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Cowlitz River Steelhead have finally made their
arrival in fair numbers. In the last week Summer Steelhead are
being caught by both bank and boat anglers. Look for most fish
and fishermen to be around the Blue Creek area. Eggs and Shrimp
are my choices for bait but don't rule out your favorite jigs.
Look for things only to get better as we near July.
Don't overlook the Lewis River. It's putting
out a few fish for those who are giving it a try. I'd say stay
between the hatchery area and the Golf Course. Good Luck.
Client Mike with a pair of Summers from the
Cowlitz this week.
Submitted by Phil Stephens
Mystical
Legends Guides Service
E-mail
or Call (206) 940-0052
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Fishing Northwest-Quality
Salmon and Steelhead trips on Washington's Olympic Peninsula
Gordon Gracey (360) 374-6300 and Pat Graham (360) 374-5313
North
Puget Sound Rivers
The Chinook fishery has gotten off to a good start this year.
The high water have the fish spread out pretty good, and have
been finding most of our fish in 8 to 15 feet of fast moving
water. When the river levels drop the big deep holes will
be better producers.
The male to female percentage for the hatchery fish is very
low about 20% female 80% male indicating that we are still
early in the run and the big push is still to come. We are
finding lots of natives as well, close to half of the "hook
ups" have been native fish. we have also released a quite
few steelhead over the last week, some of them in surprisingly
good shape.
Free drifting Golf Ball sized egg clusters and back trolling
plugs has been our primary tactics with the high water. When
the water levels drop and the fish move into deeper holes,
back bouncing eggs will become a better option.
I still have a couple dates available in June, and am also
booking 4 hour evening trips for Skagit Kings. A flat rate
of 250.00 for the boat. Up to 4 persons.
Submitted
by Wayne Ackerlund
Ackerlund's
Guide Service
E-Mail
or Call 1 (888) 6 Skagit - [1 (888) 675-2448]
Well as of today... Fishing on the upper skagit has pretty
much been fair to slow. WE have picked up a few nice hatchery
bratts nearing 20 pounds but most are averaging around 10
or so. There are a few jacks showing up already. The hatchery
is nearing close to a couple of hundred fish in the pens.
The river is still very high and the fish seem to be on the
move constantly. We have picked them up pulling plugs and
boondoggin. We did hook a dolly around 8 pounds the other
day and some smaller ones also. There are also some down river
steelhead hanging around still.
Sturgeon has been the usual hit and miss. We did manage to
hook a very large fish today around 10 feet. Maybe bigger..
I didn't see the fish until the tail was just about back in
the water but the 10 year old boy that had it on said it was
huge. We faught it for nearly an hour without making much
progress. We decided to break it off and try to find some
keepers.
The Skykomish has been fair for steelhead in the last week,
The fish are kinda scattered through out the river so boondogin
has been the key to finding these fish. Not too many Chinook
being caught but there are a few. Spend your time around the
mouth of the wallace if your targeting the kings.
The Cowlitz has also picked up for summer run steelies...
Not too many people as of yet and fishing has been fairly
productive from blue creek on down.
Dam counts on the Columbia still show enough fish in the
river to go and chase these delicious table fair.
We have a few openings left for june.. but very few. I will
be running some evening trips up on the skagit for the springers
if any one is ineterested please give me a call...
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Make
sure you make plans for Fall Chinook fishing along Oregon's
north Coast as this years returns are going to be better with
limited Commercial catch off the coast this summer. You will
want to be ready for this fall. For trip information give us
a call and we'll provide you with a list of fishing opportunities
for those looking for a guided Fall Salmon Trip as well as those
looking for a non - guided trip.
Tight Lines. Take a KID FISHING
TODAY!
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Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
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