Northwest Fishing Reports

Chelan Winter Kokanee Starting earlier and earlier every year I find myself east of the mountains on Lake Chelan. With its beautiful scenery and abundance of fish, its no wonder this is becoming a “go-to” spot for winter fishermen looking to shake off some cabin fever. With both the towns of Chelan ...

All my deposits are $100. I don't like doing deposits on Lake Stevens but I had a rash of no shows last year that prompted the change.

All NWFR member's will receive $50 off for Lake Stevens trips. this is only going to be good for early booking this month. That's $250 for the boat!

ITS TIME!!! While Lake Stevens doesn't "kick on" until around April or so, Lake Chelan is kicking out healthy 15-16" Kokanee, some healthy land locked Chinook, and of course Lake trout are always on tap! We are getting this fishery dailed in earlier and earlier every year and we have already began t...

May 14th is the shrimp opener and the people in charge of the Lake Stevens derby are planning on holding fast on their date. area 7 west is open for 2 months for shrimp so im not worried about missing out on some shrimping. The earlier we do the meet up the better the fishing will be! the State Park...

This kind of ignorance from fishing guides happens a lot!

Ole' Oneshot has been a busy boy with a new little family member and work stuffs. He is planning on returning for the Pink/Coho season during our last convo. He is usually pretty quite unless he is out fishing.

Well we already have stickers on the side of our boats, and the insurance and business licence have been a requirement for years now. Also being CPR and First aid certed. You also need a OUPV from the Coast Guard to guide on federal water so I am curious what is actually changing.

I am selling a few of my babies to make room for some new rods. These are custom build NW Rods. One is a 9' Medium Heavy spinning rod. I used it all of 4 times. Works as a great bobber rod and a heavier side drifter. Nice red wraps with silver carbon handle, super light. I also have two rods that ar...

There is so many HUGE oversize females in there right now. I wish we had a better tagging system so we could see if these are indeed fraiser fish.

adolphin wrote:Looks like the sloughs on the lower Snohomish.

I leave the river name out for a reason. And it is in a slough, but the location is off by about 35 miles

cobrar543 wrote:Just don't ask him where. he is very tight lipped bout it LOL. You know I'm just Jealous . Those fish are such on my bucket list. I cant wait for your write up Bud.

Ill tell you everywhere I catch fish, except for Sturgeon lol

I have been hitting one of my favorite river systems for about two weeks now and it has been nothing short of insane! Multiple hook ups per day with some fish well into oversized territory. One nice thing the warm water does is make these fish extremely willing to bite and they are not sluggish when...

As the thermocline moves down we have started picking up bigger fish. Out of 52 fish on Saturday the Average fish was 12.5-13" and ten fish were over 14". including a 15" fish that came from 55' down. Like any other Kokanee Lake, Lake Stevens tends to go in cycles. And with the over abundance of fis...

That may be a tad early for Brewster but it is worth a shot. With the early warm up the Ok should be running really warm by early July and set up that road block that everyone likes fishing. Staying around the Brewster area would make it a short run to fish below Wells too

Dang Gregg! You wanna come chat at my next seminar? haha.

I am currently in the process of completing a new "how to" video that will be very in depth

I do Guide on Stevens and can show you everything I do out there to put a lot of fish on the boat. I have taken a few members of this site out and showed them the "low down" Think of it like an on the Lake seminar. My contact info is in my signature if you are interested

I actually do make and sell these. I'm in Snohomish. Price depends on weight. But a 9 pound weight uses 13" of 1 1/2" scd40 stainless. High quality run on top and a ring about 4" down to attach your release

I starting using stick weights for this very reason. They also have less blow back, track better, dont hang up as easy, and plus they look cool!

That was a bad hit if it did that much to the boat. If I had it I would grind that spot out and check for any cracking going anywere, then start cutting and laying fiberglass over the spot until its flush with the rest of the boat. Then you need to gel coat or paint over it to seal it and keep water...

http://s27.postimg.org/qocfkubwz/10450798_10202419434109973_6780378928462065507_n.jpg In this month's newsletter I am going to cover one of my favorite new fisheries, Skagit River Sockeye. Last year was my first time targeting these salt fresh fish, and I am now addicted to put it lightly. These So...