Northwest Fishing Reports

hey guys ! Im back on the site after bein absent for a few months , i couldnt log into my other account after the forum update and finally gave up and made a new one ! FishBaitThe2nd !
Ive been browsin' the site, and am absolutely amazed with the Steelhead slayin this year ! Ive yet to catch my first steel, and thats what im makin this post for . I know fishenfreak has been slayin them over on the Cascade . I cant make i over there, and was thinkin about hittin Barrier Dam Or Blue Creek ? How they doin down there ?
Ive filled 2 catch cards this season and am on my 3rd and would like to get a few steelies on there !
29 Kings This Season
13 Silvers
16 Bright Chum
1 pink
Thats whats on my card, pretty good for a 14 year old, but i want Steel !
I know what to use, bobber/jig(sometimes tipped with eggs) , or bobber/eggs with a little bit of yarn.

I got money for gas, i got the gear, so where do i go ?
Thanks Guys !

Cascade Is well worth the trip. I limited out 7 times already there and made a total of 8 trips to the Cascade. Not bad for a 13 year old huh?

blue creek EARLY in the morning has been GOOD from shore with bobber eggs or shrimp as close to the hatchery intake as you can get. Just get there a hour before light, stand in your spot and when its light enough to fish you should hit a few early before the snaggers move in a ruin it. Barrier doesnt usually pick up until the B run in the cowlitz, march and april. Some fat kings up there still tho. Lol. you should hit some peninsula rivers if thats closer than cascade.

by the way nice job on the catch card. I am also on my 3rd, 3 places until needing a 4th, but salmon season is over now. Kept 54 chinook and like 20 coho and some sockeye. and ive got 28 steelies marked. Lol

FishBaitThe2nd wrote:hey guys ! Im back on the site after bein absent for a few months , i couldnt log into my other account after the forum update and finally gave up and made a new one ! FishBaitThe2nd

Did you try to recover your password? Everybodys passwords got reset when they did the upgrade. You also have to activate the password that gets sent to you if you use the lost password recovery.

Good job salmonator.fishingfreak...and especially natetreat and others for the informative reports you guys are true savages..

Hahha! No problem. I don't even know how many fish I've caught, but we're pretty much set for fish until the springers show up. I've lost count of my cards, what with all the humpies I smoked up. We eat fish three four or five days a week. It's been a good year.

As far as where to go, blue creek is a good bet. Barrier has received about 1,000 winter run steel according to the latest escapement reports. Check out the Skookumchuck come january, it's a good bet and a bit closer for you Fishbait. A lot more fun to fish from the bank than the cowlitz, even if it has fewer fish. I'll be fishing it quite a bit. The queets hatchery is a good bet too, and the wynoochee shouldn't be overlooked. A lot of water up higher in the system for bankies, and you'll be less crowded than at other places.

Thanks for the info guys !
Salmonator - not bad at all for a 13 year old !

Nate - Ive been wantin to fish the Skook for a long time now , maybe ill give it a shot this year !
Fishenfreak - Thanks ! Weve filled up 2 freezes this year , but we want some steel . No one in my family has ever caughten one, never really targeted tho . And how far apart should the eggs be from the bobber at blue creek?
Thanks again !

make sure your weight is just barely ticking along bottom, not dragging but make sure you can feel the rocks. thatll brin g your eggs into strike range

We are slatyin steelhead down on the wynoochee, my family owns property so we have alot of accses other people don't..........

Welcome back!

Maybe if ya get the chance you can fish with me on one of my trips. Would your uncle fish over night? Thats the best time I think for steel.

Hey flinginpooh, I dont live with my uncle anymore hes still in arizona- hes down there bass fishing .
I live with my grandpa , but yeah we would be up for fishing over night.

I havent caught a steelie in my life! Im hopin to get one! I hear the wallace is doin pretty well!