Northwest Fishing Reports

Well everyone, its time again! Last year this thread got some SERIOUS love! Decided to start the thread yet again after whacking a chrome 2 salt 12lb hatch steelhead on the skagit this morning, and i got a little one in the cascade a few weeks ago, so im at number 2 for the winter. Gonna keep track again with my book, last year i got 186 steelhead, so obviously im going for 200 this year! Start posting when you start catching!

Let da slay begin

Thats a big hatchery steelhead! Wish i could post pictures, but the one winter steelhead i hooked this year spit the hook right at the bank. Can't wait to really start the season next month. I'll be posting steelhead pictures by thanksgiving...Hopefully.

there we go FF that is what I like haha, I think that bottom one might be a 3 salt looks a little big for the cascade.

186 steel head and going for two hundred? I can top that. My goal is to catch at least 100% more, from one to two.
Sigh, That's kind of pathetic...

my goal is to match how many salmon I have this year with steelhead.

I am at 1 so far....no picture but you(ff) saw it, right after you got that first one. Much more to come!!!

Mike Carey wrote:186 steel head and going for two hundred? I can top that. My goal is to catch at least 100% more, from one to two.
Sigh, That's kind of pathetic...

I hope to be able to double my take from last year. I'm really hoping I can hook four this winter.

Well i Hope everyone meets their goals, steelhead are awesome! this fish today fought SOO SOO hard i thought it was a silver for about 20 seconds then realized theres nooo way a coho can run and fight like this, the fight is 50x harder its not even comparable. Go get um guys!

We got our first couple of winter runs the other day on the Sky system, it's starting. It'll build slow, but then just like that it'll be a trout pond, just you wait. Just for you Danny I may start keeping track of my fish, we can compare notes at the end of the season.

Time to go for 20! Haha. I only caught 12 last season. So far I'm at uno winters and 3 summers. Let the games begin.

My goal is just to get out, catch some fish, lose some fish, miss some fish, spend time on the river with friends, and maybe pick up a good story or two..

natetreat wrote:We got our first couple of winter runs the other day on the Sky system, it's starting. It'll build slow, but then just like that it'll be a trout pond, just you wait. Just for you Danny I may start keeping track of my fish, we can compare notes at the end of the season.

do it! i keep track of water conditions and how and where i caught the fish in my book, but its hard not to count um all up at the end of the season

Gringo Pescador wrote:My goal is just to get out, catch some fish, lose some fish, miss some fish, spend time on the river with friends, and maybe pick up a good story or two..

+1 This is what its all about.

I was in Pa last year, so didn`t get to get any winters . Hoping to redeem myself this year.

More of thy steel fall victum

It is wierd how the 3 and 2 salts along with their broodstock return so early. Been tying up some nice jigs that look like they will do some damage up there but not going until december is that the cascade or skagit?

Brat Bonker wrote:It is wierd how the 3 and 2 salts along with their broodstock return so early. Been tying up some nice jigs that look like they will do some damage up there but not going until december is that the cascade or skagit?

Cascade, everything else is blown as is the cascade now... Yea for some reason all ive seen is pigs

thats cool, I remember going over to the hatchery last year in november and seeing a dozen or so huge fish but they were too chrome to be salmon but the cascade gets a broodstock program along with the chance of 3 salt fish coming back. Are you using straight borax now or still salmon cured eggs?

Still salmon cure. Will be targeting steelies w/borax on the drop from this