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Satsop River Fishing Reports

By: protovack
Posted: 10/27/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Flows on the peninsula have been extremely low until a couple days ago when we got a spat of rain and flows went from 200-300 up to 1000-1200. Peak flow was yesterday and it seems everyone thought tod...
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By: ChromeInc
Posted: 10/7/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day with the Northwest Fishing Reports/Chrome Inc. Guided Sport Fishing contest winner. The rain lifted the river level to better fishing conditions, still shallow in some area's but enough...
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Posted: 2/18/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report actually covers each weekend starting at the beginning of February. Fishing has been good, I have at least hooked a steelhead each outing I have made, including an absolute monster wild fi...
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Posted: 12/15/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day on the river. Got the afternoon off and decided to go try for some late coho begfore the river closes for salmon, had to fight off the urge to drive an extra 45 minutes and go for steelhea...
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Posted: 11/22/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Walked the banks of the Satsop hoping for some late coho action. After fishing below hwy 12 for an hour with no luck I decided to head up river looking for some fish. The clearity was good so I threw ...
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Posted: 10/23/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I fished the river after doing some hunting earlier in the morning. We had to do a lot of hiking as the spots we usually fished weren't holding a lot of water. One of the last spots we tri...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 6/15/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
went down to check on the property and do some fishing. used only a copper size zero aglia. several cutthroat up to 16 in. and a small steelhead maybe 2lbs released. shouldve taken the flyrod.
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By: obryan214
Posted: 6/12/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
since i had to work on the opener i couldn't wet a line until today. fished about a half mile above and below my place on the east fork. used my ultra light gear with 4lb test and a 3wt fly rod. 9 cut...
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Posted: 12/2/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, after the recent high water the Satsop dropped down into fishing condition, a little high at 3,200 cfs. Water clarity was dirty but clearing in the main branch, and clear in the east fork. I went...
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Posted: 11/24/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
If I’m rating this day for myself fishing success-wise it’s a one. Fortunately I had Gringo Pescador along to save the day and bump it to a three. Of course, for him it would have been a five. The...
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Posted: 10/11/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I have been dying to get out on Lake WA this week and chase coho's up north and even checked out the Magnussen park boat launch on Tuesday and was planning on taking like a half day off Friday morning...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 6/7/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
smallmouth weren't the intended target but when we saw one near the family property it quickly became it. I started a topic in the rivers section about what I know about them. 14 cuthroat released ...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 2/5/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
hit just about every area with bank access this morning/early afternoon with no luck. was using every spinner and spoon I had. walked across the bridge at shafer state park to see if I saw anything sw...
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Posted: 11/18/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been down to the Satsop a handful of times this year and have had some pretty good luck (4 coho and 1 coho jack), but not for a few weeks without the rain and the river being low and clear. Went back ...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
started near the hatchery looking for cuthroat and maybe some whitefish. what I found on the river in between there and my property were a couple thousand dark silvers and several hundred dark & moldy...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
went down to the property looking for cuthroat and to play with the new flyrod. saw several people on the lower river looking for salmon but saw nobody catch any and no fish at the bridge down in town...
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By: lbcatcher
Posted: 9/8/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 1
The wife and I spent the weekend at Schafer state park. We had a great time and did some fly fishing on and off throughout the day. I managed to land a few Rainbows and one Golden Trout. (catch and re...
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Posted: 11/14/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Chehalis and Satsop this week because i had a few days off from guiding, had a great time fishin with my dad, we caught limits of coho, too many chums and even a few hog kings! lots of fish...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 10/29/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
the day would have gotten a 5 if we actually hooked something. started out at family property on the upper east fork, almost hit 2 deer on the way in. found 2 bull elk in an old christmas tree farm by...
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Posted: 2/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This winter has been shaping up to be one for the record books. At the beginning of the season there was a big article in the NW Sportsman's Magazine about the higher than normal returns expected thi...
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By: JM73
Posted: 2/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Satsop yesterday with my Father and two brothers. Picked up a good deal on a boat ride for the group, so we thought we'd try to get our first Steelhead. Out of the four of us, none of us h...
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Posted: 1/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
hit the satsop with a guide.my 12 year old boy got his first steelhead,12 pound hen,hatchery keeper.I got a 15 pound native hen with sealice on her.my camera got left on by me and batteries were dead....
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By: djw0414
Posted: 12/5/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent half a day on the Satsop fishing from a driftboat launched at the HWY 12 put in. I hooked a fish on my second cast from shore while waiting for my buddy to show up. Lost it and it was our only h...
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By: djw0414
Posted: 11/11/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After such a good day on Wednesday I returned to the Satsop with my buddy and his drift boat on Thursday. We were hoping to catch our limits or some memorable coho. We got there earlier since the bite...
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By: djw0414
Posted: 11/9/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Debated whether to take the long venture down to the Humptulips but the latest report from my guide friend was that it had cooled off substantially so decided to try the Satsop with a buddy who has a ...
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