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February 02, 2010
White River Steelhead
See
Report below Call
or email Tracy
Z.... phone (509) 369-2366 www.adventurefishing.net
This past week has been a busy one for me. We had the Puyallup Sportsmans show the rivers were in great shape and the fish have been biting. Every river on the west side seems to have a fish in them both wild and hatchery. It is for sure better than last year and the year before. These rivers have been putting out fish daily with one being good one day and fair the next. Some days it's just been awesome and others we have to work hard to get fish but at least we are getting them. Some really nice big hatchery fish have hit the net this last week and a couple really nice high finners were released to continue their journey up river. Cowlitz hasn't been that busy and is putting out a few really nice fish for those who are willing to pound it out. Freedrifting is by far the most popular way to fish here and seems to out produce any other method we have done. Fish are spread out in the Blue Creek area with most fish coming from the launch area to about a mile down river. I wouldn't rule out back trolling a Seahawk colored Fatfish thru a few choice spots in the same area. Some days those fish won't touch bait but will kill those plugs. Nooch is always a good place to go this time of year. Although busy it hasn't been all that bad. I'm sure this will change as more people get out with this nice weather.There's always a few fish but it has not been the Nooch that we had a few years ago. While the river can be a big numbers place it hasn't been the last couple years. With that said there are some nice fish here and you could have a big numbers day any time like we did this past week. I think the Steelhead season has been pretty dang good this last two weeks and with the amount of fish I've seen lately I look for it to hold steady or get better over the next couple weeks. Nice seeing familiar faces while I was working in the St Croix Rods booth at the Puyallup Sportsman show this year. Thanks to all of you guys and gals for stopping in and saying hi. Here are a couple fish we caught this last week. A fish or two was released and a couple were added to the fish box headed for the grill. Anyone looking for a Steelhead trip any time soon give me a shout. I have both weekdays and weekend days open.
Mention Salmon or Steelhead University and receive 15 percent off a trip for two. Now booking Winter Steelhead and Spring Chinook For more info call Phil Stephens, Mystical Legends Guide Service Call (206) 940-0052 or E-mail No report this week Steelhead U/Salmon U preseason special of $139.99 per seat...saving you $35.00 per seat. See you @ the upcoming shows or on the river... Bob Barthlow Rivers NorthWest Guide Service (509) 952-9694
No report this week
Submitted by Todd Girtz, Steelhead University
No report this week
Bruce
Warren, Fishing
for fun Guide Service
Fishing on the Cowlitz is picking up with some nice fish being caught. Not red hot but if you work at it you can find a few. Freedrifting eggs or corkies and yarn or pulling plugs have been the most productive. I'm running specials and I have a few seats open.
Rob Sweem, R&K
Guide Service
No report this week
Tyler Davis, (360)-771-7802
Submitted by Wayne Ackerlund E-Mail or Call 1 (888) 6 Skagit - [1 (888) 675-2448]
Well, I've been out poking around some of the smaller and less popular coastal streams, a bit of a gamble, less fish but also less people. Mike Kovar was willing to gamble, and it paid off this dandy native fell to the old "pink worm" under a float. Fishing pink worms this time of year is a great way to target them. Native fish are definitely around and with the early closures this year I will be fishing the Sky and Snoqualmie until the end. I still have a few days open until the closure, shoot me an email or give me a call.
This beauty was taken from the Coast Andy Shanks, Island
Guide Service Skykomish River
No report this week
Mention Steelhead University for our Special Rate Brett Basim
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Ray Vermillion No report this week Chris Horton No report this week Submitted by John Thomas, Rotten
Chum Guide Service
Bogachiel River is in good shape running at 27.51 ft and with 5 ft of Vis. The best techniques with the given water flows and color will be to pull plugs or float fish. For plug pulling stick with Wordens Flatfish or Luhr Jensens kwiikfish in the smaller sizes. For colors i like to use Silver, Silver/red dots, Flame Red, Flame red/ red dots, green weenie, blue streak, michael jackson, flounder and green hornet. For float fishing we have been using jigs in Pink, Pink/white, pink/peach and the nightmare. We also have had good success on floats and bait. Eggs with a weighted cheater on top with a little yarn has been great. We have been also fishing quite a bit of squid under a float dyed pink. Pink worms on a jig head have been great. These techniques will be the best until the water comes back up. Very few hatchery fish left, it has turned into a all wild fish show.
