Northwest Fishing Reports

Haven't been on the site for a while...Have been noticing a fair amount of reports for Rattlesnake Lake. Thinking about making the drive there for a hike and cool down with some fly fishing afterwards. My only question is what kind of flies would anyone suggest for a floating line set up? Is it reas...

hey i wanna go too lol

sjrose24 wrote:yeah

Thanks! Sounds like i should break out the fly rod!

sjrose24 wrote:Ok maybe whitefish are still good to go then. U might want to look at the emergency closures though as far as steelhead go. and ive heard the trout fishing can be good up the icicle in leavenworth.

Is that icicle creek?

In reading the regulations it's saying that retention for whitefish starts December 1st.....a maximum quantity of 15 whitefish may be retained. All other species are statewide regulations and rules. Are trout plentiful to catch at this time around in the year (non sea going residential trout)?

Was thinking about making a trip to Leavenworth for a New Year's holiday get away. Will be staying right on the Wenatchee River. Was wondering what species will be in the system.

The closest hole to fish by the hatchery is the cedar hole... If you walk to the back of the hatchery, find the intake and head down stream on the road, there is a trail towards the back of the property to the river .. This is the farthest upstream you can fish right now.... Below that is the may c...

So as I was reading...You basically just pull up to the hatchery park in the parking lot and go east from there till you find a bridge with a WDFW sign and walk across and keep going east until the public fishing sign?

I guess it's time to play hooky..... :-D

are you guys fishing around the hatchery or more by the mouth?

Cutthroat slaughter on LK WA?....Never heard of it, what was that about? There used to be a nice Sea Run Cutt population on Lk WA, fish in the 10# range were common. That is until the guides decided it was a good place to make money. They took their 5 fish per customer per day, day after day and no...

Cutthroat slaughter on LK WA?....Never heard of it, what was that about?

drysuperfly52 wrote:depends on how hard you hit each spot, its a good 2-4 hours. if your doing it be sure to where long sleeves. from all the bush wacking... its worth it in the end

Mostly cutthroat? Or are there brookies and bows in the mix as well?

i have treked from the trialhead of the falls hike. and fly fished my way down to the bridge where people park when the place is full. there area alot of good holes and runs we did really well. alot of blackberry bushes along the shore tho. be prepared to wade/swin if i remember right there were a ...

If you're not stuck on Salmon, the Wallace is a great place to fly fish for trout. Bagged many beautiful Cutts and Bows from Goldbar to the falls. The gorge below the falls is extremely spectacular and full of little holes for the fishes to hide in. I've contemplated about going to the falls to tos...

if you catch a tweeker breaking into your car, tackle him, have your buddy call 911 and speak of violence and breakins and you got the suspect.. the cops will come and haul him away.. far as walking up river, i have walked by properties there while in the river with the owner waiving hi.. never bee...

Please correct me if im wrong, but aslong as your in the river, property owners cant mess with you. Property owners do not own the river therefore you can walk up the river all you want. As far as property goes which I have no clue what the boundaries are, but isn't it a line in a certain section o...

BentRod wrote:

kzoo wrote:....

It wouldnt be tough to set up a sting operation, just set a bait car, put a trackable GPS on the dash, and then wait. It'd be just like fishing.

The only problem is that it's C&R only.

I wouldn't mind if we had poachers for those suckers though ha!

Please correct me if im wrong, but aslong as your in the river, property owners cant mess with you. Property owners do not own the river therefore you can walk up the river all you want. As far as property goes which I have no clue what the boundaries are, but isn't it a line in a certain section o...

i bet a couple days of a sting operation would flush out a few of those tweekers... i'm always nervous parking down there by the railroad where you can walk down the tracks towards the mouth.. the wallace is a beautiful river, with waders you can tromp almost the whole thing from the mouth to the h...