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Title: Skokomish River
Post by: PA BEN on August 09, 2009, 07:13:25 PM: Anybody hear how the fishing is? Are they in? Is it going to be a good run this year?
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Post by: fishcrazy on August 09, 2009, 08:45:55 PM: Better get on them!!!

Kris
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Post by: PolarBear on August 09, 2009, 08:47:28 PM: Get them before the tribe does! I have seen a few at Purdy Creek already.
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 10, 2009, 07:33:04 AM: the trailer trash snaggers are out in full force, that's for sure. bobber and eggs is the sure way to get them.

however, we're having extreme low water this year so they aren't coming into the river in big pushes.
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Post by: PNUTCHI on August 10, 2009, 07:57:44 AM: Nothing in there not one fish! STAY AWAY.

No there there in good numbers its at times ridiculous the amount of FISH ON you here
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Post by: boneaddict on August 10, 2009, 08:00:51 AM: How bad are the nets?
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Post by: Gobble on August 10, 2009, 08:04:11 AM: A buddy told me they aren't in yet.

I used to hit the river on opening day and usually slammed em, but anymore there are too many snaggers and the Joe Dirt whitetrash crowd for my taste.

BTW - Yarn and corkie do just fine there
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Post by: PolarBear on August 10, 2009, 06:56:18 PM: The Purdy Crick Hatchery is full of kings as of today.
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Post by: fishcrazy on August 10, 2009, 07:07:34 PM: Quote from: Gobble on August 10, 2009, 08:04:11 AM
A buddy told me they aren't in yet.

I used to hit the river on opening day and usually slammed em, but anymore there are too many snaggers and the Joe Dirt whitetrash crowd for my taste.

BTW - Yarn and corkie do just fine there

Same with me. Nothing like fighting snaggers and indians at the same time for 1 king. Not intrested anymore. And yes they are in. Thye showed up last thursday. About the time the water temps dropped. HMMMM.

Kris
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 10, 2009, 08:09:43 PM: i always hear everyone bitch about the nets, this time of year they really aren't that bad. it's when the coho start showing up that the tribe starts putting nets in areas that i like to fish...i've never seen a gillnet where i fish for kings.

the indians there don't bug me too much. they're doing what's legal for them, and though i don't agree with it(no gillnets should be allowed in rivers IMHO), the behavior is exponentially worse on the "white" side of the river. no regard for the law or the resource at all for the most part.
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Post by: PolarBear on August 10, 2009, 09:08:26 PM: They haven't yet but they will soon have nets from one bank of Purdy Creek to the other blocking everything in its path.
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Post by: Antlershed on August 10, 2009, 09:15:39 PM: I fished it yesterday and the indians put their nets in at 7:30am, and they aren't supposed to go in until noon, but like was mentioned, the attitude on the "white" side is much worse. Heard one guy yell to the indian setting his net that he was too early and that he had a gun on him. :bdid:

I fish the same spot as BigGoonTuna, and like he said, there are no nets. Bobber/eggs or drift fishing eggs if you can find the right spot is the way to get them if you really want them to bite. :twocents:

I hooked 3 yesterday, landed 2, and took home a 15lb hen. What's really weird is that I only set the hook 4 times all day yesterday (missed one fish)....all the guys using corkies/yarn set the hook at least 100 times. I guess they must have been getting more bites than me. :rolleyes:
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Post by: PolarBear on August 10, 2009, 09:20:15 PM: Today I watched a Skok pull 5 kings about 15+ pounds and a couple of pinks out of his net up by Hoodsport. I also pulled over and watched a bank fisherman at that first pull out north of Hoodsport fight and land a 12-14 lb king. It was funny watching him chase it up and down the bank and almost falling over himself but neat to see him get it in.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 10, 2009, 09:54:28 PM: I fish the skok down on the first hole on the river... Usually toss bober and eggs. Last year i tossed a weighted number 4 spinner with a number 4 french blade and i was having a blast. I got some of the corkie and yarn snaggers to switch, they actually saw fish hit a lure instead of line bumps... Amazing what you can teach people if they want to learn how to do it right...

