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Offline Hermit

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N. fork of the Stilly
« on: December 23, 2013, 02:33:15 PM »
In the 80's I lived up by Whitehorse. People used to come to the old Fortson hole in droves on Dec 1 to fish the Stilly for Hatchery Steelhead with bait. The river opened to plunkers from Dec. 1 to I think March. I can't find anything in the Regs, is this still a option? The fishings not that good but not being able to walk, there are a couple places I can access. I've been to sick to hunt waterfowl, but I'd like to get out.
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Re: N. fork of the Stilly
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2013, 03:51:40 PM »
In recent past it was open....I haven't looked in the last 5 or so years.
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Re: N. fork of the Stilly
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2013, 04:49:52 PM »
Guess I can always find a accessable sandbar on the lower Skagit. But dang, I used to catch one once in a while plunking the Stilly.
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Re: N. fork of the Stilly
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2013, 05:00:40 AM »
looks like it closes jan. 31st now.  puget sound steelhead were listed under the ESA about 5 years ago and WDFW swung the ax on the seasons for every river that was still open.
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Re: N. fork of the Stilly
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2014, 02:09:36 PM »
Jan. 31 is better than nothing. When their in they tend to suck up a sand shrimp pretty quick. Never was one to fly fish.
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