Mike Carey
9/26/2014 12:44:00 PMWelcome! Keep at it, October is almost here. 3rd week will be great fishing.
Goldrigger1
9/26/2014 4:12:00 PMLOL, I am a salmon newbie and live in Snohomish. I learned there by going out with a couple of guides. I'm in my second year. Caught 19 silver keepers last year. Those over 6 lbs. The fishing on Snoho was unreal at times. This year has been as dead as the Silver fishing was in mid Sept. last year. Then it perked up out of nowhere- nowhere for me cause I had no prior experience.
I talked to everyone and read everything. The best clues came from Triangle Bait. Family owned and local. At first I didn't know dip and thought they were just trying to sell lures. Nope they were right. I saw the same stuff fished by many guys on the water.
I just got back from the Columbia around Drano Lake. Fish jumping all over the place and none of those hit anything. Took several days to see they wanted a spinning herring or Brad's cut plug with smelly inside. It was still slow and I could see the bottom lined with fish. Nobody was catching much given all the rollers and jumpers. It goes to show, they can be there all around us and we still struggle. Eventually we learn a good trick or two and get our limits. Salmon fishing is not like normal fresh water fishing. I really like the guides.
I talked to everyone and read everything. The best clues came from Triangle Bait. Family owned and local. At first I didn't know dip and thought they were just trying to sell lures. Nope they were right. I saw the same stuff fished by many guys on the water.
I just got back from the Columbia around Drano Lake. Fish jumping all over the place and none of those hit anything. Took several days to see they wanted a spinning herring or Brad's cut plug with smelly inside. It was still slow and I could see the bottom lined with fish. Nobody was catching much given all the rollers and jumpers. It goes to show, they can be there all around us and we still struggle. Eventually we learn a good trick or two and get our limits. Salmon fishing is not like normal fresh water fishing. I really like the guides.
Goldrigger1
9/26/2014 4:24:00 PMI forgot a good tip I learned - the Silvers seem to like logs as a holding spot. Some guys troll the channels and they caught fish, but I caught most of mine near wood. And close to the bank.
hookset'n
9/26/2014 4:40:00 PMThe SnoHo has been very slow, and with this rain may pick up but the water is still to warm for fish to bite very well. Dick nite spoons, blue fox lures, trolled plugs in 12-18' of water are all good tactics just keep at it. I would suggest hitting salt water from shore, cast a rotator with squid. See Ted's Sports Center. One hour before to one hour after high tide for the next 1-2 weeks before the river picks up. Last year a sudden cool down and flooding rain turned on the fishing big time but was end of September. October is the best normally.
snatchinglips
9/26/2014 5:39:00 PMShort school road is a good spot in the day to come. The mass of fish are between sekiu. And port angels so with the rain the will come down
sealegs
9/27/2014 10:15:00 PMWelcome. This is a great social and educational site. Be a great steward to our beautiful waters(IMHO)
NicelyDone
9/27/2014 11:17:00 PMThanks guys for all your advice and encouragement! I really appreciate it and I am taking it all in. I will be patient and if I am lucky, I will get into some fish. :)
snatchinglips
9/29/2014 10:11:00 AMI know the fish up there and moving this way because I was told about the report from the fish checker count and it was 130 boat and there were 800 fish checked and port angeles is also fish and my buddies that fish in pa have been doing extremely well.