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Whatcom Creek Report
Whatcom County, WA

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10/28/2012
51° - 55°
Drift Fishing
Chum Salmon
Shrimp
Pink
Cloudy
Corky & Yarn
Afternoon
10/28/2012
3
1072

Fished the wall between 3 and 6 today. The chum are in, but not thick. Give a couple of weeks it should be awesome. So I ended with my limit of bright hens after catching 2 other bucks. I had a brief conversation with fishenfreak while he had a fish. Oh and a lot of the people there are snagging. One guy ripped so hard that he got hooked in the head, and a lot of people were hooking up with the trees on top of us. Think pink and use small hooks (size 1 or 2) with about a quarter ounce of lead and you should be golden, no corky though.


Comments

RiverChromeGS
10/28/2012 10:20:00 PM
good to see ya down there buddy! yea those people are crazy there, although most fish are flossed anyway, theres a difference between drifting and hoping for biters, and getting flossed fish now and again like you and me down lower on the wall, and those crazy guys up top sight snagging the poor fish swimming up, if it wasnt 5 minutes from my house id probably never go, but its fun to go and fight a few fish now and again!
beachbum97
10/29/2012 6:27:00 AM
Yeah man! The first two fish came from all the way down the wall! I know these fish were not flossed cuz they hit my jigs! It slowed so went back to drifting then I caught the to hens. One of my hens had a hook on her tail. And did you see the guy who was trying to fly fish with about an ounce of lead? He snagged one and almost got spooled. But it was fun to get yelled at multiple times. This is a very competitive "fishery", and is not a place for little kids to try and fish. Haha. I'll be there again next week, but with safety goggles lol.
fishfiend
10/29/2012 11:11:00 AM
Nice to put faces to the name - actually heard both of you talking yesterday. Frustrating "fishing" at the wall with all the snaggers, but no other place that has that many fish coming in at once! Have a friend who works for the hatchery and he talks very negatively about all the fish they find in the tank that are ripped open with their guts hanging out.
beachbum97
10/29/2012 1:53:00 PM
Fishfiend, was it you twitch jigs?
chongo469
10/29/2012 2:59:00 PM
Anyone fish with float and jigs up there?.... We used to kill them on the sky this way.... Small purple jig tipped with a piece of prawn...
beachbum97
10/29/2012 3:03:00 PM
Most of the fish are off the bite. But it will work, I actually caught a steelhead there last year while trying to float jigs for chums.
rscundy
10/29/2012 7:11:00 PM
hey beachbum, that was me twitching jigs across the creek in the green coat and fishing vest. I fished for about an hour and had no hookups.
beachbum97
10/29/2012 7:14:00 PM
That's cool man! I saw you up on the rock with those rubber boots. Btw if you add some cured shrimp its not that hard to get them. Good luck.
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