Had a kid tell me that because the fish was hooked gill plate forward it bit his corkie and it was legal... I told him he should learn how to read...
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Post by: Antlershed on August 11, 2009, 06:18:56 AM: I was fishing right above the bridge on Sunday drift fishing eggs, and I was the only one in there. The next guy came down throwing corkie/yarn and asked me what color I was using. I told him I was using bait, and he said, "Well if that doesn't work, you should switch to either purple or black yarn and a dark colored corkie." :chuckle:
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Post by: boneaddict on August 11, 2009, 06:31:30 AM: I've caught a crapload of chums right there, but avoid most of the kings. Shoulder to shoulder makes for entertainment with the flyrod.

Speaking of dogs, the house on the corner "used to have" Big Rotts, and theis *censored* was teasing the dogs through the fence. I had been watching that dog jump about 2 feet in the air above that fence and was thinking what an idiot. Sure enough, that dog had enough and cleared teh fence. :chuckle:
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Post by: Gobble on August 11, 2009, 06:56:12 AM: I've fished it lots and I've seen all kinds of fights between white and white against indian and seen lots of shennagins by the Indians. A couple of years ago a indian kid was snagging fish with a huge treble hook with about a pound of pencil lead wrapped around the hook to weight it down, he was being quite the smartass right up until the hook popped out of the water and sunk completely up past the barb into his arm, he was crying like a little girl after that.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 11, 2009, 07:13:03 AM: :chuckle:
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 11, 2009, 07:40:36 AM: keep in mind that the indians are allowed to snag fish. personally i'd rather see them doing that than dragging nets around.
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Post by: Antlershed on August 11, 2009, 09:01:29 AM: I just got a text from buddy who is down there now and he said guide Nick Norbec is fishing the lower river in his sled. Must not be enough fish in the Nasty for him yet :bash:
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Post by: Alchase on August 11, 2009, 12:32:02 PM: They were elbow to elbow when I drove past on Saturday, tons of fishermen
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Post by: russ on August 11, 2009, 01:44:43 PM: fished it yesterday 5am. lots of fish. never could land one but did hooked 5 decent kings. people started showin up around 8am. funny to watch 30 people fishin a single hole with not many fish.
it pays to take a walk away from the crowd. :twocents:
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Post by: PolarBear on August 11, 2009, 02:32:51 PM: Just got back from Hamma Hamma and there was a huge school of salmon jumping and boiling the water about 200 yards south of Jorstad creek. They were only 30 - 60 yards off of the beach. The skoks were really netting the crap out of the mouth of Finch Creek.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 11, 2009, 08:43:30 PM: PolarBear i bet that school of fish you saw were pinks...
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 11, 2009, 09:59:49 PM: Quote from: Antlershed on August 11, 2009, 09:01:29 AM
I just got a text from buddy who is down there now and he said guide Nick Norbec is fishing the lower river in his sled. Must not be enough fish in the Nasty for him yet :bash:
my dad said he was down there and saw some dumb*censored* come up in a sled.
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Post by: PolarBear on August 11, 2009, 10:53:51 PM: Quote from: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 11, 2009, 08:43:30 PM
PolarBear i bet that school of fish you saw were pinks...
Yep, most of them looked to be in the 6-8 lb range.
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Post by: PA BEN on August 14, 2009, 06:33:39 AM: I'm headed over this weekend. Never fished it before. Is the water fast, slow, whats the color of choice?
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 14, 2009, 07:07:47 AM: it's a tiny river, gin clear, and bring eggs if you want to catch anything.
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Post by: PolarBear on August 14, 2009, 07:18:37 PM: Drove through the Rez and up Purdy Cut off and there were at least 300 rigs between the bridge, Hunter Farm and 101. I saw one dude with a dark sore back. Every clear spot on the river was wall to wall guys and the field at Hunter Farm was full of rvs and campers. You folks can have that shoulder to shoulder snagging for sore backs.
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Post by: HuntingFanatic on August 14, 2009, 07:46:38 PM: just read this!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009665244_skokomishfish15.html?syndication=rss
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Post by: PolarBear on August 14, 2009, 07:53:03 PM: Good for them! There were guys snagging all over the place today and not trying to be covert about it. I just don't understand why anyone would jeopardize their fishing privileges and gear over one of those fish. :dunno:
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Post by: Blsum on August 15, 2009, 09:56:51 AM: WDFW would have to have a perminate staff of 10 enforcement officers to maybe make a dent in the amount of snaggers in the skok. Doesn't matter if they are there or not. The snaggers will snag.
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 15, 2009, 02:52:24 PM: it's too bad that revenue goes to the county instead of WDFW enforcement. they could definitely use the money.
