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Bobberdownchromer
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New Rivers

Post by Bobberdownchromer » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:05 pm

Has anyone heard if the cascade,cowlitz,tokul,or the skookumchuck rivers doing well?
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Re: New Rivers

Post by Seattlè Pat » Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:29 pm

I hears that tokul was on fire last weekend and that the skook and cow were good too. My friend guided the cascade and said it was hit and miss but his boat did very well.
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Re: New Rivers

Post by SilverSlayer » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:30 am

Was at Tokul this morning. The run appears to be winding down there. Lots of people, and I only saw one fish landed.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by Bobberdownchromer » Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:47 pm

Might head down to the skookumchuck this weekend or next weekend. Has anyone heard of fish being caught?

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Re: New Rivers

Post by AJFishdude » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:03 am

I think it is way early for the Skook still. I haven't seen anything in the escapement reports, and am not planning to hit it until the late part of February.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by Bobberdownchromer » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:12 am

Is there any coho left in the skook?

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Re: New Rivers

Post by schu7498 » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:32 pm

Go fish the skook man! Youll never know if there is fish until you go. Some helpful advice, there are fish in that river at the end of december. Dont wait for escapement report, Hatchery doesnt start counting until mid feb.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by denhambruce » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:41 pm

schu7498 wrote:Go fish the skook man! Youll never know if there is fish until you go. Some helpful advice, there are fish in that river at the end of december. Dont wait for escapement report, Hatchery doesnt start counting until mid feb.
Shhhhhhhhhhh.... lol

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Re: New Rivers

Post by Bobberdownchromer » Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:18 pm

I will, thank you everyone.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by Weekend-warrior17 » Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:42 am

Skookumchuck:
Knowing how the weather conditions affect that river is Key, once you dial that in it is full of willing fish from Late January all the way threw April.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by DannyL » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:51 pm

Seattlè Pat wrote:I hears that tokul was on fire last weekend and that the skook and cow were good too. My friend guided the cascade and said it was hit and miss but his boat did very well.

Well since you cant take a boat on Cascade....

Cascade has been dead the past two seasons and now that they arnt taking eggs any longer that is a dead fishery as far as steelhead go. I hear of a guy picking up one every few weeks.
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Re: New Rivers

Post by AJFishdude » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:58 pm

schu7498 wrote:Go fish the skook man! Youll never know if there is fish until you go. Some helpful advice, there are fish in that river at the end of december. Dont wait for escapement report, Hatchery doesnt start counting until mid feb.
Thanks schu! Great bit of advice. My experience on the Skook is still pretty limited. Looking forward to this year though.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by Seattlè Pat » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:32 am

DannyL wrote:
Seattlè Pat wrote:I hears that tokul was on fire last weekend and that the skook and cow were good too. My friend guided the cascade and said it was hit and miss but his boat did very well.

Well since you cant take a boat on Cascade....

Cascade has been dead the past two seasons and now that they arnt taking eggs any longer that is a dead fishery as far as steelhead go. I hear of a guy picking up one every few weeks.

Explain why you can't take a boat on the Cascade?
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Re: New Rivers

Post by DannyL » Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:10 am

Well its not big enough to take a boat on for one... Ask anyone here whose fished Cascade. Its a bank river.
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Re: New Rivers

Post by primetime » Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:49 am

You could take a drift boat down. However not sure if the regs say you can or not or where you would put in. You could take a pontoon down it.

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Re: New Rivers

Post by spoonman » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:00 am

primetime wrote:You could take a drift boat down. However not sure if the regs say you can or not or where you would put in. You could take a pontoon down it.

How you doin on the sticks primetime?

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Re: New Rivers

Post by primetime » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:26 pm

Doing good. I've done from high bridge (sky) all the way down to Cady and the bogy. Having a kid soon. So I'm off for about a month. Sled going well for you?

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Re: New Rivers

Post by Seattlè Pat » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:59 pm

DannyL wrote:Well its not big enough to take a boat on for one... Ask anyone here whose fished Cascade. Its a bank river.
Danny you are quite wrong, but I like that, maybe it will help keep the crowds down!
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Re: New Rivers

Post by DannyL » Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:03 pm

Seattlè Pat wrote:
DannyL wrote:Well its not big enough to take a boat on for one... Ask anyone here whose fished Cascade. Its a bank river.
Danny you are quite wrong, but I like that, maybe it will help keep the crowds down!
in all my years of fishing not once have I seen a boat on the cascade.
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