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.

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