Dummies on the Snohomish

[FC]

I've been fishing the Snohomish river system for a long time (30+ years) and I don't ever remember seeing so many meatheads before! What is with all these kooks anchoring up in the main channel/middle of the river etc? I know I have made a lot of friends with my boat's wake this year for sure!!! (LOLOLOL)

I even had some brainiac (anchored on the edge of the channel just above lowell at low tide) in a little aluminum throw a jig into the back of my boat! I would really have liked to see if his rod got ripped right out of his hand or he just got spooled, lucky for him he didn't hook anyone! I bet he never counted on his power pro being so tough to break!  I caught a lot of fish on that jig before I finally lost it this morning too haha!

Fishing Thomas Eddy this morning there was a guy in a small sled that anchored up right on the edge of the channel, he looked kind of upset when sled after sled kept buzzing him. I think he finally pulled the anchor just so he could go get something to bail with.

Anyone else see anything worth telling?

[huntnphool]

Pics or video would be good.

[FC]

Pics or video would be good.

Bahahaha! Unfortunately most of the time I am fishing or driving when I see someone doing something really special! I really need a GoPro!

[lostbackpacker]

I bet its due to them making marijuana legal.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Its a joke everywhere...I love to fish but with all the people and all the dumbarz laws I am about ready to sell it all  Come up to the Skagit ...Preferably Sedro -Woolley and meet more of them 

[jnevs23]

Love watching people walk back from Thomas eddy with humpies that look like the fish spawned out and died 3 days ago.  I miss the days before they made it into a park where only half the idiots knew the spot.

[Gobble Doc]

How about the float tubers flippering across the Snohomish while the boats are zooming up the river?  I saw a guy 2 years ago in a camo tube wearing all camo and I could hardly see his silhouette against the other bank.  And he was slowly flippering across the width of the river.  I got a float tube but would never take it in a river like that.   

Also saw folks on the Skagit up at Rockport fishing off the bridge and putting very humpy humpies into a cooler.  I'm talkin big bucks with a hook nose and mushy hump.  Yum.  Pre digested. 

[Gobble Doc]

There was also a guy fishing off a jet ski doing pretty well. 

[Gobble Doc]

One last favorite this year was a guy snagging everyone's line.  I was across the river and he kept throwing his buzz bomb in my direction and hooking my line.  He had some braided super line.  At one point I saw him cast up in front of a boat going up river and then saw his line getting pulled off at mach 3.  Almost pulled him in the water when he got to the end of his line.   

[Gobble Doc]

How could I forget the best?  Saw 2 people back their trailer wheels off the ledge on the ramp in Snohomish.  They weren't going anywhere when they started trying to pull up the ramp while their wheels were caught submerged off the ramp at low tide.  The first guy smoked his clutch as he just kept revving and spinning.  The second guy was working on his second 6 pack and just looked confused with he kept spinning and wasn't moving.  He eventually backed his rig half into the river and then floored it.  I think his axel ended up non-perpindicular to his trailer as the whole trailer eventually bounced out of the water as the tires hit the back submerged wall at the end of the ramp.

[mallard79]

Watched a guy back off the end of the Snohomish ramp on Labor day morning 

I have been disgusted by all the guides who are not taking care of their client fish......they net them and put them on a STRINGER off the side of their boat!    Most aren't even bleeding them! Is it really that hard to bleed/gut a fish and throw it it the fish box or ice chest with some ice to give the client a decent fish to take home? 

[jnevs23]

I was fishing silvers at Thomas eddy years ago on an even year when you can't keep humpies.  I watched a guy catch a humpy and start going up the bank with it.  I mentioned you couldn't keep them, his response..."it's a cutthroat". 

[sharpeshooter]

How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing.

[troyspinetar]

My wife and I were sitting over the river downtown Snohomish last night enjoying the scenery and watching the fishing action. Poor folks on the river bank and those jagged rocks! They are doing their best to catch fish...one guy on the bank cast out and immediately this hot rod in his 30k sled comes rip roaring through and cut the other guys line. I felt so bad for the bank fisherman, he seemed so frustrated!

[bknilvr00]

My wife and I were sitting over the river downtown Snohomish last night enjoying the scenery and watching the fishing action. Poor folks on the river bank and those jagged rocks! They are doing their best to catch fish...one guy on the bank cast out and immediately this hot rod in his 30k sled comes rip roaring through and cut the other guys line. I felt so bad for the bank fisherman, he seemed so frustrated!

I wouldn't feel bad. That stretch is so narrow that the boat people don't usually have much room to do anything. The folks on the bank can see and hear the boats coming up the river before the bridge so there is no reason they should cast in front of an oncoming boat. They could wait 35 seconds for you to pass and cast, but they'd rather lose a lure, and have somebody to yell at for a while.

Sent from my space modulator.

