Typical Skok Mess

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

I save that mess for weekdays, and i hike aways from the *censored*s. I run bobber and eggs and kill em. I love that river. But not on weekends.

[Blsum]

I've gotten so sick of it down there. I don't even want to go down there. It just pisses me off. I've seen "fishermen" snag fish right in front of me. Take the fish far enough down river they think no body is watching land said fish, pull the hook out of the side, back, pectoral, tail. then cut the gills or hit it. then they take there hook put it in the mouth so it has a "hook wound" in the mouth. Complete Bull $h!t.  I say they just need to close the river all together. Let them have it. Let them pay for the hatchery, see how long it takes them to f... that up. 

[Gobble]

I'll usually hike in just before daybreak start fishing at first light, catch my fish and go home before the drunken Injuns wake up from their stupor. I didn't even go last year because of the complete madness that the river has created, youve got every mullet wearing Joe dirt for 6 counties and every yellow "pole" cracker snapping fish off every 5 feet and trying to tell everyone how to "catch" em. It just not fun for me anymore. 

[1morebuck]

Film our native caretakers and offer it up to youtube and the local media.

Great idea ICEMAN. I think that any of us that have a "Flip" camera should do that. I'll take mine down next trip!

Oh and just an update, I was there this am. Yes the normal idiots were there, but there were also a bunch of guys floating eggs under bobbers and doing quite well. I fished for a bit and nailed two on eggs/bobber. It is getting better as far as the trash goes, now if we can just get the snaggin idiots out of there it may be a decent fishery.

[Blsum]

Now that you say that I might take my flip cam down there.  I think I will just stand back and video. Don't want to start nothing with the guy. Just get their plate numbers as well. I talked to one of the guys at work today. He told me he counted no less then 75 people in one hole. 

[Navyhunter]

You guys think it'd be worth it to head down there on a Thrusday?  AND, is there somewhere out of the way where a guy could fish and not be around a bunch of a$$hats?  Never been there, so I'm not real sure what to expect.

[woodswalker]

Film our native caretakers and offer it up to youtube and the local media.

That method sort of shortcuts the Know-nothing/Dont-care news orgs...I LIKE IT

[1morebuck]

I will be down there on Thursday morning. PM me if you want to meet up. Oh, and bring your video camera, I am.

[seth30]

Post it here as well, some off us arent in your neck and want to see whats going on.

[Navyhunter]

Not going to make it....brother flew in tonight, leaving for MT early friday and have to get all my crap in one sock.

[1morebuck]

I was out there again this AM. Surprisingly few people. But thats because the tribe has netted in every way possible this week. They have nets stretched across the river side to side, nets in all the major holes and tribesmen drifting the river dragging nets. Gee I cannot understand where the river that was chalk full of kings went?!?

[huntinhick]

bet they had had a couple out in the mouth also!  I hate driving from union to hunters farm and see them bring in the fish on that little dock they built along that strech!  have you heard if they are netting the hood sport hatchery this year?

[buckhorn2]

They do anything they want and just thumb there nose at you, At bonnieville the fish with for or 5 poles a piece and from the dam up with nets they even had a net strung down the river at the end of the cascade locks on both sides of the lock. They are stewards of our forests and fish and game they only take what they need. What a crock.

[johng]

I fished the Skok on Tuesday evening... used bobber and eggs and landed no fish.  I think it is my bad steelhead luck carrying over to me learning how to fish for salmon.

 

Anyhow, that being said a couple of old timers next to me were using basically the same kind of rigging and one guy landed his two and the other guy landed two but had to release one because it didn't have the clipped fin.

As to the snaggers... they were on the side of the river riffing away.  I may be getting skunked lately but I sure as heck don't want to catch my fish like that.

As to the netting comment someone made a few posts back- I thought the tribes could only do that on Mondays?  How much longer is the run going to be on the Skok?

Good luck to all! 

- John

[Special T]

And the WDFW wonders why hunter and firsheman #'s are down..