I guess this was more of a 10 hr scouting trip. I did fish the Wallace, Skykomish and Snohomish. The Wallace was clear water with few fish. The rest area is closed and posted no trespassing-DOT. I fished under a US 2 bridge near the fish hatchery, saw one in the river, no bites. I visited the hatchery, lots of smolt in their ponds, it felt good to see them and talk with a few people visiting the hatchery. I fished one spot, near the US 2 bridge in Sultan proper on the Skykomish, no hits. I kept it short cause I wanted to hit the Snohomish west of the 522 bridge. They cut a lot of parking out of there, signs, can't park under the bridge now without risking a tow. Went to the park at the end of the road, limited parking on road. Tough to find a spot clear enough to cast from. Lots of fish jumping, mostly small, cutts, white???? and some big ones. Found a bunch of fresh water clams, 4" long, shaped like razor clams, I didn't take any but hooked 4 draggin the bottom, guess I need more corkies or switch to bobber fishing. LOL These clams seemed to have trails, sounds stupid but I swear one was moving away from my feet in the shallows. What the hell are they and do they belong there? I did catch a 14.5" cutt just before dark. Next time I'll target the cutts and see if I come up coho! I also scouted a couple ramps(Ben Howard Rd), looks like 4 wheel drive reccomended. I just really enjoyed the day bouncing from place to place and meeting interesting people.

afk

9/24/2010 6:19:00 AM

Maybe next time you'll meat a Coho!

MarkFromSea

9/24/2010 10:24:00 AM

LOL Yes, I hope to have a coho as an honored dinner guest again soon.

Jay7

9/24/2010 3:57:00 PM

Nice mixture of places to change things up. Fish will come! When they do, Be ready!

knotabassturd

9/24/2010 4:35:00 PM

Sounds like good venturing round on the water. Hopefully get some coho in reports one of these days, before we no longer have any places to park on the rievrs :( ... Thanx for the rpeort.

yesler

9/24/2010 5:26:00 PM

Mark, Thanks for the scouting report. Saves us all a lot of driving around. Better luck next time.
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MarkFromSea

9/24/2010 8:47:00 PM

I did have luck, the cutt! Thanks, it was an enjoyable day. Lots of good people out there. I hope I'm there when they come in heavy. Some are in, just the numbers are down lower stream. I reviewed state game numbers, the derby in Everett was BAD. They caught more fish per man at shilshoal and don armeni, 1 fish per 4. That weekend. Might be time to check Bush point unless someone else has an update. Put new line in another reel today prep for tomorrow, haven't decided what to hit though.

mrklsprkn

9/25/2010 1:11:00 PM

I so wish they would maintain that Ben Howard ramp! It's close but I can't launch there! How do we get someone interested in doing it? It would make a great alternative to Snohomish river ramps! Let's take action! Fish4food!

MarkFromSea

9/25/2010 9:03:00 PM

I hear ya, money to make it and even more to maintain. I just hope we're able to keep what is there, seem to be losing ground on spots and parking this year already up the sky valley. I'm looking forward to the coho coming in soon. Yee Ha!

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