Northwest Fishing Reports

Mike Carey wrote:Love fishing the snohomish! Eggs under a float, pretty cool watching that float go down.

You fishing up river with the eggs Mike? Never get much of a response from fish in the lower river on eggs.

I have been launching at Cady park every time. I can run all the way down to i-5 if I need to. you can't get too much further up with a prop it starts to get really shallow after the mouth of the pilhuck. The farthest I have been up is to the bottom of Douglas bar and its really skinny water. There ...

Had plenty of room. only used 3 of the 4 racks.

My amazing and beautiful wife gave me a Masterbuilt digital smoker for my birthday this weekend . I have been using a Little Chief for 25 years and it has just worn out. I did a batch in the new smoker this weekend (Chinook, Sockeye, Laker and humpie) ...... basically cleaned out the freezer. I thin...

Would like to see them enforce that.

Yes
Mid way up the bar. Plunk a watermelon coler spin n' glow on a 3 way swivel. Put a 18" dropper to a 4oz pyramid or sandclaw sinker. Sandshrimp for bait. Cast 1/3 of the way across the river and put it in a rod holder and wait for it to bounce. Fish on!

Gardner road off of hwy 20 is great spot. Just take a right on the road and follow it to the end. There is a boat launch and. Several 4x4 trails that will take you to a great gravel bar.

The section of the snohomish above Hwy 9 opens August 16. No emergency rules in effect.

I am taking my 12' smoker craft up to the Skagit tomorrow. It's a good one for that and the Snohomish is good from the mouth to the area just below crab bar. Snohomish is closed above the hwy 9 bridge till next weekend. Drove past rotary park in Lowell and saw a bunch of fish rolling.

Thank the fishing gods lake Wenatchee is opening this week. My family planned a weekend trip camping there and I was disappointed that I was dry docked for the weekend. Now that they are opening the sockey I have something to do. I read last year's reports and looked at the GPS Hotspots. Looks like ...

Starting to reconsider going Monday. No reports to speak of.... not sounding good.

Where is the opposite launch?

With the crowds... what launch will be most convenient?

Anyone come up with a cool way to store rigged hoochies and bucktails? I use a foam roller for my kokanee rigs and don't care for the dirt and stuff they pick up from the boat.

I am running a 12' smoker craft. The tide for Monday looks decent. I think Everett is too far for me.

After an awesome day in Neah bay Sunday I still have the salmon itch. Want to try the Tulalip bubble for the first time but I want the nearest launch. I know Everett is the safest but the Marysville one looks closer. My boat is a 12' smoker craft. Does anyone run to the bubble from Marysville launch?

Leaving after work on Saturday for Neah Bay. Going to fish the green can for a few days and i hear they are doing pretty good on the kings and there are humpies all over. Going to give the brads cut plug. A good try besides my go-to spoons. Anyone had any luck up there with them?

Going over to give omak Lake a try for the first time next weekend. Going to run my downriggers. Reading Daryl and Dads guide service posts it looks like king fisher spoons are a good bet. And i see ace hi flys with smile blades are a good choice. Are ther any other suggestions? I will be getting a ...

This one is a no name copy of the eagle claw ice reel. The drag sucks, gets really sticky but is awesome on tge rigger for trout and kokanee. I think i am going to get a real eagle claw and try it for big Cutts on omak lake.

This spring i purchased a 12' Smokercraft with a 15 hp honda. The honda is a 2014 and has seem to have lost some power lately and doesn't idle without stalling (while cold). I noticed it is taking longer to get on plane and when i have someone else in the boat i barely can get on plane. I am suspect...