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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: jeepster on January 13, 2011, 10:30:45 PM

Title: whats biting right now?
Post by: jeepster on January 13, 2011, 10:30:45 PM: ive been out of work, and bored for too long. i want to go fishing. but who goes fishing in january and expects to catch anything? i dont have the resources to get up river to where the steelhead are... whats biting? where can i fish where i might acctually get something?
Title: Re: whats biting right now?
Post by: Mossy on January 13, 2011, 10:34:29 PM: You aren't in my area but ice fishing almost always produces something. What are you looking to catch?
Title: Re: whats biting right now?
Post by: raekmike on January 13, 2011, 10:41:52 PM: my wifes not.... :'(
Title: Re: whats biting right now?
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on January 13, 2011, 10:46:53 PM: Make the phone call:

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=985

With the rivers on the rise, fishing won't be all that good right now, but Whatcom creek in Bellingham is still open for steelhead to the best of my knowledge.

Crabbing and clamming is closed. Without a boat, Salmon fishing the salt is going to be tough and I'm unaware of any runs right now anyway.

If you've got a fly rod, Pass Lake is tranquil.

-Steve
Title: Re: whats biting right now?
Post by: jeepster on January 13, 2011, 10:48:53 PM: Quote from: raekmike on January 13, 2011, 10:41:52 PM
my wifes not.... :'(

lol

umm... im not too picky, im on an island with 9 lakes, with tons of brackish sloughs branching off of the skagit river. cutts dollys and steelhead are my favorite, but i havent heard anything about how its going one way or another in a long time, been too busy workin and duck hunting to care.... id call the baitshop and ask them, but of course i come up with this idea at 1030 at night....
Title: Re: whats biting right now?
Post by: jeepster on January 13, 2011, 10:50:17 PM: Quote from: jeepster on January 13, 2011, 10:48:53 PM
Quote from: raekmike on January 13, 2011, 10:41:52 PM
my wifes not.... :'(

lol

umm... im not too picky, im on an island with 9 lakes, with tons of brackish sloughs branching off of the skagit river. cutts dollys and steelhead are my favorite, but i havent heard anything about how its going one way or another in a long time, been too busy workin and duck hunting to care.... id call the baitshop and ask them, but of course i come up with this idea at 1030 at night.... i figured the lakes would be my best bet...