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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by countryboy87 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:21 am

ill tell ya right now your far from late. i fished halley from 33 to 6 yesterday and killed em. fast n furious action on the pinks. silvers are showing up and will only get better into october

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by xrayvisionnw » Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:28 pm

Skunked again on the Stilly. I was there from 8:30 AM till Noon at the same spot I posted in my last post. The water was much higher, not very clear, running fairly fast, and it was raining. I lost 4 Dick Nite spoons, and 1 jig.[cursing] To add insult to injury this Humpy kept tormenting me and would swim right up to my legs, just laughing and taunting me. [crying] I actually went down river away from this fish and when I came back he was still there lol....just not my day I guess. I will try again hopefully soon.

So what are people using for there setups on the Stilly?

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by DannyL » Wed Oct 02, 2013 3:22 pm

Banked my first stilly silver of the year right before the rains hit and was using a 50/50 dick nite. Should be good fishing in a couple days to a week
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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by primetime » Wed Oct 02, 2013 3:55 pm

DannyL wrote:Banked my first stilly silver of the year right before the rains hit and was using a 50/50 dick nite. Should be good fishing in a couple days to a week
Sick. I have been smashing on some too on the stilly.

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by goodtimesfishing » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:03 pm

Blown out now, looking forward to it dropping back into shape.

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:14 pm

Bonked 2 nice silvers up above on Friday before she went. They were in decent, but not thick with a few willing biters, biggest about 9lb hen. Released prob 10 or 12 humpies. Looks like she should be back in starting about Saturday, FISH ON! They gunna be in thick after the first fall freshet!

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:16 pm

Hey all you guys that hit it look for me. Camo Neoprene boot foots with a grey Redington wading jacket w/ pliers hanging in the front. Fishing corkies or a DN with a black Fenwick HMX and Shimano Curado, always down to say "what's up" to fellow board members.

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by BARCHASER10 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:21 pm

I need to try the rivers for Silvers. The salt has gotten almost too easy!

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Mon Oct 07, 2013 6:20 am

They're officially here!

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Bmastro777 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:42 pm

Im going to be working up near haller park tomorrow...is this a decent fishing location? What would you throw? Never been fishing on the stilliguamish.

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by natetreat » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:52 pm

[wub] Hmmmm. Shiny.

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:27 am

Bmastro, You can see in my pic what I have been using almost exclusively.

Damn, river is punched again until the weekend..... ](*,)

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Bmastro777 » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:33 pm

Ya. Haller park was not fishable :(

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by RiverChromeGS » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:49 pm

Matt wrote:Bmastro, You can see in my pic what I have been using almost exclusively.

Damn, river is punched again until the weekend..... ](*,)
Deadly little dick nite on the skagit recently as well
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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:54 am

River came back in a few days ago. Go get 'em boys (and girls)!

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by bkawafishin » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:40 am

How long does the run on the Stilly usually go? I had the luck of getting in the good graces of some folks who have private land I can access along the lower river (just west of I5). Wondering if I need to drop everything and run there if I want a shot at some of the Stilly Coho, or if there is still a good couple weeks left.....

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:07 pm

Coho in general run through November. But right now for the next 2 weeks I would say will be the peak of the chromers.

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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by DannyL » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:27 pm

So stilly fish still loving those 50/50s huh
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Re: Stilly Fishing

Post by Matt » Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:54 am

Fish are practically suicidal now. Couple darker hogs from yesterday:

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