Northwest Fishing Reports

Has anyone wet a line in it yet? Don't think that last rain pushed in many but maybe a couple.

I've always wanted to but don't know it at all, maybe now that I work up that way ill have to try it. I hear its combat fishing at its finest

It wont get fishable numbers till 3rd week of august.... Such a short season this year if the fishermen keep trashing the river banks

My buddy fished it today and said there were fish jumping

I wont say there are not fish there, just not the real numbers worth the drive.... Of course when the fish are there, so are the fishermen.... let the games begin...

I'm hittin Skagit tomorrow so might as well try samish for a bit since I'll be up there

We hit the Skagit today but only for about 2 hours..... we hit the south fork down in Conway....

Did ya limit

No fish..... With my GF pregnant and due any day, it was more about getting out of the house...

Haha went fishing the day my wife went into labor. Women the love their fisherman

One word, empty. Just drove by a couple of our private prop holes and didn't see one. There were 5 guys at the meat hole that we saw and no fish on the bank there either. Need a good shot of rain and then they will be there

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The WDFW just posted this video.

So the way they make it sound, anyone using a jig without a float will be charged with snagging..... should be interesting to prove in court.....

The red barn has no tresspassing signs up now, so does the upper holes by wdfw. Basically only the meat hole and farm yo market are open now

Wait where are the public holes at?

At the mouth and a little further up

chongo469 wrote:So the way they make it sound, anyone using a jig without a float will be charged with snagging..... should be interesting to prove in court.....

99% of the time, anyone using a jig without a float on the Samish at low tide is snagging.

fish vacuum wrote:

chongo469 wrote:So the way they make it sound, anyone using a jig without a float will be charged with snagging..... should be interesting to prove in court.....

99% of the time, anyone using a jig without a float on the Samish at low tide is snagging.

I would agree with the term flossing but not snagging.... I have fished on the Samish with eggs and with jigs... I would estimate that 90 % of my fish were hooked in the mouth( inside even ) and honestly , I have accidently snagged a few fish , but anyone who fishes for salmon in the river on a regular basis ( and caught fish ) would be lying if they say they have never snagged a fish... It happens... Now , there are those who will intentionally snag fish and those people need to be prosecuted.. As for the Samish , I prefer bluefox spoon or Vibrax spinners at high tide and drifting eggs at low tide.... To generalize a style of fishing is just dumb.... Are you saying that fishing with jigs for say, Silvers or pinks is snagging?.. If so, take it up with the WDFW because they say that jigs for those species work well, and they do.... If someone is using a jig and continually brings in snagged fish, then yes, they are doing it wrong, but there are those that can use them ..... I had a game warden years ago tell me that putting split shot on my line when fishing eggs was snagging.... My buddy and I showed him our credentials ( I was WSP and he was Fish and Game ) and he back pedaled pretty quick..

Letting jigs sit in the mud, then yanking when a fish bumps the line is snagging.

fish vacuum wrote:Letting jigs sit in the mud, then yanking when a fish bumps the line is snagging.

I concur. Most of the fish I've seen caught there were snagged right under the gill plate. If you do it enough, it eventually ends up in the mouth sooner or later. jigs do work. if the water is clear enough for the fish to see your presentation. just like jigs on the green for pinks and silvers. Hopefully fish and game with be down there in force. ticketing and confiscating gear.