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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: klickriverchromer on July 10, 2008, 08:57:44 PM

Title: Any body been steelie fish'n
Post by: klickriverchromer on July 10, 2008, 08:57:44 PM: Where's the bite? Or do you allllllll have the gas bluesss
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Post by: jackelope on July 10, 2008, 09:03:58 PM: i am totally out of the loop...have no idea whats going on up this way on the -s- rivers. my neighbor caught a 10 lb brat on the snoqualmie a couple days ago, but thats all i know. these rivers are in good shape currently.
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Post by: Jackjr on July 10, 2008, 09:07:07 PM: Been itching to go. Need something to BBQ :)
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Post by: Houndhunter on July 10, 2008, 09:34:55 PM: cant wait to till salmon starts up, havnt caught a big fish since feb i think
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 10, 2008, 10:30:02 PM: Been killin em on the columbia...
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Post by: tlbradford on July 10, 2008, 11:20:36 PM: When I was on the coast I would be flyfishing the Kalama every evening at this time. Give Pritchardts Shop a call.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 11, 2008, 09:12:29 AM: Lower columbia, spin-n-glo with a prawn... 6 last sat 1 native, 3 wed 2 nates, 3 friday 2 nates.
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Post by: hogsniper on July 11, 2008, 09:41:25 AM: I watched the indians pull 3 out of the skagit yesterday!! They are done netting today so hopefully a few will make it thru...I am going out this weekend so hopefully i have pics on monday!!! Good luck Justin
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Post by: Drop Tine on July 11, 2008, 11:41:59 AM: Thank God we dont have to get drawn to catch a friggen fish. :rolleyes:
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 12, 2008, 10:29:49 AM: Had 4 on yesterday with 1 keeper to the bank... The streak continues...
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Post by: Drop Tine on July 12, 2008, 03:59:42 PM: rite on dude cant wait till next year Ill have a river worthy boat and will be able to partake. :fishin:
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 12, 2008, 04:35:12 PM: Don't need no stinkin boat... I do all my fishin from the bank.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 13, 2008, 04:47:20 PM: And another one bites the dust... 1 6 pound nate to the bank, fought like a 15 lbr. And 1 12-14 pound chromer into the cooler.
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Post by: Drop Tine on July 13, 2008, 06:03:44 PM: Sounds like your nailing the crap out of em man good job. :brew:
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 14, 2008, 05:39:10 AM: All for my son. He is 8 and has caught more SH that i have. But he does get to reel them all in... I just seyt up the poles and he plays on the bank, when we get a fish on he gets the joy of reeling them in.
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Post by: Drop Tine on July 14, 2008, 03:46:01 PM: Memories for your boy for a lifetime so cool.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 18, 2008, 03:58:13 PM: Killed them today. we had 5 rods out. we ended up with 4 keepers, 7 natives and 11 missed opportunities. Never in all the years have we had 22 opportunities in 1 day. All on spin-n-glo with a prawn tail.
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Post by: chukar-ridge-quest on July 23, 2008, 08:24:50 PM: Yeah the steelie fishin sucks, so does my picture. Twenty fish hooked and fourteen landed.
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Post by: Jackjr on July 23, 2008, 09:38:08 PM: Nice work. Now thats a good day in my book :)
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Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on July 23, 2008, 10:32:16 PM: Dont any body catch, take pic and release anymore
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Post by: gjorgy on July 24, 2008, 11:45:55 AM: Not if they are hatchery fish! Bet they were tasty!
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Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on July 25, 2008, 08:35:44 AM: Steelhead is a steelhead, catch my drift
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 25, 2008, 11:06:58 AM: Hatchery SH are put there for a reason, to catch and eat.
I will never keep a native (unclipped) SH, we need to rebuild the runs and every hatchery fish that successfully spawns is a detriment to the SH gene pool.
Hatchery steelhead do not do well in the wild, that is why they have to plant so many. There are many studies out there that explain it.
Anybody that catches a hatchery SH please keep it. That is what they are there for.
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Post by: PolarBear on July 25, 2008, 08:19:27 PM: You're killing me!!!!!!! I wanna go fishin' sooooo bad! :cryriver:
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Post by: General Disarray on July 26, 2008, 09:57:09 AM: Quote from: RightPlace-RightTime on July 25, 2008, 08:35:44 AM
Steelhead is a steelhead, catch my drift
Quite possibly the dumbest statement I've read.

Hatchery steelhead, born to be bbq'd! I have released plenty of brats, on those days when the bobber just keeps going down, but I will bonk my two every chance I get. Hatcheries aren't there to rebuild the runs, they're there for fishermen to have something to catch and keep.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on July 27, 2008, 01:58:26 PM: Hatcheries are actually there for the commercials to rape the fishery for the public. I wish they were there for the sole purpose for us to fish and keep. But i will not go on the commercial bashing, to tired of it...
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Post by: rougheye on July 27, 2008, 02:39:02 PM: Quote from: RightPlace-RightTime on July 25, 2008, 08:35:44 AM
Steelhead is a steelhead, catch my drift
No its not . :dunno: We bought those fish to catch and consume if we let them go then the state spends our money to truck them to the food bank or give them to the Indians . Hence the Cowlitz . Now instead of recycling them back into the river they up the limit to six when they get their fish and anything that makes it to the hatchery after that goes to the food bank . I cant believe these people manage our fisheries . :dunno:
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Post by: Jerbear on July 27, 2008, 07:41:58 PM: Went down behind the house to the Klick thursday. Caught a nice 15 pounder. The wife had one on and lost it. Our first trip this season, but there will be plenty more.
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Post by: coastalghost on July 27, 2008, 07:55:39 PM: Nooch been slow...but Ive managed ;) Buddy of mine was killin em on the Kalama a couple of weeks ago. Bonk those hatchy fish....thats what theyre for.
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Post by: scudmaster on August 04, 2008, 09:33:04 PM: Anyone fish the Snoqualmie for steelies?
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Post by: jackelope on August 04, 2008, 09:36:38 PM: i do, but i haven't lately.
the water's getting a little skinny lately.