To be fair to the neighbor, a fish that hits such a dirty presentation needs to be cleaned thoroughly.Last steelhead I landed was October on the Trinity in California. Stopped to visit my friend who lives on the river in a mobile home park that has some of the best water on the upper river. Mike stopped fishing several years prior due to COPD and other health issues but is a great source for conditions and I always stop and chat. He asked me to kill a fish if I caught a clipped one. I thought that was unusual as I’ve not seen him kill a fish in the 15+ years I’ve known him, but ok. Swung the camp water with a black egg-sucking leech with no luck but if there’s a fish in the upper river there should be one here. I added 18” tippet to the leech and tied on a bead
Fish this a little differently, cast straight across or a bit upstream and basically tight line nymphed it and just as line came under tension below me it’s fish on. A nice little 5# hatchery brat and a nice way to break in the new Meiser 12’-6” 345CX. I don’t kill any steel but dispatched that one for my pal. When I took it up to him he said “Oh, it’s for my neighbor” and proceeded to call the guy. Neighbor took the fish, looked at it and said “you didn’t clean it”.
WTF!
Through 3/28, WDFW's preliminary estimate of fish caught and released on the Skagit and Sauk is 1,346.
Roughly 1.346 runs fished according to my TI-83.That's just an average Saturday when you get the chance to fish
I would have guessed .72Roughly 1.346 runs fished according to my TI-83.
Through 3/28, WDFW's preliminary estimate of fish caught and released on the Skagit and Sauk is 1,346.
I think you may be right.That surprisingly high. The fishery might not make it to April 17th.
Agreed. Catch rates needs to go from the current season average of ~34/day to over ~90/day for the next 14 days to hit the limit before April 17.Wait, if the run forecast was 5,000, then allowable take is 500. 250 to non-treaty. At 1,346, we're at a calculated incidental mortality of 135. So over 100 to go and 15 fishing days to go. We should make it if everyone catches fish at the rate that I do.
Mind if I ask what the catch rates in February were like? Saw two hook ups right in front of me within minutes when I went outThrough 3/28, WDFW's preliminary estimate of fish caught and released on the Skagit and Sauk is 1,346.
That clear water always looks way more shallow than it really isFun day on the Sauk with a classmate I connected with through our shared love of fishing, no fish to hand and a gin clear river. Tried to challenge myself with a crossing but I think I need to invest in a wader staff and felt sole boots to increase my confidence. I'm a big 6'4 guy and could definitely have made the crossing, but sometimes underconfidence is as dangerous as overconfidence. The low water actually creates some really nice looking seams and holes. Ran a bead and a lure popular in BC and the Lakes but less used over here. Lots of bug activity, saw a bunch of spider looking water insects and what appeared to be small caddisflies flying around. Saw a nice sized bull trout milling about some boulders