The Sol Duc is in great shape running at 5 boards and 6 ft of vis. The river is dropping nicely. There are some Bogachiel hatchery fish around and a few more snider broodstock fish showing up each day. So far this season it has been more native fish then anything. Fish are spread out from Riverside all the way to the mouth. At this water flow the best techniques will be plug pulling, floatfishing or sidedrifting. For plug pulling stick with wordens flatfish or Luhr Jensens Kwikfish in the small ot meduim sizes. The colors that have been working for me have been silver, Silver/red dots, flame, flame/red dots, green hornet, green weenie, blue streak and flounder. Plug pulling and sidedrifting have been best in the lower half of the river and plug pulling and float fishing has been better in the top half of the river. When it comes to side drifting stick with two # 3 Vision Hooks and a size 12 cheater in flame, glo orange, glo green, rainbow and green rainbow. Egs have been good in a orange coastal cure and prawns dyed in soft pink have also been great. Float fishing in the upper river has been best with a Mad river worm in Pink, Nail Polish pink or pink haze with a white or chartruese jig head. Have also been playing with a new jig that we are working on with a small light on it and they will be out on the market soon. Look for them as they are very good. The fishing for hatchery fish will continue for another week os so for the Bogachiel fish and will only get better for the next month on the Snider Fish. The native run will only get way better with each day. The Calawah is in good shape running at 696 cfs and dropping with umlimited ft of vis. The best techniques for the Calawah will be Plug pulling or Floatfishing. For the plug pulling stick with Wordens Flatfish or Luhr Jensens Kwikfish in the smaller sizes. For the color of the water stick with silver, Silver/red dots, Flame, Flame/red dots, green weenie, green hornet or flounder. For float fishing we have using lots of Beau Mac jigs in Cerise, Pink/white and Cerise/white. Though my favorite is the Aero Jigs in Pink, Cerise and the Peach. I also use our own design of Black head pink and chartruese rabbit. I have had great luck on Mad River worms in pink with a chartruese head. Very few hatchery fish around, it has turned into a all wild fish show. This will only get better as we reach the middle of February. The Hoh is in good shape running at 1860 cfs with 4' of vis in upper river and 3' in the lower river. The fish are spread out from the mouth all the way to the park boundry. The best techniques in this little more colored water will be to Pull plugs or sidedrift. For plug pulling stick with the larger plugs like K-13 Kwikfish or a T-4 flatfish. Color's loke silver, Silver/flame Back, White/red, Claire- a- bell, grren hornet and flounder. For sidedrifting in the upper river this prime time to fish 6" long Mad river worms in pink, Methiolate and flour orange. In the lower river fish 2 @ 2 vision hooks a #10 cheater in brighter colors like flame, chart/flame dots, chart/green dots and rainbow. I like to use a little bigger baits, so cut your eggs a little bigger and add a mad river egg to the bottom for a little more scent. This will only get better as the water drops and clears.
The clearwater is in great shape running at Med Low flow with 5ft of vis. The fish are spread out from the mouth all the way to Copper Mine Bottom. The best techniques have been Sidedrifting or float fishing. For sidedrifting stick with 2 # 3 vision hooks and a #12 cheater in flame, glo orange, glo pink, glo green, rainbow or pink/red dots. The coastal or pautzke boraxo fire egg cures have the best in orange. You might also try some prawns. For float fishing Aero Jigs in the marabou series have the best in Pink, Pink/white, cerise, pink/peach and nightmare. You might also try a Mad River Worm in Pink, Nail Polish Pink, Glo Pink 0r pink haze on a White or chart 1/8oz jig head. Fishing will get better as we get closer to the middle of February. Submitted
by Bob Kratzer
The rain has stopped and the rivers have cleared
and the fish are here. The rivers are in great shape with 8
feet in the Calawah, 6 feet in the Sol Duc and 3 feet in the
Bogy. With the great water condition all methods have been working
from side-drifting to bobber and jigs. There has been a good
number of Snider fish caught every day too, like these we caught
today.
