Fish in the samish yet?

[Ellensburg]

Anyone know if the kings are in yet? I know it's early....

[Special T]

Not as of this last weekend but should be soon

[bassquatch]

Anyone know the tribal netting schedule for the mouth this year? Last year it was Sunday through Thursday so every one of my days off it sucked!

[Ellensburg]

Anyone know the tribal netting schedule for the mouth this year? Last year it was Sunday through Thursday so every one of my days off it sucked!

Probably 7 days a week... The big washout last year mixed with nets blocking the mouth really messed up this fishery...

[elkaholic123]

I heard it is closed 

[Ellensburg]

No emergency rules in effect for the samish. Not sure why it would be closed

[Ellensburg]

Thinking of Goin out Thursday. Would be nice to hit the first day of them being in but it's still so early.

[h2ofowlr]

Net boats have not been catching any. Silvers are starting to show before the kings.

[Ellensburg]

Net boats have not been catching any. Silvers are starting to show before the kings.

That makes me not want to go.

[Ellensburg]

And what are the legal hours? 1 hour before sunrise.

[bassquatch]

And what are the legal hours? 1 hour before sunrise.

Correct, but if the tribe is netting it's almost pointless anymore. 

[bassquatch]

Hit both incoming tides on the Samish today. Fish were few and far between with more in the morning than the evening, probably because the tribes started netting at 4pm. Saw one small native jack caught and released and a total of 3 seals!

I won't fish this river except for Sunday's now as I work Saturdays and the tribe schedule is 4pm Sunday through 4pm Friday now until there's no more salmon or something I guess? 

[fish vacuum]

I won't fish this river except for Sunday's now as I work Saturdays and the tribe schedule is 4pm Sunday through 4pm Friday now until there's no more salmon or something I guess? 

There's no shortage of reasons to NOT fish the Samish.

[7mmfan]

I had some good times there when I was younger. Loved fishing the slot on the mud bank immediately above the bridge. That is until I was chasing a fish one day and found a strategically placed (and invisible due to mud covering it) sheet of plywood that sent me A** over tea kettle into the ditch. The float fishing rule ultimately took me out of the game, I loved free drifting eggs with no weight.

[Ellensburg]

I had some good times there when I was younger. Loved fishing the slot on the mud bank immediately above the bridge. That is until I was chasing a fish one day and found a strategically placed (and invisible due to mud covering it) sheet of plywood that sent me A** over tea kettle into the ditch. The float fishing rule ultimately took me out of the game, I loved free drifting eggs with no weight.

U don't have to float.

[7mmfan]

Just looked at the regs, looks like they changed it back. The year I quit fishing it, they outlawed "stationary" fishing methods and then went one step further and required a float. It was an effort to minimize snagging. We free drifted eggs and also twitched jigs. The jig guys were the reason they went to the float rule. Anyone who says a king won't absolutely inhale a twitched marabou jig is a liar.

[D-Rock425]

I fished it about 2 weeks ago never saw a fish touched.

[baker5150]

I had some good times there when I was younger. Loved fishing the slot on the mud bank immediately above the bridge. That is until I was chasing a fish one day and found a strategically placed (and invisible due to mud covering it) sheet of plywood that sent me A** over tea kettle into the ditch. The float fishing rule ultimately took me out of the game, I loved free drifting eggs with no weight.

 

We used to head down really early on weekends to get our favorite spot.  We would usually hit the 2nd 90 degree corner from the bridge, maybe 3/4 mile up.
We took a lot of fish out of that river, limiting almost every time we went.  It got to be a family affair pretty quickly. 
The mud could be brutal when your a knee deep 10 year old and wearing dads old waders.  They'd get stuck and it would take forever to pull me out.