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Post by: PA BEN on August 16, 2009, 08:56:50 PM: COMBAT FISHING just got back today. 300 yd line of fisherman, elbow to elbow. I'll post a pict. soon. Did come home with a 20 lber today and a 20+ from yesterday. WOW, what a zoo. :o
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Post by: PA BEN on August 16, 2009, 09:12:50 PM: Pictures for my cell phone
Morning
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2F0815090754.jpg&hash=3d1fb5e93899c6d5bddcedac0ea1937e7298bfcc)
Came back in the evening and picked up this one.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2F0815091935.jpg&hash=33d096c2b7f837470e4976ae383194dca7c61ff4)
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Post by: PolarBear on August 16, 2009, 09:21:12 PM: Looks like Tennessee when the stripers are running.
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Post by: huntnphool on August 16, 2009, 09:21:59 PM: LOL, what a fricken zoo :bdid:
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Post by: tmike on August 16, 2009, 09:37:15 PM: I didn't know Tiger Woods fished the Skok :chuckle:
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Post by: Wanttohuntmore on August 16, 2009, 09:41:47 PM: He does fly fish the Deschutes for steelies though, and did well his first time ever casting a spey rod.
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Post by: Yelm hunter on August 16, 2009, 09:46:14 PM: I went fishing down there yesterday with my dad brother and my nephew who is only 10 he finally was able to get his VERY FIRST KING SALMON HOOKED probably about 15 lbs and he was getting it in. The Indian guy casted his treble hook out and snagged his fish and started reeling it in. I said man you just hooked his fish. He said "ha,ha,ha... " I said buddy you better let that fish go and he didn't want to. So I took the pole from my nephew as he was crying and started reeling and fighting my nephews legal mouth hooked fish with eggs in her mouth. And another Indian casted out there and snagged the same fish on purpose. Luckily I was using 20 lb bradied line so I had some fun doing it. But man why do they do this? What some ASS HOLES. I'm waiting to call the gamewarden tomorrow even though I should have called yesterday on the river. Oh ya they took the fish and CUT my nephews line... I said you :yike: M....F.... :yike: I'm calling the sheriff and he said do you really wanna play "bows and arrows?" Well I have to wait and see what the gamewardens say and report this to them. But man I'm not going to pay $45.00 for my combo license get a hell of a good fish on and have them take it. Yet alone I paid $75.00 for a gate key for hunter farms access... I cant wait to see what they say... (the game warden)
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Post by: 270Shooter on August 16, 2009, 09:48:42 PM: Quote from: Yelm hunter on August 16, 2009, 09:46:14 PM
I went fishing down there yesterday with my dad brother and my nephew who is only 10 he finally was able to get his VERY FIRST KING SALMON HOOKED probably about 15 lbs and he was getting it in. The Indian guy casted his treble hook out and snagged his fish and started reeling it in. I said man you just hooked his fish. He said "ha,ha,ha... " I said buddy you better let that fish go and he didn't want to. So I took the pole from my nephew as he was crying and started reeling and fighting my nephews legal mouth hooked fish with eggs in her mouth. And another Indian casted out there and snagged the same fish on purpose. Luckily I was using 20 lb bradied line so I had some fun doing it. But man why do they do this? What some ASS HOLES. I'm waiting to call the gamewarden tomorrow even though I should have called yesterday on the river. Oh ya they took the fish and CUT my nephews line... I said you :yike: M....F.... :yike: I'm calling the sheriff and he said do you really wanna play "bows and arrows?" Well I have to wait and see what the gamewardens say and report this to them. But man I'm not going to pay $45.00 for my combo license get a hell of a good fish on and have them take it. Yet alone I paid $75.00 for a gate key for hunter farms access... I cant wait to see what they say... (the game warden)
:stup: :stup: :stup: :puke: :puke: :puke: *censored*s
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Post by: actionshooter on August 16, 2009, 09:50:42 PM: Quote from: Yelm hunter on August 16, 2009, 09:46:14 PM
I went fishing down there yesterday with my dad brother and my nephew who is only 10 he finally was able to get his VERY FIRST KING SALMON HOOKED probably about 15 lbs and he was getting it in. The Indian guy casted his treble hook out and snagged his fish and started reeling it in. I said man you just hooked his fish. He said "ha,ha,ha... " I said buddy you better let that fish go and he didn't want to. So I took the pole from my nephew as he was crying and started reeling and fighting my nephews legal mouth hooked fish with eggs in her mouth. And another Indian casted out there and snagged the same fish on purpose. Luckily I was using 20 lb bradied line so I had some fun doing it. But man why do they do this? What some ASS HOLES. I'm waiting to call the gamewarden tomorrow even though I should have called yesterday on the river. Oh ya they took the fish and CUT my nephews line... I said you :yike: M....F.... :yike: I'm calling the sheriff and he said do you really wanna play "bows and arrows?" Well I have to wait and see what the gamewardens say and report this to them. But man I'm not going to pay $45.00 for my combo license get a hell of a good fish on and have them take it. Yet alone I paid $75.00 for a gate key for hunter farms access... I cant wait to see what they say... (the game warden)

