February Steelhead

motorek · Post by **motorek** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:57 pm

Basicly I have two question:

Is there still a chance to get hatchery Steelhead this February?
Is there a chance to get wild steelhead this february?

Rivers I have in mind are stillinguamish and skykomish.
Thanks

curado · Post by **curado** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:19 pm

yes, but if i were you i would try the sauk river up near darrington it has a good run of natives and you can keep hatchery steelhead into march and april selective gear rules. but always check yor regs book. i have been fishing the sky all year and have had hook ups every time i go but it is winding down fish wise. the best place to go is either rieder or wallace flats. how high are you willing to fish up on the skykomish. pm me if you want more info

A9 · Post by A9 » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:53 pm

motorek wrote:Basicly I have two question:

Is there still a chance to get hatchery Steelhead this February?
Is there a chance to get wild steelhead this february?

Rivers I have in mind are stillinguamish and skykomish.
Thanks

Yes to both. Some fish are still coming out of Reiter and more and more natives are being caught as we progress into the Nate season....

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:53 am

Good luck on hatchery fish= the Group of the biggest run/numbers starts and ends in December almost every year#-o
They show within 2 weeks every year and shoot to the hatcheries, is it possible Yes but the game from here on forward is Nates

:batman:
Instead of all these writing lets SEE some ?:bom: :bounce:

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:41 pm

Here is Great Stuff on the Sauk Right Now!:bounce:

motorek · Post by **motorek** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:24 am

Nice pictures Swede. Is this a spring?

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:52 am

Heaven on earth:cheers:

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:52 am

Feb and March my bud has a custom home just off her and have had the pleasure to use his place as stop overs, sleep overs,drift boat drops and showers and meals if we provide Jerome Black the meat on the BBQ for 25 years .
He has more custom hotrods then we have fish so the trip is always a great trip fishing and watching a plus 66 year old

do burn outs all over the Sauk highways :colors: :batman:
We love the Chevy 502, 510 and 575 BB

curado · Post by **curado** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:43 pm

where is a good starting point for fishing the sauk

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:04 pm

:colors: Right here Where the Sauk meets the Suaittle/tribe river:brilsmurf and really poor spelling.:colors: LOL BraindeadgoneSwede:cheers:

The Fish acclimate for days there and monster nates but bring your A game.

Float fish the pinkie worm or puffer ball, work your way down to the mouth many many great slots to fish.

Its best in a drift boat or toon but they can be taken from the beach I have killed and released many Great fish on the Sauk and Now is Game Time Fish on!!!

Go through Darrington and head towards Rockport you will see where the 2 rivers meet

and there is 50 more great holes to the mouth where it meets the mighty Skagit :bounce:

noclothes1 · Post by **noclothes1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:09 pm

Swede,

I've heard of the hole Great Stuff before. Is it below or above the Tribe river?

EDIT: I see you answered this above before i was even able to post.

FISH ON!

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:15 pm

RIGHT WHERE THEY MEET!!!!
They Stack in there!!!!!Cord woood nates to 28lbs!:-$

curado · Post by **curado** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:06 pm

i plan on fishing the sauk at least 2 times this year

noclothes1 · Post by **noclothes1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:27 pm

This is not my pic but I tied up a bunch in the SwedishMetalMeatBall pattern. :chef: I don't have a vise but these guys are easy enough to tie up. Plus you can run them in your bait loop for quick color changes. Of course, I've yet to catch any fish on them as I've been sticking close to home, but that doesn't really say much. I don't catch anything on the hundreds of other bait options either LOL

curado · Post by **curado** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:38 pm

keep tryin then never give up.

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:43 pm

I like it and they should as well:chef: if your a good read on real holding waters and put it in the Bang zone

This piggy is for you guys eye candy fish Porn!!!
Dont forget the Float and pink worm as well in these selective seasons and areas:bounce:

curado · Post by **curado** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:13 pm

i need to get a float rod first and then i am gonna try floatin pinkies and learn to float fish better too

salmonfinder · Post by **salmonfinder** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:57 pm

i got me a nice fat 10ft rod for pulling those hawg kings off of bobber and eggs out of the nisqually:cheers:

crankbait42 · Post by **crankbait42** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:04 pm

Is the sauk a fairly small river like the green?

swedefish4life1 · Post by **swedefish4life1** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:12 pm

10 times the Green:cheers: but yes tight NORTH/CASCADES FED 1st to go out last to come in but I would say medium to small perfect system in a drifter and toon!!!

Don't kid yourself you better be a Pro on the sticks,:-$

logs, sweepers and drops floated it since the late 70's
Great system late and loaded with monster Dollies in the upper to 5-10lbs real slimers:colors:

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