Northwest Fishing Reports

do you have any tips for catching springers in the Skykomish?

It appears everyone and thier mother is catching Springers this year on the Columbia except for me. Can someone give me some advice on the leader lengths (dropper, main) for trolling and anchoring with herring and/or Kwickfish? I hear alot of anglers are using Chartreuse herring this year does it re...

I'm fishing the Satsop in a couple of weeks. I hear they get a pretty good silver and chum run. Does anyone know what they use to hook the silvers?

Is it floatable with a drift boat?

I heard corky and yarn setups are effective because the line flosses through the fishes mouth. The yarn sticks to the teeth or slides through the gill plates this is when you feel the fish. When you set the hook your basically just snaggin it in the mouth or outside of the mouth. The fish is not act...

Trying the mouth of the Nisqually for the first time. Can anyone give advice on catching kings there? I heard mooching and trolling are popular out there. What's a good depth to fish in and what works good for trolling?


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I'm assumming you're going for Kings... fish with a droper weight 1-5oz depending on current just make sure you are on the bottom in the inner bay. For bait use a cut plug or whole herring trolled beind a cone flasher... Some people use divers but unless you want to pick eel grass off your diver eve...

Fish kings at Lilliwup (sp?).... not sure how they are doing this year but last year durning this time did pretty well.. Fish about 100Ft of water- riggers down 45-60 ft. Troll 11inch green/glow flaser with a coyote spoon green/silver.

It makes you wonder if anyone that works for Fish and Game actually has gone fishing or crabbing.

I have my best luck with Lake Sam cutties in fall/winter.. but I guess I've never tried in Spring because to many other fish to go after and in Summer the lake is taken over by wake boarders. When fishing for them I troll orange label herring set at 12-25ft on the downrigger (Let out alot of line be...

I've been skunked the last two Ling openers at Possesion and Hat so this opener I thought I'd give the Edmonds breakwater a shot.

Does anyone know how the ling fishing is there?
What depth?
Is it better to fish it on incoming or outgoing tide?



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If your mooching for Blackmouth its important to have some tidal movement but not to much that you can't get your bait on the bottom (6-8 ft tidal change seemes to be just about right). I like mooching with keel weights anywhere from 3-6 oz in 90 to 120ft of water. I prefer to use herring over artif...

Hi,


Does anyone know if the tackle shack at the Everett Boat Launch is currently selling herring on the weekends? I know its open during the summer but was planning on going Blackmouth fishing this weekend. Would rather not have to make a extra stop if I don't need to.





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