Northwest Fishing Reports

Anyone been there this week? How was it?

Crowded. I did see fish caught though.

my friend was there yesterday him and his dad limited in 2hrs.

what is the best way to fish reitor ponds. I have avoided in the past due to the heavy combat fishing but might go with a neighbor this week. Any suggestions or helpful hints?

What I saw was everybody was using either a float/jig, or something other than a bottom drifting rig. It is full of large boulders and I think it would be a disaster to try and go with a corky/drift rig.

Yea Id like to go up there sometime just to check it out.

drift corkie and yarn with cured roe and sand shrimp

The Quadfather wrote:What I saw was everybody was using either a float/jig, or something other than a bottom drifting rig. It is full of large boulders and I think it would be a disaster to try and go with a corky/drift rig.

That used to be the main way to fish it until floats came into style. It's OK water to drift fish in. You will lose some rigs. I prefer the feel of a steelhead take drift fishing. Nothing like that head shake to get the adrenalin going!

all the combat guys can have the upper hole. i like the bakers drift more

what is the bakers drift???

goodtimesfishing wrote:what is the bakers drift???

I'm curious too!

me to, but throw a worm on the corky and BAM....doesn't always catch fish but it has worked for me in the past

Curado, this happened years ago (speaking of the combat zone at Reiters). It's a sad, and I think, true story. When you go to Reiters you park on the road and everyone lines up in their cars for "start time" about 100 yards up from the parking lot. When start time comes (which I can't remember when that is, it's been a few years) everyone races down to the lot, parks, and does a "brisk walk" to the river to grab their favorite spot. One year the brisk walk ended up causing an unfortunate angler a heart attack. From what I understand he had CPR and died there at the rivers edge, while guys around him continued to fish.

That's one definition of combat fishing.

Then there's the Blue Creek horror stories, but one ugly story at a time.

you gotta be carful when fishing reiters guys have been stabbed and guns shown over a spot,rock,drift and so on

I'd heard that about Blue Creek, but not Reiters. ouch

yep

I was up there yesterday (Friday) from 7am - 2pm. Saw 1 fish caught - and it was on the other side of the river. S-L-O-W

river is dropping so it will slow down but i a few weeks it will be better

so if they are not at reiter yet, where are people catching steelhead? I have not seen any reports for steelhead, but there should be some around?

Gringo Pescador wrote:I was up there yesterday (Friday) from 7am - 2pm. Saw 1 fish caught - and it was on the other side of the river. S-L-O-W

Same thing for Saturday morning. Only saw one fish caught. Water is a very clear right now. Went down stream by the Hwy 2 bridge and caught nothing.