Game wardens gonna say, tough *censored*. I can't do anything about it. :dunno:
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Post by: Yelm hunter on August 16, 2009, 09:51:44 PM: What should I do about this? Do you think the Game Wardens will do anything about this?
I wasnt the only person they did this to... And havent been the only person they have done this to either...
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Post by: actionshooter on August 16, 2009, 09:53:10 PM: I used to do great there 15- 20 years ago, too crowded now.
The indians are jerks, I've seen the white guys start it also.
Combat fishing at its prime :bash:

Game wardens have NO jurisdiction
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Post by: actionshooter on August 16, 2009, 09:54:26 PM: Write a letter to the chief if it makes you feel better, but that side of the river is another country
:(
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Post by: Yelm hunter on August 16, 2009, 10:14:51 PM: Wait until you get hit in the head by one of those M...FS... Not a happy camper after that happened to me. If and when I get one of those hooks I will NOT give it back I will cut there line everytime...
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Post by: PA BEN on August 17, 2009, 06:03:23 AM: Don't group them all just because of this guy. The one I have in the picture I caught while they there fishing Sat. evening. This little kid got my line 3 times, I let him reel it over and he freed it. When I got my fish on, one guy walked out and cased over my line (witch would have ended the same as your sons fish). He didn't know I had a fish on, when he cased over me I told him he cased over me and I have a fish on. He said sorry and worked his line off of mine and they all stayed out of the water until my fish finely left the hole. BTW, up river at the Gard rail hole a white guy was fishing from the other side, any body in there right mine wouldn't be fishing there, he would case over every body's line and F it all up. He was a real a--hole.
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Post by: mossback91 on August 17, 2009, 06:15:09 AM: WOW from seeing those pics.............that does not look like afun place to fish at all........
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Post by: Yelm hunter on August 17, 2009, 11:14:25 AM: No its not just one guy...Its a bunch of guys that do the same thing. I seen 4 different native people cast over not just my line but others to try and get our legal fish off and ours are legally hooked mouth fish and they snag them and take them....
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on August 17, 2009, 05:12:46 PM: Not a fun place to fish. I don't fish the area in the pics, where i fish has less people cause they don't want to walk... You can get away from people if you walk, and you don't have to spend the money on a key.
I will not keep a fish out of the skok if it is not nickle bright. If it doesn't have sea lice it goes back. We have had 15-20 fish days away from crowds, bobber and egging it or spinners. Those nooks just crush the spinners.
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Post by: PolarBear on August 17, 2009, 05:54:12 PM: I had one "decent" experience when i was a kid fishing on the rez side. I hiked in from the bridge by Hunter Farm on the rez side, it was before they had it posted everywhere. I had a nice, bright 20 lb hen on the bank and was going for my second. I think the limit was 2 then. I was the only person on the river for at least 1/4 mile. All of a sudden this old Indian dude shows up and asks me what's going on? I said just fishin'. He then asked if I knew that I was fishing on the rez and that it was closed to non tribal members. I said that I was unaware of it. He told me that I could stay and get my second fish but I couldn't fish there any more after that. About 10 minutes after he leaves I catch my second and start heading down the road to my rig. He pulled up behind me and gives me a ride back to my truck. I thanked him and never went back. That is the one and only good interaction that I have ever had with a Skok. All the others, and there were many have ended up in almost fist fights.
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 17, 2009, 08:23:20 PM: i don't care for their netting, but i've had mostly good experiences with the tribe in the few times i've ever really talked with them. a couple years ago 2 skoks came paddling down the river past me and were pointing out fish in the pockets for me. seemed pretty nice. they're just people, after all.
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Post by: PA BEN on August 18, 2009, 06:01:22 AM: Both of my fish had sea lice :drool: