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Offline woodywsu

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Olympic peninsula
« on: September 15, 2011, 09:18:59 PM »
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

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2011, 09:36:48 PM »
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.

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2011, 10:45:35 PM »
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).


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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 06:22:04 PM »
anybody been up to the quilicene in the last couple days?
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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2011, 09:54:12 AM »
hahaha.  Best snagging creek in the area.  If you are actually looking to fish, do not go to the Quil.

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2011, 11:25:58 AM »
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.
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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2011, 02:07:42 PM »
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

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2011, 02:14:42 PM »
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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.  :twocents:
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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2011, 03:54:17 PM »
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.

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2011, 04:41:41 PM »
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.
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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2011, 05:03:42 PM »
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.
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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2011, 05:37:43 PM »
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. 

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2011, 05:58:31 PM »
sounds like seansfire needs to learn how to fish.
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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2011, 06:24:10 PM »
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.   :rolleyes:

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Re: Olympic peninsula
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2011, 08:06:21 PM »
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
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