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King County, WA

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07/14/2011
Drift Fishing
Steelhead
Morning
07/14/2011
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Hit the Green today hunting for summer steel with no luck. Started out just above the log jam and nothing happening there. Just managed to lose my favorite rvrfshr 50/50 hammered spoon. After that headed way east up to Kanaskat-Palmer and fished every hole there with no luck just a few tiny smolts hooked. Not even sure if there are summer steel up here that far anymore with Palmer ponds closed. After that i made the trek down to Icy Creek and again no luck just a few smolts hooked. On my way out got the crap scared out of me by a rottweiler who belonged to somebody caring for the fish at the pens. The dog came charging after me as i was half way up the hill. I drifted yarn balls, dick-nites, pink worm, and tossed a spinner during the course of the days fishing.

Anybody know if there are steelhead still up at Palmer? I know the pens closed in summer 2009 so i am wondering if they released one last batch of smolts that would be returning this year. The 2009 smolt plant report shows 30,000+ released at Soos and 77,000+ released at Mainstem (i not sure what Mainstem means).


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tsath24
7/14/2011 11:02:00 PM
Funny that you mention that, I was at green river today myself drift fishing right before flaming geyser. Tried everything from jig under a bobber, corky and yarn and dick nites. The smolts were chasing after the dick nites though. Other than the smolts no other bites. Any other good spots around green river?
chengpu
7/14/2011 11:31:00 PM
The thing about the green is that there are good spots all over the place and good access. I usually start around the log jam and work my way up. The smolts are wacky i caught a 2" smolt on a yarn ball the size of a quarter.
Jake Dogfish
7/15/2011 7:01:00 AM
They are still releasing some fish up there not near as many as at Soos creek though. Thanks for the report.
jtrain9
7/18/2011 2:45:00 PM
Sad that this river is so dead. I have fished it a few times this year and havent caught/seen any steelhead. Guess we'll have to wait for the pinks to enjoy the river..
kingfisher101
7/18/2011 5:49:00 PM
the river is dead but ive seen some pretty big steelheads being pulled out around june and talk about that i myself hooked onto a steelhead i think it was like last week right by palmers park but this fish jumped so much iended up loosing it i was drifting corky and yarn with shrimp,eggs and attracters.so theres a few in there and same here im wating till all the pinks come
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