Top Ten Washington Salmon Fishing Rivers.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:58 am
Ok! So here is my top ten salmon fishing rivers for Washington. Agree or disagree? Let me know what you think. I look forward to hearing your top ten.
1. The Columbia River - The Columbia has the highest Salmon return in the State with millions of fish coming up that beast every year. Hands down the Columbia is my Number one.
2. The Cowlitz River - The Litz is prime time fishing when it comes to Salmon and Steelhead.
3. The Skokomish River - The Skoke has been an upper tier fishery since I can remember. Last year I swear I saw more Chinook in that thing that any river I hit in 2014.
4. The Puyallup River - The Puke almost never disappoints it's hard to lose when they are running hot on the Puyallup.
5. The Nisqually River - After 2014 I almost don't want to put the Nisqually in my top five but the king run started off pretty good but petered out. Plus this year is a Pink year so the NisQ should be a winner but unfortunately I think the Nets will be the ones to decide that in the end.
6. The Snohomish River - The Snohomish is mu number six not so much because the Snohomish river by itself is such a great fishery but the Snohomish river system o the other hand consists of the Skykomish, Wallace and Snoqualime which are all great salmon fishing river. This places the Snoho in the upper echelon in my book.
7. The Green (Duwamish) River - Although there are two Green river's in Washington state The Duwamish versus the Cowlitz county Green river is the big boy. I must say the Green river in Cowlitz county produces decent Salmon returns as well, but the Green River (Duwamish) offers up a massive Coho return produced by two hatchery's. Overall I think the Green is under rated in many anglers books, but my personal belief is that the Green is a main player in the region.
8. The Skagit River - It will be knee deep in Pinks pretty soon. Plunker Paradise. Nothing like kicking back in the old lawn chair beer in hand plunking sand shrimp behind a spin glow. Need I say more.
9. The Noocksack River - The Noocksack has one of the largest King Salmon returns in the Puget Sound and would be higher in the list but once the nets come out the Lummis pretty much kill the run.
10.The Quillayute River - Last but not least is the Quillayute which is in my back yard makes up the last of my top ten, largely due to the fact that the Bogachiel, Sol Duc and Calawah are all part of the Quillayute river system and are all renowned for both Salmon and Steelhead.
So this is my top ten, I know there are several other notables but this is the list I came up with based on my own personal experience and bias. What's your top ten?
1. The Columbia River - The Columbia has the highest Salmon return in the State with millions of fish coming up that beast every year. Hands down the Columbia is my Number one.
2. The Cowlitz River - The Litz is prime time fishing when it comes to Salmon and Steelhead.
3. The Skokomish River - The Skoke has been an upper tier fishery since I can remember. Last year I swear I saw more Chinook in that thing that any river I hit in 2014.
4. The Puyallup River - The Puke almost never disappoints it's hard to lose when they are running hot on the Puyallup.
5. The Nisqually River - After 2014 I almost don't want to put the Nisqually in my top five but the king run started off pretty good but petered out. Plus this year is a Pink year so the NisQ should be a winner but unfortunately I think the Nets will be the ones to decide that in the end.
6. The Snohomish River - The Snohomish is mu number six not so much because the Snohomish river by itself is such a great fishery but the Snohomish river system o the other hand consists of the Skykomish, Wallace and Snoqualime which are all great salmon fishing river. This places the Snoho in the upper echelon in my book.
7. The Green (Duwamish) River - Although there are two Green river's in Washington state The Duwamish versus the Cowlitz county Green river is the big boy. I must say the Green river in Cowlitz county produces decent Salmon returns as well, but the Green River (Duwamish) offers up a massive Coho return produced by two hatchery's. Overall I think the Green is under rated in many anglers books, but my personal belief is that the Green is a main player in the region.
8. The Skagit River - It will be knee deep in Pinks pretty soon. Plunker Paradise. Nothing like kicking back in the old lawn chair beer in hand plunking sand shrimp behind a spin glow. Need I say more.
9. The Noocksack River - The Noocksack has one of the largest King Salmon returns in the Puget Sound and would be higher in the list but once the nets come out the Lummis pretty much kill the run.
10.The Quillayute River - Last but not least is the Quillayute which is in my back yard makes up the last of my top ten, largely due to the fact that the Bogachiel, Sol Duc and Calawah are all part of the Quillayute river system and are all renowned for both Salmon and Steelhead.
So this is my top ten, I know there are several other notables but this is the list I came up with based on my own personal experience and bias. What's your top ten?
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