River Cutthroat Trout help

[Chris57]

One if my favorite ways to target them is a nightcrawler on a single hook through the head drifted with a small split shot. Cutts are voracious feeders and will attack the worm as it floats by. I've also use a sand shrimp tail under a float and probably the single most effective is drfiting a single egg or egg colored soft bead.

I used to do the same on the Main fork of the Stilly, so much fun!

[Mtnwalker]

There are smaller resident cuts in the hump year round but the sea run start showing up any day now. We've done well on sea run as early as mid june below the hatchery, but like others said august is prime time on through fall. One of my favorite fish as well, big time nostalgia from my youth chasing blueback with grandpa (pretty sure blueback is a local thing cause that means sockeye to most others )

Yer dern right! My great uncle and grandpa referred to sea runs as blue backs. Cool to hear others make local references as well! 👍🏻

They didn't happen to be loggers did they? I think every single person I know that used to call em blueback were timberfallers, but that could just be because every guy on my Mom's side for 3 generations were cutters 

[metlhead]

These things can be a pain when fishing sea runs. Figrd an evening lookin to see if they have arrived found this guy which made for a tough fight.

[metlhead]

This guy

[2MANY]

There are smaller resident cuts in the hump year round but the sea run start showing up any day now. We've done well on sea run as early as mid june below the hatchery, but like others said august is prime time on through fall. One of my favorite fish as well, big time nostalgia from my youth chasing blueback with grandpa (pretty sure blueback is a local thing cause that means sockeye to most others )

Yer dern right! My great uncle and grandpa referred to sea runs as blue backs. Cool to hear others make local references as well! 👍🏻

They didn't happen to be loggers did they? I think every single person I know that used to call em blueback were timberfallers, but that could just be because every guy on my Mom's side for 3 generations were cutters 

From the Queets area?

[metlhead]

Cutts are in my area in good numbers. Been hitting about 20 per 4hr outing. Did a comparison and small spoons outfished the fly rod and bait did fine.

[WapitiTalk1]

Back a “few” years ago in the Big Sky State, when the cuts would spawn up the surrounding creeks off Hungry Horse reservoir, a single hook Colorado Spinner/single gold spoon w/red beads  tipped with 1/2 a worm would knock ‘em dead. Nothing like catching a 1+ lb cut in a crick u could jump across.

[Mtnwalker]

There are smaller resident cuts in the hump year round but the sea run start showing up any day now. We've done well on sea run as early as mid june below the hatchery, but like others said august is prime time on through fall. One of my favorite fish as well, big time nostalgia from my youth chasing blueback with grandpa (pretty sure blueback is a local thing cause that means sockeye to most others )

Yer dern right! My great uncle and grandpa referred to sea runs as blue backs. Cool to hear others make local references as well! 👍🏻

They didn't happen to be loggers did they? I think every single person I know that used to call em blueback were timberfallers, but that could just be because every guy on my Mom's side for 3 generations were cutters 

From the Queets area?

From Hoquiam but they logged up that way for years.

Curious if PsoasHunter had any luck? Should be prime time

[metlhead]

Chasin cutts today. Backcast put a #2 siwash right into my dog's ear. Wow that was a strange sound. Good thing for back up spin rod. Lotsa folks out today chasin the sea runs. Plenty to catch

[Boss .300 winmag]

Back a “few” years ago in the Big Sky State, when the cuts would spawn up the surrounding creeks off Hungry Horse reservoir, a single hook Colorado Spinner/single gold spoon w/red beads  tipped with 1/2 a worm would knock ‘em dead. Nothing like catching a 1+ lb cut in a crick u could jump across.

When I was a kid and lived in Pomeroy that was my favorite fishing in the blues.

[WapitiTalk1]

Back a “few” years ago in the Big Sky State, when the cuts would spawn up the surrounding creeks off Hungry Horse reservoir, a single hook Colorado Spinner/single gold spoon w/red beads  tipped with 1/2 a worm would knock ‘em dead. Nothing like catching a 1+ lb cut in a crick u could jump across.

When I was a kid and lived in Pomeroy that was my favorite fishing in the blues.

 

[PsoasHunter]

I haven't made it out there since late July, but plan on spending next weekend at the river. I have a long list of to-dos of there and of course keeping the 3 year old and 18 month old alive and excited about the woods,  but I intend to get some time chasing cutts. I appreciate the pms, tips, and success photos to get me excited, hunt wa has come through yet again. I'll keep you updated.

[Skyvalhunter]

Just make sure you know which rivers are opened as the state closed some due to salmon population. Like some of the Skykomish.

[finnman]

There are smaller resident cuts in the hump year round but the sea run start showing up any day now. We've done well on sea run as early as mid june below the hatchery, but like others said august is prime time on through fall. One of my favorite fish as well, big time nostalgia from my youth chasing blueback with grandpa (pretty sure blueback is a local thing cause that means sockeye to most others )

Yer dern right! My great uncle and grandpa referred to sea runs as blue backs. Cool to hear others make local references as well! 👍🏻

They didn't happen to be loggers did they? I think every single person I know that used to call em blueback were timberfallers, but that could just be because every guy on my Mom's side for 3 generations were cutters 

No, not fallers. Yellow Finn Potato farmers. Lubbe farms is still growing the yellow Finn’s…

[PsoasHunter]

I got out for about an hour this weekend and hit the few deeper holes within our property lines on the river. There are a few cut clay banks, but there isn't much structure and no logs or trees, just rocks/gravel. I've seen fish in them before, but didn't see any on this trip and didn't have any bites. I'll have to explore more of the river to find better/more consistent holding water, but it was fun to get out. Even though there were no fish on this trip, it's very satisfying to fish a stretch of river and see no other people, considering I learned river fishing by combat fishing the popular holes on the Puyallup and Nisqually. I've got a lifetime to figure out this river and fishery, and I'm looking forward to it, especially as the kids get older and can get after it more.