Submitted by Mike Zavadlov
I had Terry Wiest from Steelhead University come fish with me on the White Salmon and we had an absolute blast. Weather was gorgeous, scenery was gorgeous and we nailed the fish. Most fish are darkening up but we did manage a couple bright fish. We hooked over a dozen fish and we were laughing the whole time.... good times!
Call or email Tracy Z.... phone (509) 369-2366
Last Week:
Success was wide spread over the week. The fishing has been good from Gibbs Eddy to Kooskia. Fishing pressure picked up slightly due to favorable weather, water and catching conditions. Most methods are working well. Side-drifting, back trolling divers-n-bait, plugs and of course bobber-n-jig/bait are all producing. Fresh roe sacks under a float have been doing very well and will soon be a staple on the river. If you're planning on fishing the Clearwater this spring, now is the time! SF anglers saw sporadic results. Fish are being caught throughout the system, but most are focusing their efforts on the lower section. We didn't received any reports from the NF, so I am assuming that fishing has still been poor. If you fish the NF shoot us a report and you'll automatically be entered into our fishing contest and will have a chance to win a guided fishing trip and a new rod. For more contest details click here. Our guides continue to experience great catching on the main river. Our available days are quickly filling up, but we still have some availability during the next couple weeks. Contact us now to arrange your trip! 1-866-842-4240 We'll be in Great Falls for the Sportsman show this coming weekend, if you live in the area stop on by and see us! This doesn't happen too often, but we had a last minute trip cancelation for February 3 and 4, if you're looking for a discounted trip this is your chance. First come first serve, email me for additional details. This coming week:
Lower River: (Below Orofino) The flow is currently 3420cfs @ 4 C. The water temperatures are peaking each day around 6pm depending on the weather. Fishing will continue to be good from Orofino to Cherry Lane for another couple weeks. Pink House to Harpers and Harpers to Lenore are the most popular floats on the lower section. Bank anglers should still find good success at the Pole yard and the Magill Hole. North Fork: We didn't receive any reports for the NF this past week. Poor fishing for the past 4 weeks leads one to believe that it will not change. The F&G's last report for the NF had 32 hours angling per fish.... OUCH!!! South Fork: The forecasted rain should bring more fish into the South Fork. Success on the lower river should be good. Upper River: (Above Orofino) The flow is 2120 CFS @ 2.5C. The river levels this year have been below normal and it appears like they will remain below normal this spring. Low water tactics are a must. Micro jigs, small baits and egg patterns work well during this time of year and water conditions. Fish will likely be holding in deeper pocket water. The catching on the Upper River has been good and should remain good in the weeks to come. Report Snaggers
Submitted by Ryan Pitcher
Hey everyone fishing has stayed good on the snake with lots of fish around to play with. We snuck out on the Clearwater the other day just for kicks and managed to get a few to play with. The river was on the drop and clearing up which made things a bit tough but we did manage to get 5! We had to work hard for them and cover a lot of water but there are fish to be had. Good luck out there and watch the river flows.
Doug Richert
North Oregon Coast Report Fishing has been fair to slow on most north coast streams. A combination of low water and heavy pressure has created challenging conditions. However, those anglers putting in the effort and adjusting their tactics have caught some nice fish. The smaller streams such as Three rivers, North Fork Nehalem, Big Creek, and Gnat Creek were extremely low therefore difficult to fish. All of the mentioned streams are still seeing decent returns and success rates should improve with the next rain. Larger rivers like the Wilson, Trask, and Nestucca have produced throughout the week although they are becoming low and clear as well, The Wilson seeing the most pressure out of the three. Fish are scattered high and low on all of these rivers. Many Natives have already been caught, some in the 20-25 pound range! Fishing low pressure areas, using lighter gear, and fishing broken water will up the odds for most anglers. Peach and light pink jigs, nickel or brass spinners, and small clusters of eggs have been successful so far this year.
Chris Salter No report this week
Mike Glass
Lower Rogue River The lower Rogue is seeing varied winter steelhead action as water levels have fluxuated markedly over the last two weeks. The extremes in the Rogue River levels are not as great as the Smith/Chetco because it is a dam controlled resource. Justin Storns at the Rogue Outdoor store said the best fishing has been near Agness where some of the guides are reporting good numbers of metal-heads in the 6-8# class side drifting eggs. Mark Van Hook boated a beautiful fish around 13-14# after a brief encounter with his kicker motor. John Anderson of Memory Maker guide service reported a few days near 10 fish anchoring in the lower river below Lobster creek. Plunking has continued to account for many of the reported fish and the run should continue strong for the next few weeks given the chance to fish between storms.
