Northwest Fishing Reports

Anyone hit the stilly yet down by marine drive near stanwood? It's been probably two pink runs ago that I fished that and did well. Saw some guys other day fishing and saw a lot of rollers as I crossed the bridge. Thinking about hitting it tomorrow since its pretty close to home. Any info would be great! If not then I guess I'll take my chances Thanks!

Haven't tried it yet this year, but thread gotta be some fish in there. Next week ill start taking a rod to work with me and give er a shot.

Yeah I would assume now there's a push coming thru there! I am gonna give it a shot tomorrow anyway take the boat out with the wife and kiddo. Should be fun regardless! I'll let ya know how I do!

Anyone know how the water level and clarity is looking? My friends the game warden that checks the stilly and she said its a little slow but did check a nice silver on opening day.

It has probably 8-10" of viz. I fished it yesterday and did fairly well fishing cured shrimp under a float. Released probably 20 bucks and kept four nice hens.

Just a reminder to everyone that the river upstream of marine drive is selective gear rules. No bait.

Yea... my bad. I was scanning the rules in my phone and missed that bit of info. No wonder they were so bitey

Steelheadin360 wrote:Yea... my bad. I was scanning the rules in my phone and missed that bit of info. No wonder they were so bitey

Haha that is pretty funny, good size ticket too if ya get caught

I feel pretty bad.... I always follow the rules. Just my first time fishing the river this year and I should have remembered from years past. Twitching jigs and dick-nites caught fish too. Ill leave the shrimp for the Snohomish.

Steelheadin360 wrote:I feel pretty bad.... I always follow the rules. Just my first time fishing the river this year and I should have remembered from years past. Twitching jigs and dick-nites caught fish too. Ill leave the shrimp for the Snohomish.

Cheating huh you bad... That thing clears up lets hit the lower in the boat for some ho's.....

Gunna try it tomorrow after work. No more pink, freezer is full of eggs. Time to go a huntin coho.

I have a freezer full of coho eggs already now I am fishing for the big uns.

Fished it tonight with a couple buddies and we had good luck twitchin jigs, took awile for the bite to come on but once it did it was fast action.

Brat Bonker wrote:

Steelheadin360 wrote:Yea... my bad. I was scanning the rules in my phone and missed that bit of info. No wonder they were so bitey

Haha that is pretty funny, good size ticket too if ya get caught

87 dollars just for the selective violation

Steelheadin360 wrote:I feel pretty bad.... I always follow the rules. Just my first time fishing the river this year and I should have remembered from years past. Twitching jigs and dick-nites caught fish too. Ill leave the shrimp for the Snohomish.

A good man fesses up when he makes a mistake. You're a good man.

I made the mistake on the opener to de-barb my hook at first..... Made 2 casts then had an Oh F&%k moment and pulled the pliers out..... We all have those moments of forgetfulness.....

when does the haller park in Arlington start getting good for silvers and pinks, will be up there in a couple weeks so I might hit it.

Its retarded for pinks right now. They all seem to get stuck there in low water. The Coho's will be thick by the end of the month.

Steelheadin360 wrote:Its retarded for pinks right now. They all seem to get stuck there in low water. The Coho's will be thick by the end of the month.

Thanks sounds like I have a chance at hooking something then

OK so I may be a little late to the game on the Stilly. Is it still worth fishing right now? If so where is a good spot to go? I normally fish just west of Haller Park off of Dike Rd. Had some really good luck there about 4 years ago. Is that still a viable spot? I am usig pink Buzz Bombs or sometimes I switch to a jig and use the Pink and white Dick Nites. I tried fishing there from 2PM to 5 PM on September 14th with my daughter and got skunked. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Really whatever you can sugest would be great because I still consider myself some what of a Noob when it comes to River fishing.

Thanks