Olympic peninsula

[woodywsu]

I'm in port Angeles for the weekend and looking for something to do. Any fishin reports or places to look into. I brought my steelhead gear and was thinkin about hitting the Quilcene. Appreciate any info

[JimmyHoffa]

The Quilcene is a small area to fish...from the hatchery down stream and it would probably be cohos.  The Sol Duc has some fish coming in too.  With this little bit of rain, there should be salmon coming up all the nearby rivers.

[xd2005]

Quil had quite a few salmon running a week and half ago when we were there. Saw plenty of people getting fish (9 yr. old nephew even caught one). Can't say how it's doing now. Pic below are the fish not yet in the open area, can't see it well but they go all the way up to the corner (at least).

[seansfire]

anybody been up to the quilicene in the last couple days?

[Madison]

hahaha.  Best snagging creek in the area.  If you are actually looking to fish, do not go to the Quil.

[seansfire]

bad as it might sound , i don't really care how i get one , i just like the fight and the smell of my smoker going. LOL. it is about 2 hours there from my house. didnt want to waste the gas if there aint nothing there.

[Madison]

Well if that;s your attitude, by all means go join the Quilbillies with their michigan crickets and rip some lips... eerrrrr... ass4oles.

Good luck

[silverdalesauer]

bad as it might sound , i don't really care how i get one , i just like the fight and the smell of my smoker going. LOL. it is about 2 hours there from my house. didnt want to waste the gas if there aint nothing there.

It's called fishing for a reason, not snagging.  If you can't fish legally... then don't. 

[JimmyHoffa]

From what I hear the Quil is either done or close to being done.  If you don't want to head to the West End, then maybe try the Dungeness River.  Seems to get a decent hatchery coho run starting up in the next week and a half to two weeks.

[seansfire]

anyone who knows anything about fishing salmon in a river knows you either get real lucky by flossing one , irritate one by hitting it in the face with your bait or whatever and it bites at it , or you snag one and maybe get lucky enough for it to be in the mouth.

Maybe you should get off your soap box there silverdalesauer and madison. Fish the mouths or the bay if you are so concerned with making sure it is in the mouth. I am afraid that is the only way you will do it other than like i said , getting darn lucky.

[Seatown5]

anyone who knows anything about fishing salmon in a river knows you either get real lucky by flossing one , irritate one by hitting it in the face with your bait or whatever and it bites at it , or you snag one and maybe get lucky enough for it to be in the mouth.

Maybe you should get off your soap box there silverdalesauer and madison. Fish the mouths or the bay if you are so concerned with making sure it is in the mouth. I am afraid that is the only way you will do it other than like i said , getting darn lucky.

[WSU]

Snagging is not the only way to catch fish in rivers.  Some runs bite better than others for sure, but there are tons of salmon in rivers that bite.  If you can't get a fish to bite in the river don't blame the fish.  It is your skill as a fisherman. 

[BigGoonTuna]

sounds like seansfire needs to learn how to fish.

[Madison]

anyone who knows anything about fishing salmon in a river knows you either get real lucky by flossing one , irritate one by hitting it in the face with your bait or whatever and it bites at it , or you snag one and maybe get lucky enough for it to be in the mouth.

Maybe you should get off your soap box there silverdalesauer and madison. Fish the mouths or the bay if you are so concerned with making sure it is in the mouth. I am afraid that is the only way you will do it other than like i said , getting darn lucky.

obviously you have no clue.   

[TheHunt]

Like it or not.  A fish that has a hook in the gillplate forward is legal.  Now I am sure if someone yanks the rod nine times per drift is a separate issue

[1morebuck]

Like it or not.  A fish that has a hook in the gillplate forward is legal.  Now I am sure if someone yanks the rod nine times per drift is a separate issue

Well in some rivers gill plate forward is legal, but not the Quil or the Skok. Both have special rules that state "In the mouth"

The Quil is done. I went there last week and saw a mix of chum, dark coho and tons of snaggers. I was tossing a small vibrax in one of the only holes I could and finally nailed a couple, that bit...

[JimmyHoffa]

The Sol Duc is the place running with coho out here now.   

[deerslyr]

When a salmon goes up the rivers they go through sexual dimorphism- there body begins to deteriorate and they quit eating. So the only way you can catch fish is by flossing them or by pissing them off. They dont "bite" to eat.

[calawahsteelie]

anyone who knows anything about fishing salmon in a river knows you either get real lucky by flossing one , irritate one by hitting it in the face with your bait or whatever and it bites at it , or you snag one and maybe get lucky enough for it to be in the mouth.

Maybe you should get off your soap box there silverdalesauer and madison. Fish the mouths or the bay if you are so concerned with making sure it is in the mouth. I am afraid that is the only way you will do it other than like i said , getting darn lucky.

Seriously?

[BigGoonTuna]

When a salmon goes up the rivers they go through sexual dimorphism- there body begins to deteriorate and they quit eating. So the only way you can catch fish is by flossing them or by pissing them off. They dont "bite" to eat.

they may not actively "feed", but tell that to any salmon that inhales my eggs!

[seansfire]

if a salmon in a river bites at anything it is because you happened to hit them in the face with it or it pissed them off enough to attack it. before you high and mighty guys get your panties in a knot maybe do a little research first.

a few of ya obviously did. salmon in rivers don't bite for feeding purposes period. they attack things because they are irritated with them. sorry if that is not your outlook on things but it is a fact.

[Madison]

dude get a clue. 

[Ironhead]

if a salmon in a river bites at anything it is because you happened to hit them in the face with it or it pissed them off enough to attack it. before you high and mighty guys get your panties in a knot maybe do a little research first.

a few of ya obviously did. salmon in rivers don't bite for feeding purposes period. they attack things because they are irritated with them. sorry if that is not your outlook on things but it is a fact.

Jeezus dude, do you believe everything you read on the internet?