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Sweet! Nice looking river. Very similar to my homewater. I probably fish with a pin more than anything else so looking forward to the thread.

It requires actual reading... but Vaclav Smil's books on energy and oil are a very solid and grounding on the historical context and basic underlying issues to this discussion.

NEWS RELEASE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Nov. 30, 2023 Contact: Coastal Region – Montesano, 360-249-4628 Media contact: Bridget Mire, 564-224-0845 WDFW announces 2023-2024 coastal steelhead season Department to test fishing from a floating device in some waters...

According to the pundits, UW is going to the Fiesta Bowl where they get their asses kicked by Bama (again). I hope not though. The last time, my Husky alum wife got her revenge multi-fold over time. My hootin’ an hollerin’ during the came probably didn’t help. Roll Tide!

Dammit, these guys are going to give me a heart attack and an ulcer. Nice to have some Kick-Six revenge with the 'Corner 30'. Gonna need to play a million times better to have a chance against Georgia next week. Roll Tide!

2025... https://expeditionportal.com/the-impressive-2025-ramcharger-is-a-series-hybrid-billed-as-an-ev/

I'm an admitted car nut and am much better at buying them than I am at keeping them. I was recently in the market for an offroad capable SUV and after 3 Wranglers and a Gladiator, decided go go to something different. I looked very close at Rivians T and S but decided not to go that route due...

Thanks Curt! Always appreciate getting the benefit of your experience. I work in a data-oriented field but nothing near fisheries/conservation so it's always good to get an informed perspective. Ocean survival... whether the environment, unregulated fishing, or whatever else. I always come...

Curt- Thanks for weighing in. I agree with you completely. And, habitat isn't really the driving issue on the river system in this thread or the other WA North Coast river systems. While there is some clear cutting, it's generally not close to the river, there isn't much/any diking...

This is the thing that has to change if we want material improvements. It's also the thing that no one, including the NGOs, seem to be working on in a meaningful way as far as I can tell.

Yes - wild coho too as they are available to harvest unlike springers (another pain point for me), but that's very aligned to my perspective and is why the whole thing is so disappointing. If it was a one-off, it'd suck and I'd hope for better next time but it seems like every season has a...

Uhg... I didn't think to look at the creel reports. It's so weird this season, almost like the river is closed. I've hardly seen a boat coming down from the hatchery launch. LBL - we'll have to fish together for steelhead this winter since coho ain't happening!

Yeah... same here.

I have no idea if that was the tribe's stance. I was racing up an inferential ladder, speculating based on the zero transparency from WDFW, anecdotal reports on tribal harvest, and what I saw myself. What I expect from WDFW is that they be present, monitor, and steward the half of the resource...

Comparing to prior years might be better to understand the situation. I'll be very surprised if we make up the 10K+ difference in the next three weeks but I hope I'm wrong. My house is barely downstream from the hatchery creek and I don't see anything in the river. This time of year, it's...

By not working to implement a closure due to low water like they did last year and two years before that. If you haven't been there before, the lower Quilleute is wide and fairly shallow at normal levels and has a smooth bottom of gravel and cobble without much structure. This makes it dead...

Hi Shad It's not the return strength that was the biggest problem. The bigger issue was the drift net and poacher carnage in the lower river that WDFW let happen. The scene down there when the water was low was ridiculous.

Before anyone get's too happy about the WDFW's management read about the Quilleute system: https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/dismal-on-the-duc-coho-management-failure.6553/

I've been torn on whether to share my thoughts on this or not as I'm sure I don't have all the facts and background context. So take this with a grain of salt as being written by a semi-local who is acquainted with a bunch of Forks anglers and guides and who is also pretty fed up with the WDFW...

I'm partial to the little mountain rainbows that retain their parr marks. mtnbow