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By: StevenMNielson
Posted: 9/28/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2015
Hot Spots: 1
River was high and milky white, the best way to fish the carbon. All the zombies had washed down the river and only live fresh fish remained. In about 90 minutes I had my pick of Pinks and small riv...
By: StevenMNielson
Posted: 9/29/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Weather: Cool autumn temperatures
Water Temp/Condition: Colder than normal, milky white flow, slowing flow over the past several days with cooler mountain temps and no rain
Anglers: Only about 10 af...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 10/9/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Carbon by the sewer treatment plant. No luck with silvers but caught a few pinks. All the pinks I saw were beat to hell and missing many parts. Many spawned out. Wish I would have seen a K...
By: fajitamondays
Posted: 9/10/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I had high hopes of waking up at the crack of dawn and driving down to Orting for the opener, but that did not happen. Instead, I arrived for the early evening bite, but it was a day of fishing, and n...
By: Anonymous_
Posted: 10/8/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the Carbon River, Saturday October 7th. I woke up to chilly 42°F and decided to pack up my gear and head for the river. With the pink run essentially over, I suspected that most of ...
By: PatrickC
Posted: 12/11/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Great weather, no fish. Floated beads and jigs. Left the eggs at the house. River is in beautiful shape. They should be here soon. Tight lines
By: PatrickC
Posted: 12/12/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Okay so I started my morning on the puyallup but the 162 bridge in alderton, floated eggs and twitched jigs. Fished my way up pretty hard. Hit drifts that didn’t have a trail to it, so I put in the w...
By: the piranha
Posted: 11/1/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With all the rain, I figured I should go check up at hatchery since the river is dropping. I took a look at the water color before walking all the way up and it looked decent, so off I went. I ha...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/2/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful day to go fishin! I didn’t catch anything but great weather. The river is clearer than I have ever seen it. I could make out rocks in the river 10 feet away from me. I did observe o...
By: jeff scott
Posted: 9/29/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hours after work so I hit the river tonight. Caught three in three hours, not to mention the four that got away. There are still lots of fish in the river.
By: jens
Posted: 10/18/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I received some inside information late last night which led me here. I can at least say I was upriver from the bridge if that helps any. I thought for sure the river would be totally blown out due ...
By: finleymac
Posted: 8/21/2007
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went on a bike ride along the carbon river today. All sorts of people fishing the river. THE RIVER IS CLOSED for salmon until Sep. 1st. Really sad... People can fish for trout and other game fish th...
By: nick_fly
Posted: 10/6/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOW!!! today was by far the best day on the river for me. my friend took me out to one his "sweet spots" i didnt catch much for the first 30min he was nailin them left and right he let me switch spots...
By: nick_fly
Posted: 10/1/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
got to the carbon at about 7:00am i left at 4:00am i didnt really no where i was goining i never have river fished other then today my friends directions where not so good but i finally found the park...
By: Timosha83
Posted: 10/9/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I was fishing first time Carbon, and i love it, i'll be back soon again..... good luck to u all.
The fish were 32.5 inches, about 25 pounds
By: fisherman31579
Posted: 9/22/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
WENT TO THE CARBON RIGHT OFF OF MAIN STRIP IN ORTING AFTER THE PUYALLUP. IT TOO WAS BLOWN OUT AS I FIGURED BUT THOUGHT I WOULD STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK. NO ONE WAS FISHING.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/24/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the Carbon today thinking that i might have some luck, tried finding a way to park and fish close to the hatchery. Never really found a solid spot so i went back to where i was yesterday. Wh...
By: wdavis10
Posted: 10/11/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
got there mid morning saw 3 humps on the bank - I wouldn't have kept them, they looked nasty. used every thing I had but no fish - lots of humps doing the back stroke and friend caught a king w/ the p...
By: procaster
Posted: 10/14/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
There is still no silvers at all in the Carbon. I caught a dark one on sunday last week and that is the only one I have seen all year. Yesterday I parked at Calistoga and Train street and walked alm...
By: hobartfarmer
Posted: 10/14/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tried my luck at the Carbon and boy was it slow. Didn't see any fish rolling at all. Water level was much lower than a couple of days ago.
By: procaster
Posted: 12/11/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I went searching for that mythical creature that you only here about in stories called the Carbon river steelhead. No luck though. I did have one take down but it was mrs. chum and I lost her after...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/21/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry this report is late. Been slammed at work and with holiday stuff, back to the report.
I am new to fishing for Salmon and Steelhead in this area and was pointed to the Carbon for both. I know th...
By: procaster
Posted: 1/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I read that the river is gonna close on the 16th so I figured I would go down one last time. There a few people down there trying to find a steelhead before it closes also. We all had the same resu...
By: procaster
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the opener with a buddy. Started at day break at treatment plant. We saw a few fish waking but no hook ups. We walked alost all the way up the the hatcery and saw no fish so called it a day af...
By: procaster
Posted: 10/27/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my usual section at/below the treatment no fish other than a nice dolly about 3lb. I took my fly pole but caught the dolly on my spinning rod with corky yarn. I tied the fly tried to make a f...