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goals for the salmon and steelheaders out there

Post by curado » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:41 pm

name some goals u want to achieve in the rivers this year :bounce:
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Post by jens » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:29 am

Catch my first one. I plan on taking a few days off in August and try the Skok w/some buddies. And catch a steelhead.
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Post by G-Man » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:01 am

Catch saltwater pinks on my ultra-light kokanee set up. Knowing my luck I'll hook into a 20+lb king!
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Post by kavykid2k6 » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:18 am

goal for now, find steelhead in th coffee colored water of the stilly.

goal for this fall- lots of pinks and silvers and sturegon
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Post by jens » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:20 am

is this the year for the Pinks? Several years ago, I caught my first on 4 pound test using pink buzz bombs in hoodsport...what a trip!
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Post by G-Man » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:24 am

My logic - The pinks weren't in last year so it's gotta be this year.
Rule of thumb for Washington State - Pinks return heavy in the odd years.

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Post by jens » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:52 am

Sweet thanx! I can't wait!
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Post by SPARKY101 » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:55 pm

jens wrote:is this the year for the Pinks? Several years ago, I caught my first on 4 pound test using pink buzz bombs in hoodsport...what a trip!
If Swede was here bet he would know...and you could probably get a pic or 10 for proof:bball: Gee wonder where he has been:-" :clown:
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Post by curado » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:09 pm

one for me Not Hook into a 35+ pound king on 8 pound line fishin for pinks
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Post by Salmonking » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:59 pm

My Goal, is simular to Kavy. Try to catch a steelie in the mud staind water. The other goal is to make up for the lost season from last year due to Uncle Sam.

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Post by jens » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:03 pm

curado wrote:one for me Not Hook into a 35+ pound king on 8 pound line fishin for pinks
did you land it?
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Post by curado » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:27 pm

oh yeah. that was a work out. a true Native too from the sky.
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Post by crankbait42 » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:45 pm

catch a 6 fish limit on the cowlitz salmon or steelhead.

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Post by Toni » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:17 pm

Fish, Fish, FISH?
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Post by curado » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:04 pm

Me another goal is to catch 100 pinks mostly on a 5wt catch a king that is in season some steelies and coho and not to forget the DOGS
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Post by 64omcangeler » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:34 pm

well my answer isnt too different then other, find something that work in these nasty waters , but most important i wanna try to find a spot that no one fishes as long as it produces fish yr around............
rippin lips and kickin ass is what im about!!!!!!

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Post by gian » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:57 pm

"see" a steelhead on the tolt river. If I could just see one, just one, then I would know all the hours I've spent going up and down that river were not in vain. If I saw one it would give me hope that at least I'm fishing for something. Right now I'm just catching branches.
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Post by Derrick-k » Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:07 pm

gian wrote:"see" a steelhead on the tolt river. If I could just see one, just one, then I would know all the hours I've spent going up and down that river were not in vain. If I saw one it would give me hope that at least I'm fishing for something. Right now I'm just catching branches.
You know that they stopped planting hatchery steelhead in the tolt a few years ago right?

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Post by sickbayer » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:47 am

would like to go out and fish more often. Learn Lake Wa for its cutts and catch a bloody steel head.
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Post by racfish » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:19 am

To fish safely and enjoy the sport whether I catch or not.For me its all about relaxing.
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