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Stillaguamish River Report
Snohomish County, WA

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10/04/2010
Casting
Coho Salmon
Evening
10/05/2010
1
1183

Tried my luck for a few hours off Dike Road. Saw lots of Coho today. Just can't seem to get them to bite anything. I threw almost everything I had at them with no luck. Talked to someone who said the water was too warm. Not sure if that is true, or just a convenient excuse to not catching fish. Anyone got any advice on how to get these fish to bite?


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leif-liden
10/5/2010 10:31:00 AM
a buddy of mine caught a 15lb silver out of the stilly in his fourth cast. im to sure what he was using but thats the first i have heard of so maybe there getting hungry
scraig1962
10/5/2010 6:45:00 PM
Im having about the same luck. Seeing tons of fish but cant get any to bite. I think I'm gonna try plunking next high water we have and see if that produces anything... good luck.
natetreat
10/5/2010 7:11:00 PM
If they get spooked they won't do anything. Be real quiet, sneak up to the river and throw something very subtle. If the fish are lock jaw like that, leave them alone for a while and come back. Early morning, and late night are the best times to catch them off guard. or target them in bigger water where they don't feel threatened. I've had the best luck this season fishing water before anybody got to it that wasn't highly fished with small almost invisible offerings, opportunely right after sunrise.
superprep
10/5/2010 10:48:00 PM
Thanks for the tips guys. Maybe they are just spooked as natetreat says. I've heard they are quite finicky.
leif-liden
10/6/2010 12:25:00 AM
whats the def of something subtle? corkie and yarn dick nite?
natetreat
10/6/2010 10:58:00 PM
I get them on a small corky and a number 4 hook. I particularly like the spotted cheater corkies in the green yellow with black spots. They're cheaper than normal corkys and really small. No yarn needed unless it's super slow current, then I put a bit of dark red or black yarn, but just about an eigth of an inch. I've found that to be working in the past couple of weeks at my spots.
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