Willapa river

[YoterHunter]

been down there the past 2 weekends . the fish are in. we naild 5 out of 13 smallist was 20 lbs the largest over 30 lbs. just got back last night .we came home with 11 fish largest 22 lbs .the silvers are starting to come in pretty good . green or red fish flash..we had 18 hook ups saterday. for 7 fish.thinking about playing hooky thursday and friday.

[bigcountry]

YoterHunter - are we talking about the same Willapa Bay?    Serious we were out there for 10 hours straight and got 1 strike.  We never saw 1 net fly?  If ya dont mind me asking where abouts were you fishing?  We fished from south bend all the way down to north river.  Using the same gear.

[PolarBear]

I stopped at the South Bend ramp on Sunday on our way back from Buoy 10 and talked to a guy that fished all the way out to the bay and in the river and hadn't gotten a hit or seen any caught. 

[Madison]

Saw one guy hooked up just off the airport on sunday as I was driving by.  Water sure looked muddy.

[MuleySniper]

We fished the bay yesterday. Launched at South Bend. Fishing the morning low was tough. Tons of stuff in the water, nearly impossible to keep your gear clean. The water was real dirty too. We ventured off out towards Washaway beach. Super clear water and instantly starting hooking up. Unfortunately I get very sea sick easy so I didn't last long out in that water. We moved back into the bay for the high tide change. We were just trolling herring no fish flash. I missed three and my buddy caught a nice 20 lbr. For about two hours we saw people getting fish like crazy. They all had fish flashers which I think made the big difference in our hookups. I felt like crap so I wasn't fishing to seriously. Still fun, but next time I'm going to try some preventatives.
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[buckhorn2]

Fish have been biting good an hour before to an hour after high water from bouy marker ten up to 13 and back and forth there it;s where north river inters the willipa.

[YoterHunter]

putting in at toklen .fishing up around washaway back towards toklen. and fishing #7 to 13 marker.they have avreaged around 45 to 50 fish aday at the dock.im leaving in the morning .im in a 18 ft fiber form with a blue top . i have no sealions with a fish in the mouth stickers on each side of my boat.

[YoterHunter]

use a deepsix with a fish flash and cut plug.most of the kings we get of the bottom.

[PLUVIUSWAPITI]

Looked out the this morning at the river, looked like I-5 with all the boats. Don't have much of a report. If we don't get some rain soon we have  bunch of dark fish stacked up in tide water.

[buckhorn2]

Saw a lot of gillnet net boats on the road today so they must have fished last night but not sure how far down river they can fish.

[BigGoonTuna]

i swung by the wilson creek launch on the way home yesterday afternoon and floated some eggs around.  nothing for me other than a couple little pecker bites, but the boats coming in all seemed to have caught fish.  not too many people fishing the afternoon.

[PLUVIUSWAPITI]

BiggoonTuna, On Thursday morning the father- law said they caught quite a few fish above the boat launch there on the morning tide.

[bigcountry]

We are heading out in the morning, trying to decide between fishing the bay or upriver....any suggestions??  I told myself friday when I came off the bay that I wouldnt go back this year...geez its been slow

[PLUVIUSWAPITI]

Okay fisherman, One boat caught 5 fish this morning below the house and they lost another under a root wad. I would say thats a good day of fishing.

[YoterHunter]

just got back from 4 days of ftshing . still alot of fish around its been real hot . between marker 8 and 13 . we got 11 fish to bring home . could not tell you how meany we lost. biggest king 21 lbs biggest silver 14 lbs..will try to get boy to post picks later from the last 3 weekends down there.