[turkeyfeather]

My experience has been and it certainly is not the case for everyone that boats are extremely inconsiderate of bank or float tube fisherman. Not all of us can afford to own boats but we do what we can to enjoy the same sport as everyone else.

[mallard79]

My favorite was last weekend.....on the south side of the lower island across from douglas bar, there were 6 boats anchored up in a line down the center of the channel (where most of the stumps are) everyone in those boats was fishing the same side....plenty of room and a clear route upriver if you went behind everyone.....NOPE.....we had 2 boats motor thru IN FRONT OF US    .....one older guy actually stopped in front of us and wanted to know how the fishing was....he got an ear full from every boat......

When we are unning the river we try to split the difference between the bank fisherman and other boats if there is no way around without going thru the hole and we do it as quickly as possible.....there are times when there is no good way for those of us in boats to get past bank anglers.....or other boaters for that matter.....in those cases the bank anglers feel like we are running over the hole on purpose.....I only do it when I have no other option.

Douglas bar is a good example.....when the tide is out the bank anglers have lines strung across the entire river....this includes the only route a boat has to move up or down river....bank anglers can see and hear the boat coming yet leave their lines in the water.....then proceed to complain when a boat catches their line (I have done this yet that I know of    ) or runs over the hole......sorry  ...we really don't have a choice where we go in that area....we also can't always see your line running the width of the river.......

What I am trying to say is....it's not always how it looks.....most of us aren't out to ruin ur day or show off our boats.....but there are those people and it's not just bank fishermen that those idiots upset..... 

[RG]

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How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing.

 

[Gobble Doc]

My experience has been and it certainly is not the case for everyone that boats are extremely inconsiderate of bank or float tube fisherman. Not all of us can afford to own boats but we do what we can to enjoy the same sport as everyone else.

I agree that a lot of people are forced to fish with less expensive options other than a boat.  I was just amazed to see people float tubing in a river with so much boat traffic.  I was always told to only use a float tube in a lake because in a river with a current you can be in deep doo doo if something catches your leg if you are going down the river.  There are definitely slow spots on the river where I don't think the current is a problem but only having such a low profile in the river during pink season with so many boats seems like a bad idea.  Not to mention actually crossing the river from one side to the other.  Not me. 

[snocohunter]

i watched a couple morons anchor up mid channel just above avenue d bridge, and then left, and had marked their "spot" with a buoy. my Dad said it wasthere the next day and they pulled up, tied off and started fishing 

[crschralping]

I talked to two guys Sunday that had just pulled a guy out of the water. He was in a canoe and got flipped. I've also seen the trailer stuck on the end of the launch play out a couple times, that's always fun. Best of the year so far though was two super hammered guys trying to pull their boat out. They got the front of the boat hooked up and cranked the boat up the trailer after about 10 minutes both in jeans knee deep in the water. Hammered guy1 tells hammered guy2 to pull out and the boat totally falls off the side of the trailer but just at the perfect angle so water starts rushing in the back of the boat. Well it filled up about 1/3 with water and a few people at the launch basically just told them to get out of the way and took care of their mess for them so others could launch/put in. Note to self if you are too drunk to trailer your boat you probably shouldn't be driving a vehicle

[Elkaholic daWg]

Love watching people walk back from Thomas eddy with humpies that look like the fish spawned out and died 3 days ago.  I miss the days before they made it into a park where only half the idiots knew the spot.

Been to many a Kegger down there way back when!

[turkeyfeather]

My experience has been and it certainly is not the case for everyone that boats are extremely inconsiderate of bank or float tube fisherman. Not all of us can afford to own boats but we do what we can to enjoy the same sport as everyone else.

I agree that a lot of people are forced to fish with less expensive options other than a boat.  I was just amazed to see people float tubing in a river with so much boat traffic.  I was always told to only use a float tube in a lake because in a river with a current you can be in deep doo doo if something catches your leg if you are going down the river.  There are definitely slow spots on the river where I don't think the current is a problem but only having such a low profile in the river during pink season with so many boats seems like a bad idea.  Not to mention actually crossing the river from one side to the other.  Not me.

I float the Spokane fishing. However that stretch of the river doesn't have boat traffic. I think it goes both ways. A floater should be curteous and cautious of boats. Boaters should also know that if a particular area is known to have alot of non boating traffic to slow down and be curteous as well. Saw alot of this fishing the Snake and Clearwater for Steelies last year. Jet boats would come flying thru areas known to have lots of non motorized fisherman. Makes them look like a-holes.

[singleshot12]

The Snohomish got all hyped up on talk radio fishing reports which didn't help any,and with all the people moving into the area it's a zoo anymore

[mallard79]

It could be that some people enjoy fishing the river over the salt  or maybe it has something to do with having to do less mintenance    or maybe some don't have a boat to go out to the salt in..... we could go on and on bashing each other forever....but why? There are rotten eggs in every user group....always will be.......