Chetco River We have been concentrating on the Chetco River for the last several weeks with mixed results. We have been averaging 1-2 fish daily staying above the crowds in the national forest. As the attached photographs illustrate, the fish we are catching are very fresh…despite one day when we landed two downstreamers…. these fish appear to be shooting directly up from tide water. Both of the downstreamers were hatchery fish which we are led to believe are unusual for this part of the river. Both were caught above Nook bar. Side drifting small egg clusters cured in Pautzke's orange fire cure coupled with a #2 cotton candy puff ball has been the go to bait. We had the opportunity to fish plugs one day below 3000cfs and hooked one large steelhead who wanted nothing to do with us and promptly released himself about 50 yards downstream. The guides on the Chetco have been averaging 1-2 fish per boat per day fishing the lower river from Ice Box down to social security bar. Most are doing two runs per day. There always seems to be one or two guides that have 3-5 fish even though fishing has been tough for side drifters when the river is above 4000cfs. We make it a point to hang out at social security bar each day on our way home and talk with them to see how things are going. Plunkers at Social security are catching fish each day as they move through the system. The best fishing for Plunkers has been focused around the peak of the tide at Social Security bar.
Paul LeFebvre
Fishing on the Chetco has only been fair, one to three fish a day. The ocean has been rough, so not a whole lot of new fish have been showing up. We are expecting to see a new bunch of fish anytime. There have been quite a few boats on the river, so we've been doing our two drifts a day to get ahead of them and them come down behind them in the afternoon and it has worked out well. Dennis caught his first ever steelhead yesterday and lost another that managed to get into a willow. Nice fish. Come see us at the Eugene boat and outdoor show this weekend.
To book a trip, call (206) 388-8988 or e-mail wildriversfishing@yahoo.com. -
Andy Martin
No
report this week
No report this week
Rob Brown (503)
665-2257 Jack
Glass, Hookup Guide Service
No report this week
Fraser Valley Report The Fraser River is in great shape, water clarity is excellent. Not allot of anglers out on the water these days so it's nice getting out, especially when the weather is so mild. This past weekend one of our guides did well, landing 4 fish for the day with one over 5 ft. Although that is well below our average, for winter fishing that is not too bad. If your planning on heading out, you can find active fish feeding in some of the deeper holes, salmon eggs seem to work best during winter months but you can also catch fish using Eulichons and eels. We are now selling seats for our annual Sturgeon seminar held in April, to book a seat please call or e-mail us. You can read more about our Sturgeon Seminar. Our next peak sturgeon season is in the spring, which brings our annual migration of the Eulachon (small bait fish) to the Fraser River to spawn. Food in winter is scarce so when the Eulachon arrive the Sturgeon are eager to feed, it's not uncommon to hook 15 to 20 fish in a 6 hour trip. If you're looking for a great spring fishing adventure, sturgeon/steelhead combo makes for a great angling vacation.
Vedder River The Vedder fished well over the weekend, water clarity and flow was excellent. Gerry was out on the water guiding and instructing new steelheaders. After two days of fishing they managed to hook three steelhead, landed 2 of them. If your looking to get out on the flow for steelhead, we offer guided steelhead fishing on the Vedder River which is one of our largest steelhead producing rivers in SW British Columbia. STS Guide Gerry Dewar is considered one of the top anglers on the Vedder and has been catching brood stock for the past 30 years. All guide trips on the Vedder are walk and wade with instructional steelhead fishing available on all of our guided trips. Best fishing is between Feb 15 to April 15. To Book Your next guided adventure, call us Toll Free 1-866-771-3474 Remember to conserve your catch Tight
Lines and we will see you on the water Vic
Carrao
No report this week
Gill McKean, Westcoast Fishing Adventures
www.westcoastfishing.ca
No report this week
Tracey John Hittel Kitimat BC Canada 250 632-9880 250 639-4277
No report this week David Murphy 1-877-218-6600 or Email murphy@island.net
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