Northwest Fishing Reports

I see the illustration on their website, but I don't quite get it. I have it with the sliding drop weight and about a 3' leader. Now do you cast it and just let it coast down the river or do you start to retrieve it after it sinks for a few seconds. I'm fishing from shore if that makes a difference.

Here is a picture of the hook setup, sorry the picture isn't that great... http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6316/misc005yu7.jpg If you picture it on a leader that is about 2-2.5 feet long and a splitter with the weight about 6 inches off the slitter. You put both hooks through the sand shrimp obvi...

I've been using pink jigs with no luck. The last time I was at the river the people catching them were using all silver spoons or spin and glows and sand shrimp. with the spin and glow and sand shrimp they attaching a 5 oz. pyramid weight with the sand shrimp and spin and glow on what looked like a ...

I was at the store picking up some tackle to catch some pinks and I had been using a 1/4 oz. pink jig head with a bright pink squid on it but the store was out of both so I picked up some regular jig heads and some Gulp bright pink 2" minnow grub to put onto the jigs. Will this work or will I just b...

Thanks for all the info guys. I just found out one of my coworkers has been fishing his whole life so he's going to give me some pointers next time I see him. I'll have to try the fishing at night, that sounds like good fun :cheers: I've been thinking about heading out to the river for the humpies, ...

I've been fishing at lake tyee and martha lake. I caught all the little ones at lake tyee. I saw larger fish jumping a little further out but none following my lure back in. I can't cast out far enough to get to where they are jumping. I've actually been trying to catch trout which is why I was a li...

So I've been looking for a hobby and I decided to take fishing back up since I haven't done it since I was about 12. I haven't really had any luck the last few times I've been out, not even a bite. I've been floating rainbow powerbait off the bottom 'cause I've heard that works pretty well. occasion...