Just a quick question from someone trying to find a place to catch a coho this week in the Everett Area.
Do the salmon come from the south and enter the river from the east side of jetty island or do they come from the north and enter from the west side of Jetty Island?
If they enter from the east side of Jetty Island, is it possible to catch anything from the 10th Street Pier or along the shore line on Marine View Drive?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
How do the fish get in the Snohomish?
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Bodofish
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Re: How do the fish get in the Snohomish?
I've seen plenty of folks fishing the pier that's just down stream from boat ramp in Langus Park. It's on Smith Isl if you didn't know.
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Re: How do the fish get in the Snohomish?
That isn't open till Saturday, the river, per the regs, starts at the Burlington Northern RR bridge. I am looking for the best place to fish that is in the saltwater (and open this week).Bodofish wrote:I've seen plenty of folks fishing the pier that's just down stream from boat ramp in Langus Park. It's on Smith Isl if you didn't know.
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Re: How do the fish get in the Snohomish?
Well I guess you just will have to wait then, I'm not aware of any place to cast from the shore on the flats.
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Re: How do the fish get in the Snohomish?
If you look at the aerial photos on Google maps, etc. You will notice that asside from the mainstem the second most significant channel entering the system is the drainage coming from Steamboat Slough, although it is pertinent to note that the main stem channel (inside Jetty Island, and East from there) is dredged and very accessible to migrant adults. The fish definitely enter all of the sloughs in the basin, Ebey, Steamboat, Union, and the mainstem. Outside of Everett the river delta runs from between the 3 large channel markers outside of Everett (they are large tri-pod style piling structures that mark the very edge of the delta). There is 1 right outside of the jetty to the SW, another further to the NW, and one more at the edge of Tulalip Bay. If one wanted to specifically target Snohomish Coho, your best bet in 8-2 would be to fish the edge of the delta. It is a decent spot for Blackmouth in the winter, and likewise is a staging and feeding area for migrant adult fish entering the Snohomish system.
To answer your question more specifically.... I would say YES is is POSSIBLE to catch fish from the pier at 10th St. and also along the shoreline of Steamboat slough, although it is likely not very productive. Your best bet for fish from the bank would be up near 522 in Monroe, Langus Riverfront park (if you insist on fishing the lower river), or anywhere up near the mouth of the Pilchuck.
Good luck.
To answer your question more specifically.... I would say YES is is POSSIBLE to catch fish from the pier at 10th St. and also along the shoreline of Steamboat slough, although it is likely not very productive. Your best bet for fish from the bank would be up near 522 in Monroe, Langus Riverfront park (if you insist on fishing the lower river), or anywhere up near the mouth of the Pilchuck.
Good luck.
Re: How do the fish get in the Snohomish?
Matt wrote:If you look at the aerial photos on Google maps, etc. You will notice that asside from the mainstem the second most significant channel entering the system is the drainage coming from Steamboat Slough, although it is pertinent to note that the main stem channel (inside Jetty Island, and East from there) is dredged and very accessible to migrant adults. The fish definitely enter all of the sloughs in the basin, Ebey, Steamboat, Union, and the mainstem. Outside of Everett the river delta runs from between the 3 large channel markers outside of Everett (they are large tri-pod style piling structures that mark the very edge of the delta). There is 1 right outside of the jetty to the SW, another further to the NW, and one more at the edge of Tulalip Bay. If one wanted to specifically target Snohomish Coho, your best bet in 8-2 would be to fish the edge of the delta. It is a decent spot for Blackmouth in the winter, and likewise is a staging and feeding area for migrant adult fish entering the Snohomish system.
To answer your question more specifically.... I would say YES is is POSSIBLE to catch fish from the pier at 10th St. and also along the shoreline of Steamboat slough, although it is likely not very productive. Your best bet for fish from the bank would be up near 522 in Monroe, Langus Riverfront park (if you insist on fishing the lower river), or anywhere up near the mouth of the Pilchuck.
Good luck.
Thanks Matt! it isn't as much an insistence on fishing the lower river, it is more of familiarity of the area. I have tried Monroe and seem to get skunked every time!