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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: fishnate on September 28, 2009, 07:50:44 PM

Title: Upper Columbia
Post by: fishnate on September 28, 2009, 07:50:44 PM: Priest Rapids to chief jo opens for steelhead tomarrow along with the wenatchee entiat methow and icicle rivers cant wait lots of fish to be caught. Lets see how ya all do tomarrow.
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Post by: alanger on September 28, 2009, 08:47:18 PM: For sure. i think i will be chinook fishing after school though. Do you know when the Derby is up in paterous??? Fish on to all.
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Post by: MtnMuley on September 29, 2009, 07:57:50 AM: What derby in Pateros?
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Post by: DeerHarvester on September 30, 2009, 01:24:03 AM: The Okanogan river also opened. Plus did you guys read the daily limit has been changed to 4 hatchery fish. :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Big D on September 30, 2009, 03:46:55 AM: WENATCHEE — Hatchery steelhead fishing opened today on the upper Columbia, Wenatchee, Entiat, Methow and Okanogan rivers, as well as Icicle Creek near Leavenworth.
The openings were announced late Monday by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. On all the waterways, the daily limit is four adipose-fin-clipped hatchery steelhead. Each must measure at least 20 inches in length. Steelhead with an intact adipose fin must be released unharmed without being removed from the water. Anglers also are required to release any steelhead with one or more round holes punched in the tail fin. The opening is the result of a strong run of wild and hatchery-produced steelhead returning to the upper Columbia, said Jim Scott, assistant director of the state’s fish program, in a press release from the department. More than 33,000 summer steelhead had been counted at Priest Rapids Dam through Sept. 22, well above the overall return’s 10-year average of nearly 14,500.

Fishing is scheduled to close on March 31.

• Columbia River: From Rock Island Dam to 400 feet below Chief Joseph Dam.

• Wenatchee River: From the mouth to a sign about 800 feet below Tumwater Dam.

• Icicle Creek: The Icicle will be open through Nov. 15 from the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the U.S. Hatchery barrier dam.

• Entiat River: Upstream from the Alternate Highway 97 Bridge near the mouth of the Entiat River to 800 feet downstream of the U.S. Fish Hatchery outfall.
Title: Re: Upper Columbia
Post by: dbllunger on September 30, 2009, 08:51:07 AM: Not aware of any derby in Pateros. Is there a new one planned? Heard they did real well up the Methow, and the river was full of fishermen. Still hitting the kings for now, but will start dragging stuff that Steelhead like also. After hunting season then I will go after Steelhead. Too many hobbies and not enough time.
Title: Re: Upper Columbia
Post by: fishnate on September 30, 2009, 09:22:42 AM: All ready to go out after work tonight cant wait!
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Post by: twisp_river_slayer on September 30, 2009, 10:37:26 AM: the derby for kings is out of the triangle texaco in brewster and they already had it. Unless there is one out of pateros that im not aware of. Were hitting em on the methow but trying to find a hole to fish is harder than actually catching them. Once it starts getting really cold it will weed a bunch of people out