Northwest Fishing Reports

Does anyone have a hunch on somewhere to fish this weekend. Mainly tommorow. I check the Nisqually yesterday ya the gravel bar is underwater. GP posted the Puke but said it was blown out. After all this rain i am really discouraged on going out tomm. Please Help the wife is working and i am off......wanna give'em the sore mouth.

With all this rain, you might plan on lake fishing instead. That's what I'm doing. Minter or Mud Bay might be an option too

Never fished either. I drove by mud bay on my to kennedy last week, fish at the bridge or what? also it seemed that most ppl fished kennedy at the Hwy are there spots up stream a little bit?

i am fishing the river blown or not

curado wrote:i am fishing the river blown or not

One can always get spooled by the log that is floating by.:dwarf:

With the snow levels low, if you get high on the river you should be in good shape.

what is your choice curado? what does everyone think about carbon tomm?

curado wrote:i am fishing the river blown or not

No offense, but fishing rivers this blown out is a stupid and dangerous idea. Unless you load up on scent and bait or attach a strobe light to your Kwikfish, it's unlikely you'll catch much of anything. Not to mention logs and stuff floating down, aswell as unseen holes and obstructions since you can't see into the water (personal experience on that one).

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justin...I couldn't tell you anything about Minter or Mud Bay as I've never fished either, sorry. I know a lot of people do tho...especially when the rivers punch out

You could give Hoodsport and a few areas around there a try. Then you don't have to worry about the river being blown out.

hit up beaver lake for one of those fat triploids if you got a float.

I am new to this, but how do you get to Minter bay/creek to fish? thanks

justin, I fished Kennedy today at low tide and caught an ok looking hen. I kept her, she gave me the eye. :chef:
I hope Nisqually gets back into shape, when I drove by it on Wednesday, it was very high and dirty. :cyclopsan

Im gonna hit the carbon tomorrow. I only got a few jobs and Im working in orting. I think around voights creek will be ok there. Im hoping to get a late run coho. Stealies should be running soon too. For those of you that think fishing blown rivers is soo bad. Shorten your leaders 3 ft or less. Add more weight 1 oz will slow ya down usually sometimes more if its still too fast. Look for changes in the water. Fish em. They are there still.

thanks for the info and tips given by all looks like the carbon will be my weapon of choice. although a report on www.gamefishin.com said that it was blown out and unfishable i think i will just have to look for myself ima live and learn kinda guy anyway.

I'm heading out to Chico Creek tomorrow morning. High tide is at 9AM, so I'l be there at 7AM to get in on the incoming tide. They were in there thick a couple of weeks ago, but I don't know what it will be like tomorrow. If not there, then I will be at "the spot" at the Skok.