Northwest Fishing Reports

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I have a 5'6'' st croix "triumph" spinning rod 2-6lb line.
30$
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wow i think yours takes the cake!

but heres one of the many ugly cabazons I've caught

i've been at this fly fishing stuff for about a year now so I'm by no means an expert... it sounds like your method might be a tad selective because fish are not always feeding on the nymph you are using. I like to use a more general technique unless I see fish feeding on a particular food source. t...

nice fish derrick!
I'm sad I missed the neah bay silvers...

lol now I'm calling them winged acorns!

glad to hear of your success fishermom. keep up the humpy slayin

the other day I took a nice bright pink and put it in my smoker for 20 minutes or so with cherry. after it was pretty heavily smoked I transferred it onto aluminum foil and sealed it up. then I grilled it till it was done. thats my favorite way now because it has a smokey taste and its moist.

if I had 200-300$ to blow on a salmon rod I would buy an 8' 6" lamiglass and put a shimano curado on it. you've got many many choices that will help you narrow your search such as: fiberglass or graphite-glass for durability and graphite for sensitivity stiffness- do you want a rod for humpies and s...

I've used thick knives for filleting rockfish and lings because their thick bones are tough to cut through with a regular fillet knife. with a 1in wide knife it is very difficult to pivot the blade after you cut to the spine. myself I prefer a stiff fillet knife for most things. what kind of knife a...

nice fish curado!

not very good at this but it looks like a steelhead

I guess you should tell that to the hundreds of trout I've caught with dodgers and wedding rings. I didn't say that the dodgers don't work with wedding rings I said they would not help if they were put close enough to the wedding ring that the spinner "swims" back and forth. they probably do work f...

I don't think that a wedding ring would not work better if its swaying back and forth because wedding rings are not a imitation of baitfish. dodgers and flashers are used to make a lure look like a swimming fish because minnows don't swim in a perfectly strait line. my guess is that a dodger would m...

that does look like a present adipose fin. the only other explanation would be something black behind the fish...
congrats on the fish!

personally I could not use one rod for all my fishing because during lingcod season I fish with up to a pound of weight and depths of 250ft. when i fish for trout on the other hand i need to be able to cast an 1/8th ounce spinner 40yds. rods are sort of like people some are a jack of all trades but ...

nice fish taz!

I would have posted a pic but I lost my digital camera and my cell phone camera is broken. I'm stuck with the outdated film...

so I've heard a couple of members who alter their wedding ring spinners and I would like to share my creation. some prefer to use 6-8 lb test and in theory this sounds good because trout are played in open water and it is not necessary to use heavy line. but I have found that the clevis nicks up you...

wait for the steady tug then set the hook. use 2 hooks and only leave about a half inch of worm behind the last hook.

big fish lite line wrote: in my opinion the youtube videos aren't worth a darn. I watched a "fillet expert" who missed 1/3 the meat and thought he did a good job cause the fillet looked pretty. my advice would be to cut towards the head on the first cut then follow the backbone and dorsal fin with ...

in my opinion the youtube videos aren't worth a darn. I watched a "fillet expert" who missed 1/3 the meat and thought he did a good job cause the fillet looked pretty. my advice would be to cut towards the head on the first cut then follow the backbone and dorsal fin with the blade. keep a really sh...

I think I'm going to bring along a medium weight rod and see if I can use it on my down rigger without breaking it. Maybe troll a pink coyote by itself just to see if that works. I agree that catching the pinks on light gear is a blast for sure. I'm no expert. I am sure there are many methods and s...