Steelhead Reports and Pics 2012-2013

[Steelheadin360]

i tend to be a little slow....

[Bodofish]

i tend to be a little slow....

Yeah, I saw it in the mag the first day it was out, thought I'd save it for FF and totally missed it here too....

[Brat Bonker]

Missed that one did ya? There was already a bunch of chatter in this thread and in another. The correction for the caption will be forthcoming in the next issue.

oh I thought that was petosa guide service...
jk, I am surprised there is not 10 times as many people there after that article.

[racfish]

I fished the Ben Howard hole all day Saturday.I had one good hit but that was it. We saw rollers,prolly chum. I was soaking wet by the end of the day. It snowed and rained all day. Id rather be on the river all day and not catch then doing nothing at home. Sun day I hit the green. Didnt see or hear of anything. I didnt see any fish on the Sky either.

[fish vacuum]

Like I said reopen barnaby slough and all with be good...on the skagit atleast.

Barnaby barely got a handful of fish back each year. It was a waste of money.

[fish vacuum]

Said goodbye to broodstock after snyder creek terminated. Washington needs to take a hint from oregon or BC and get their s**t together

Fish reared in a hatchery have a significantly lower chance of producing viable offspring than fish spawning in the wild. So, what's the point of taking wild fish and spawning them in a hatchery? Taking wild fish, placing them in a hatchery, paying hatchery costs, and then releasing smolts that have a reduced chance of survival is stupid.

[fish vacuum]

Yea the stilly is suppose to have a good year, thats why they gave the natives their permits, so the good run is gonna be netted into a normal or smaller run, great job WDFW, get a good run and give the natives the extra fish so we get a crap run anyways like usual... wtf is wrong with people

It's a FEDERAL treaty. WDFW can't do ****. You really think WDFW has the power to shut the tribes down?

[Brat Bonker]

Like I said reopen barnaby slough and all with be good...on the skagit atleast.

Barnaby barely got a handful of fish back each year. It was a waste of money.

They didn't get any back because they were all caught, that was when the skagit would give up a couple thousand fish a year to sportsman alone, ever since they closed it the skagit has yet to have a year with 1000 steelhead retained. With Barnaby it gave people a better chance to catch them as they would mill around rockport instead of shooting up into the cascade.

[3footvis]

Got the skunk off on trip #2 for steel. Picked up this nice hen yesterday. Had to cover a lot of water. Hit her drifting a wobble glo at the end of my day.

[RiverChromeGS]

Like I said reopen barnaby slough and all with be good...on the skagit atleast.

Barnaby barely got a handful of fish back each year. It was a waste of money.

They didn't get any back because they were all caught, that was when the skagit would give up a couple thousand fish a year to sportsman alone, ever since they closed it the skagit has yet to have a year with 1000 steelhead retained. With Barnaby it gave people a better chance to catch them as they would mill around rockport instead of shooting up into the cascade.

I think you mean they all got caught in the NETS, they shut it down because it was a waste of money to raise all those fish just to be caught by the tribal nets and not even get enough back at the hatchery to sustain a run of fish, yet another fishery destroyed by tribal netting. Good stuff!

[RiverChromeGS]

Said goodbye to broodstock after snyder creek terminated. Washington needs to take a hint from oregon or BC and get their s**t together

Fish reared in a hatchery have a significantly lower chance of producing viable offspring than fish spawning in the wild. So, what's the point of taking wild fish and spawning them in a hatchery? Taking wild fish, placing them in a hatchery, paying hatchery costs, and then releasing smolts that have a reduced chance of survival is stupid.

You say this and yet EVERY SINGLE BROODSTOCK PROGRAM FROM CALIFORNIA TO ALASKA IS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL.
, and now we have none. The sol duc was awesome cause it was packed with wild fish and yet you still had the chance to kill a trophy steelhead, say goodbye to that. Stupid stupid stupid

[RiverChromeGS]

Missed that one did ya? There was already a bunch of chatter in this thread and in another. The correction for the caption will be forthcoming in the next issue.

Hey! How did you know they were gonna make a correction for me next month!?

[RiverChromeGS]

for my 4th reply in a row... a report on yesterday, Nate Treat and I did some scouting on the coast and DID NOT find fish where they are usually stacked this time of year, walked all day and found nothing, incredible that even the coast is struggling along with everything else, hmm... anyways we stopped at the humptulips hatchery on the way back to salvage the day and I got a 7lb hen, Nate got a 13lb hen and we each lost one other nice fish.

[Steelheadin360]

Nice fish boys!

Guess whos going to sequim thursday for "family time"? this guy!! gonna go hit the rivers probably 2 days at least and get some fishing in

[RiverChromeGS]

Nice fish boys!

Guess whos going to sequim thursday for "family time"? this guy!! gonna go hit the rivers probably 2 days at least and get some fishing in

sweet! we shall await pictures!

[Brat Bonker]

so you found some chrome at stevens creek nice job! Everytime I have fished there this year the hump was running brown or about to run brown.
Also good job 3footvis, not very many fish with wobble glos anymore that is for sure.

[Steelheadin360]

Is Anyone down to fish the stilly tomorrow, fishing partner just backed out

[RiverChromeGS]

Is Anyone down to fish the stilly tomorrow, fishing partner just backed out

Id be with ya if i wasnt guiding

[Steelheadin360]

Well when you wanna catch some real fish... JUST KIDING!!!!! haha Im gonna go at midnight since no one wants to catch any fish

[RiverChromeGS]

Well when you wanna catch some real fish... JUST KIDING!!!!! haha Im gonna go at midnight since no one wants to catch any fish

night fishing again huh? hmm, not a huge fan, but go kill something for us!