Northwest Fishing Reports

Good letter. I generally agree, though this is one of those "be careful what you ask for things." Open to the public won't be limited to just the sport fishermen. I'd imagine our friends at the Wild Fish Conservancy will want to attend as well.

I'm taking my son tonight for the first time. Thoughts on where it may not be too crowded?
Edmonds, shilshole, Seattle?
Thanks!

Happy all, I'd like to fish upriver brights this year. I have a 21 foot I/O prop and am a bit worried about the launch situation. Any thoughts on Tri/cities fishing? I don't see a lot of reports from that area of the river. As far as the reach any opinions/advice on launches? I fished with Kyle Jone...

Lampwick hit the nail on the head--the only way to protect information is to not collect it in the first place. Every system is vulnerable to attack as we've seen countless times over the past few years. When its just a name and credit card number, there's not a whole lot of longlasting damage. But ...

Supposedly good in West Seattle over the weekend. Pictures posed on the NW Fishing Reports facebook page.

It was several years ago. I want to say $275? Under $300 for sure, but not much. The Sunbrella fabric was quite a bit more. I had a fish and ski (which was pretty much a ski boat hull) and it fit perfect except for not being reinforced around the trolling motor mounting plate. It too had many straps...

For my prior boat, I bought a "semi-custom" cover from Savvy Boater in Portland. At that time they sell Carver and Westland covers in various fabrics. They had two methods 1) the specific boat if they have it in their specs or 2) based on general characteristics--type of boat, length, beam, etc. I b...

Sounds delish, though needs more crab!!

Thanks Larry! Will order from Chargerguy!

Thanks guys. I think I'm overthinking this. Costco it is.

Hi All, I'm looking for battery advice. I have a dual battery system for my boat. I need to replace one battery and am thinking of doing both just to be safe. My questions: 1. Opinions on the best batteries on the market? I don't mind paying more for peace of mind and am thinking of AGMs. I've heard...

Lake Roosevelt is an impoundment of the Columbia (behind Grand Coulee). Fishing reports are under Columbia River (#18). From reports here an elsewhere kokanee is still good. While Kokanee is all the rave this year, Roosevelt and Banks are usually good big trout lakes too. I've never fished baker, bu...

Yes, its open though as with all things WDFW you have to look at several different things to figure it out. Start with the first closure notice Then press release this retracts that http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/jun2416a/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And that press release then says to l...

I ditto Larry's skepticism on finding a cabin. I'm heading to the Olympic peninsula and couldn't find anything. Winding up staying in Sequim and making drives from there. Depending on what a "few hours" is to you, my #1 would be lake Roosevelt for monster kokanee, but don't know about lodging. You m...

Hi Bigdaddy, there was just a report on shore fishing, but it didn't say location. You might PM them. Gene Coulon park is a popular spot and ice cream for the kiddos! Barchaser, I've not fished north of 520, but I've seen reports from Juanita point and just offshore from Kenmore. the key for me is f...

Great news, but the press release reads like they didn't even realize the impact to non-salmon fisheries. I still find this closure and WDFW's statements, and lack thereof, about it truly bizarre.

I contacted WDFW on the closures. The NOAA guidance requires a permit for any activity that is "likely" to result in "taking" of an ESA listed species. According to WDFW NOAA has now said that a permit is required when any taking is remotely possible. I think this is an indefensible interpretation (...

As I've said before I fully support salmon conservation including a full closure if necessary, but shutting down warmwarter fishing makes no sense. Even if we were to buy into the notion that bass, perch, etc have some negative impact on salmon, that's even more reason to keep these fisheries open. ...

Well apparently the WDFW didn't see it coming or they would have a plan to manage non-salmon fishing in waters where salmon may swim to. The sport fishermen are still supportive, but I think we deserve some statement of a plan to reopen these fisheries. Only thing I've seen is that WDFW plans to ask...

I agree that WDFW is doing the best they can for salmon/steelhead. I admit I only half-followed the North of Falcon process, but I did try and keep up on updates from WDFW, CCA, PSA, OutdoorLine, and others. Perhaps I just didn't understand the implications that were clearly there, but I never heard...