[David Dalan]

Yeah, I guess I need to expand my options and add eggs to the mix. Never really felt like I needed to deal with it, it's kind of a messy way to fish, and generally places where eggs work, back trolling plugs also works and I enjoy the plug bite, the take-down is exciting. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

What’s even stranger is the water was so low, I was really hover fishing in the middle of the bluffs hole. There was enoigh current to make my spin-n-glo spin. I was suspended at 40’ in 55’ of water. It was the depth I could see an occasional salmon swim by on the live scope. A lot of work, but it produced.

If I came back…ah who am I kidding, I probably won’t.

 

[Starfish]

And of course today, the day I am going to the dentist instead of fishing, there’s all sorts of flow. I wish I could predict the water levels!

 

[manuka]

We went 2/2 yesterday. Fished four different holes within ten miles of the Ringold launch. Got both fish in the same hole, within 15 minutes of each other, then the bite turned off and spent the next hour and a half there without a bite. So we got kind of lucky to find two biters.

Of course, biters and eaters are two different things. We went 1/2 in the edible category.

Early, the water was super high and the weeds were so bad it was almost unfishable. But the water and weeds both receded and conditions were reasonable by late morning.

I'm ending my Fall season today, just based on the quality. Won't be back next week.

I'd be willing to do whatever is necessary to recover the fishery, up to and including closing it for however long it takes. But I suspect down river and ocean activities have a lot to do with the crash, so not sure it would do any good. Not wanting to get into a debate over what's causing it, I don't have the facts, and innuendo and rumor aren't compelling to me. I just want the responsible parties to do whatever is necessary to bring the fishery back to what it used to be.

 

[David Dalan]

We went 2/2 yesterday. Fished four different holes within ten miles of the Ringold launch. Got both fish in the same hole, within 15 minutes of each other, then the bite turned off and spent the next hour and a half there without a bite. So we got kind of lucky to find two biters.

Of course, biters and eaters are two different things. We went 1/2 in the edible category.

Early, the water was super high and the weeds were so bad it was almost unfishable. But the water and weeds both receded and conditions were reasonable by late morning.

I'm ending my Fall season today, just based on the quality. Won't be back next week.

I'd be willing to do whatever is necessary to recover the fishery, up to and including closing it for however long it takes. But I suspect down river and ocean activities have a lot to do with the crash, so not sure it would do any good. Not wanting to get into a debate over what's causing it, I don't have the facts, and innuendo and rumor aren't compelling to me. I just want the responsible parties to do whatever is necessary to bring the fishery back to what it used to be.

100%. It’s pretty telling the passage graph for the Snake fish and the Hanford fish looks similar…does kind of suggest the issue is downriver or more “universal.”

 

[Starfish]

High water this morning so I didn’t even open a can of tuna, went old school with some flatlined mag warts and mag lips and went 2/3 in about an hour
Both big bucks looked kind of dusky but cut nice, going into brine as we speak.

So nice watching the old Loomis 1021 fold over on a plug bite!

 

[Starfish]

It wouldn’t let me upload the fillet picture to that post but here’s one of the cutting table.

 

[Eastside guy]

It wouldn’t let me upload the fillet picture to that post but here’s one of the cutting table.

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It wouldn’t let me upload the fillet picture to that post but here’s one of the cutting table.

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Was going to go this AM, but the reports of no Fish and bad quality made me change my mind. I'll go out Mon below Ringgold and bounce some eggs. Should be fresh fish showing. Good going on the fish. IMHO, the bucks usually do cut alot better than the hens.

 

[manuka]

We went 1/1 Friday morning, in about 4 hours of fishing. A small hatchery buck, caught nowhere near any hatchery. It cut good.

 

[Starfish]

We went 4/6 today plus released a steelhead and kept a walleye, rocking the old school plugs again.

 

[manuka]

We went 4/6 today plus released a steelhead and kept a walleye, rocking the old school plugs again.

Flatlining 3.5 maglips, back trolling? No tuna wrap? Inquiring minds want to know

 

[bscappell]

High water this morning so I didn’t even open a can of tuna, went old school with some flatlined mag warts and mag lips and went 2/3 in about an hour
Both big bucks looked kind of dusky but cut nice, going into brine as we speak.

So nice watching the old Loomis 1021 fold over on a plug bite!
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He spilled the beans already!

 

[Starfish]

Most action was on old storm mag warts. We did catch one and lose one on a wrapped mag lip also.

 

[Starfish]

We managed a repeat performance today, went 4/6 plus some drivebys. All but one on mag warts, finally had to resort to a spinner when the bite died.

 

[bscappell]

We managed a repeat performance today, went 4/6 plus some drivebys. All but one on mag warts, finally had to resort to a spinner when the bite died.

Flow thing?

 

[Starfish]

Flow thing?

Yeah, water started out marginal and got lower from there. I finally sighed and said it’s time to run cannonballs, switched gear and went a couple hundred feet and hooked the last fish. Gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[Eastside guy]

Went out this AM down river from ENW intake to a little north of 300 area and bounced eggs. TOO DANG WEEDY! 0 FOR 0 but got enough salad to last the year.

 

[Starfish]

Another quick finish on mag warts this morning. 2 of the 3 cut orange, one pink.

 

[Starfish]

Off the water early this morning in Teddy’s boat with two nice bucks and released a hen and a steelhead.