Some of the statements that have been made in this thread are comical.....   

"How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing."

Sook what your saying here is thay you ckme off plain and throw a bigger wake every time you pass a boat....potentially causing a more dangerous situation? Do you do this every time you pass a boat in the salt? It seems the people with the bigg egos on here are the ones who fish the salt......

[Ripper]

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Quote from: sharpeshooter on September 08, 2013, 10:05:03 PM

    How bout all the guys who spend 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars on their outboard prop sleds to go chase humpies in a river instead of fishing in the bay for fresher fish. And top it off , show how fast they can haul ass through a crowd of boats fishing.


 

So you are saying that since I paid $40,000 for my boat and it has a prop, I shouldn't fish the river? I love fishing for pinks with an ultra lite rig and small jigs. I'd rather do that than troll with down riggers. I don't think that is unreasonable. I always try to give the bankies a wide berth, I know their options are limited. I was a bankie for more years than I have had a boat. As far as going fast through a crowd of boats, I leave less wake when running up on plan than if I slow down, so running fast is the polite thing to do. Some people don't get it though and flip me the bird. Oh well, some day they will learn. Pinks always draw out the most clowns. People that only salmon fish every other year. I wish they would at least practice backing up their boat a few times in the off season!

Hey FC when are we going to hit the river for some fun? We haven't fished together at all this year. I think we should blaze full speed up the river and collect pink jigs in our canvas from the bankies! 

[7mmfan]

I agree with the statement that going at high speed on a plane will throw less wake than going at half throttle. I had a guy in my boat the other day all mad that someone ripped by us and I explained it to him. He had never thought of it that way, but now has a different frame of mind on it.

However, I also had a guy weaving through boats right at the snohomish launch the other day at top speed. That could have got dangerous real fast. There is definitely a time and a place for it. I feel that most experienced boaters will know when its time to throttle down and idle through a crowd.

[bknilvr00]

However, I also had a guy weaving through boats right at the snohomish launch the other day at top speed. That could have got dangerous real fast. There is definitely a time and a place for it. I feel that most experienced boaters will know when its time to throttle down and idle through a crowd.

I sure hope that wasn't me lol. I'm usually cruising pretty good going by the Snohomish launch. It's such a zoo with people waiting to load/unload and the few clowns who anchor right at the bridge to fish. I try to get through it with haste so I'm not in anyone's way. Luckily, my 16ft john boat makes minimal wake on plane so I don't make a mess and potentially swamp the four guys in an 8 ft Livingston powered by trolling motor.

Sent from my space modulator.

[backyard bucks]

how about the lady swimming around back and forth in the river on the blow up air mattress last sunday afternoon? not the smartest with the boats running around.  LOL so far this season I have enjoyed finding the schools in the sloughs and staying with them and having success and avoiding the crowds. when I did go out to the main river you are never surprised with what you see and how you see it.    but again that is the best thing about the humpies.... anyone and everyone can get out and have success fishing from anything floating to standing on shore.  there can be bad apples with us in the boats to the anglers on the shore... DUMB@SSES are DUMB@SSES no matter how they are fishing.

[Ripper]

I am always careful around the Lowell and Snohomish launches. For many years I toted my 12 foot aluminum in the back of my truck, carried it down to the river, then my battery, then my 27# thrust Minn Cota, then my tackle, life jacket, net........I have had big azz fiber glass boats blast past me almost swamping me on more than one occasion. I'm always cognizant of the little guy's because that was me for many years. Yes there are a lot of rude MFer's out there, but there are also people that don't understand the physics involved with water displacement at various speeds. They also don't understand why someone with a nice boat would want to fish in the river. It's fun, that's why!    Now get out there and catch some fish and stop complaining about things that you can't do anything about. Everyone has the same goal, to put some fish on the table. People piss me off every time I go out on the river, but I still go. Just go with the understanding that there are going to be fishtards out there. Tight lines everyone, smile and be happy that you're smarter than the average dummy.

[GEARHEAD]

Well everybody knows that its always safer to go as fast as you can.

[Heartsblood]

I am always careful around the Lowell and Snohomish launches. For many years I toted my 12 foot aluminum in the back of my truck, carried it down to the river, then my battery, then my 27# thrust Minn Cota, then my tackle, life jacket, net........I have had big azz fiber glass boats blast past me almost swamping me on more than one occasion. I'm always cognizant of the little guy's because that was me for many years. Yes there are a lot of rude MFer's out there, but there are also people that don't understand the physics involved with water displacement at various speeds. They also don't understand why someone with a nice boat would want to fish in the river. It's fun, that's why!    Now get out there and catch some fish and stop complaining about things that you can't do anything about. Everyone has the same goal, to put some fish on the table. People piss me off every time I go out on the river, but I still go. Just go with the understanding that there are going to be fishtards out there. Tight lines everyone, smile and be happy that you're smarter than the average dummy.

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