Smelt

[Spotted Owl]

Is it worth the drive? .
Cowlitz Lewis Sandy .
One of these days we are going to get some good news. Hopefully if not today sometime very soon.

[TonTo]

no,but I just looked at the WDFW page and they say they're holding down around skamokawa but if ya know your way around the Grays sounds like they're in there but should be up to the Cowlitz soon. WDFW Smelt Report

[Born to be Wild]

No it isn't worth the drive!
Don't waste your time but save it for later if the run materializes!

There are currently no smelt or seagulls ffeding on them or the obeast sea lions!

A little Info From WDFW 2/18

Dan

[Trick]

Drove by the Cowlitz today and didn't see any seagulls feeding or dippers either......won't be long.

[TonTo]

They are on the way.
from the pages of the WDFW

"Report of a large number of smelt holding in the lower Columbia River downstream of Skamokawa. Fresh run entering the Grays River."

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">the Grays always has a minor run about a week before they hit the Cowlitz.My brother still has a freezer full of last years Grays river smelt to prove my point.

[Fshklr]

Stopped by the grays thursday on my way from clamming...notta..nothing..ZIP!

May go again today and Give it another look and a dip or 2 on the way to the clams
If they are there i'll post it when i return

[HntnFsh]

Smelt were in the Grays river yesterday at 3 pm. Along with the 6 eagles and around a million gulls that we saw on the way to gettin opur clams

[TonTo]

Tryed the Grays yesturday,after salmon and crab,and before the clams,saw the eagles and gulls but no smelt in the net.Trolled a spinner of the mouth of youngs bay,no luck just got followed around by a hungry sea lion,the nets in the bay are picking up a few so thought it'ld be worth a try.Soaked two pots while we trolled,one crab for our trouble,drove over to the Grays empty nets for our trouble.But we did get into the clams....all in all not a bad day though coulda been worse.

[The Bad Fish]

i checked the current washington regs and smelting in the grays is closed. they are also referred to as eulachon. hate to see you guys get a ticket. so i checked the wdfw website and it said open to all lower columbia tribs. sure is a long drive for some stinky little fish.

[ 02-22-2004, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: BUG_FLICKER ]