior17** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:13 pm

primetime wrote:I caught a hatchery coho last sunday on the stilly.

I'm not 100% sure on this but it could be a wondering coho from another river that decided randomly to go up the stilly with the school of fish it was traveling with, I've heard of that happening before.

Post by **RiverChromeGS** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:32 pm

Did i hear... Chrome?

Post by **Idstud** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:48 am

Ill do some digging but I thought the ESSC started a hatchery on the North fork of the Stilly but could be wrong. I do know they took over one a few years ago and started running it. Ill ask the powers to be and get back to you.

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:35 am

And there goes Danny! Haha

Bootslayer · Post by **Bootslayer** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:16 am

Looks like the cascade (kiddie pool) has been pumping some fish out again

Nice!!!

kromekrusher · Post by **kromekrusher** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:51 am

Whoa, Cascade limits already? I had friends that were up their that morning, they said that it was so hot that EVERYBODY limited, even the newbies with bass rods!!

Post by **Steelheadin360** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:49 pm

Shes not chrome, but she was real fun on a Steelhead rod!

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