View Full Version : Waiting Fish? Tillamook aera
PapaHog
10-19-2002, 07:54 PM
Are there a lot of fish in the ocean waiting to come into tidewater? If so what will bring them in, rain? I am not seeing many good reports by boaters with limits. Is this 2002 run going to be a good run?
Just wondering outloud.
The Bad Fish
10-19-2002, 08:00 PM
we caught 3 fish last weekend out of garibaldi.. about 6 miles out.. 2 nooks and a silver.. the fish in the bay, i hear are getting dark.. good luck. kb
skrimmy
10-19-2002, 08:47 PM
They're still out there fattening up and waiting for rain, at least I hope so! From what I heard and read all summer long, it was supposed to be the "3rd biggest run in 48 years", "biggest fish in years", etc.....Well, there certainly have been a good number of big fish this year but I haven't seen any huge numbers put up yet. Guys going out a few miles are nailing them pretty darn well. We need RAIN.
Dan Christopher
10-19-2002, 10:01 PM
i got my 35lb spotty tail today..but ya real slow
GoFish
10-20-2002, 09:19 AM
I think these fish have some way of knowing that the weather is not ready to change yet and are willing to wait till it does.
I've also been noticing that the birds around here act the same way. We had that spot of rain a couple of weeks ago and there were birds all over the place. Then it dried out again and the birds split and still haven't come back.
Maybe this sounds goofy, but I've noticed this type of fish behavior several times over the past 20 years. If it's a dry fall, the fish are late showing. Or, if its real dry into November they just don't seem to ever really show. This kind of fall fishing has always been an indicator of the dreaded el ninyo effect, but I haven't heard the weather guys talking about that yet.
Anybody else notice this type of correlation?
This is definitely an El Nino year. The local weather-dudes are saying virtually no precip north of the Salmon River in Idaho. Lower than normal for southern Idaho. This really stinks, because the rivers are loaded with salmon and steelie parr from the record returns of 2001. We need a ton of snow to flush the little nippers to the sea, and create a record and a half run a couple of years from now!
Everyone start their snow dancing!!!!!
PapaHog
10-20-2002, 01:49 PM
Thank You for your thoughts on this subject. I too hope against hope that rain will come soon and with the rain will come a bunch of bright fish.
If you have any pull with the rain makers graemlins/1zhelp.gif
ampersat
10-20-2002, 06:47 PM
i saw the el nino report earlier towards the summer. unfortunately, it makes for a drier fall but spring may be okay as long as we don't get it all at once. i've also been wondering if an effect of the warm water mass moving higher in the pacific is to push the salmon farther north and west in search of cooler water? for those ocean-going folks, are you marking significantly warmer temperatures out there? it would help to explain the later timing of the runs this year. when they do show up they're just bolting upriver to spawn. any opinions?
I think the fish that are out ... the ones in 240-300 feet of water 5-6 miles out ... are next year's fish. The one's I've seen and the ones caught by the trawlers are not mature. It seems like there are two groups of fish. There certainly are some hanging around the jetty area that are starting to color up. Those do seem to be riding the tide and waiting for the sweet taste of fresh rain.