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By: djw0414
Posted: 1/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skykomish on Sunday morning near Al Borlin park in Monroe with a buddy. We worked it pretty hard with a drift rig and float/jig with nothing but a whitefish to show for our efforts. Beautiful ...
By: djw0414
Posted: 1/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Skykomish today with two buddies. Started at Tualco and moved up to Al Borlin. We used drift gear, float/jig and fly gear with no luck. River was up a bit but the color was fine so kind of...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/12/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a trip to the Cowlitz on Sunday with my buddy and his drift boat. We put in at Blue Creek and used an electric motor to work the areas above the boat launch. We drift fished with eggs and sandshr...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/7/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished in Auburn near HWY 18 yesterday afternoon. Heard of a few steelhead caught lately so I brought both my chum and my steelie setups. Saw a few chum roll so I went with that plan and caught around...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/5/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent half a day on the Satsop fishing from a driftboat launched at the HWY 12 put in. I hooked a fish on my second cast from shore while waiting for my buddy to show up. Lost it and it was our only h...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/30/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Green this morning to find out if I could hike into a part of the river across from where I fished on Monday below Metzlers. Monday's spot had a lot of fish but limited areas to fish from and ...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/29/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the Green yesterday(Monday) in search of some easy chum. Started at Metzler's and the water was up a bit and cloudy. Took a shot at seeing if fishd(chum or steelhead) were in but nothing was...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/27/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend to the Green yesterday to break in his new rod and reel on some chums. Went near the golf course to check out some spots and finally found a spot with some chum in it. Caught 3 in the ho...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/23/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Yes. Someone had to go out in the monsoon yesterday before the Green got punched so I was the test case. River was not in bad shape when I got to the Auburn area around 8 AM and started fishing for ch...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/11/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After such a good day on Wednesday I returned to the Satsop with my buddy and his drift boat on Thursday. We were hoping to catch our limits or some memorable coho. We got there earlier since the bite...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/9/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Debated whether to take the long venture down to the Humptulips but the latest report from my guide friend was that it had cooled off substantially so decided to try the Satsop with a buddy who has a ...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/7/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Floated the Skykomish in my buddy's driftboat from Ben Howard down to Lewis street Sunday morning. Super cold with ice fouling our guides for the first hour or so. River is really low and a lot of the...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/4/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the Skykomish above Monroe with a fly fishing buddy from Whidbey Island who is learning to fly fish and drift fish rivers. He split his time between fly fishing and swinging a dick nite on a...
By: djw0414
Posted: 11/1/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I learned some new jigging techniques while fishing with a guide on the Humptulips last week. He targeted back eddys and frog water which I typically do not fish with jigs. I knew some places on the S...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/28/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Floated the Humptulips on Thursday with a friend and his son who is a guide. Lots of fish in the river but we were targeting kings primarily. I caught a 22lb chinook 30 minutes into our fishing in the...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/26/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skykomish river above Monroe. Fishing started slow but picked up just as a couple early fisherman left. I was swinging a 50/50 wee dick nite with no luck but moved into a new spot and switched...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/21/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a fly fishing buddy to the Snohomish upriver from town. I threw dick nites and a plug and he tried various fly patterns. Saw a few coho roll and a guy next to us hooked 3 on a plug and landed one...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/21/2011
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I fished the lower Skykomish off Tualco road across from the prison. River was in good condition but only caught a couple pinks in decent condition, a small dolly varden and a couple small...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/12/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My favorite rivers were blown out so I tried my luck on the lower Green. I have never fished it but tried a couple spots referenced in these reports. The first spot was near the Allentown bridge.....s...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/10/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was lucky to hitch a ride Sunday on my buddy's drift boat to go chase silvers on the Snohomish. We had heard reports that Saturday was a bust with very few fish seen or caught but we were confident ...
By: djw0414
Posted: 10/8/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Thursday, the 6th. Hit the Snohomish above town and worked a 50/50 dick nite. Caught a few pinks in various conditions and hooked 3 coho all in the first hour. Landed this 4 pounder...