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Stillaguamish River Report
Snohomish County, WA

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09/14/2013
Pink Salmon
Morning
09/14/2013
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The Stilly is full of fish, but they have been really on and off of the bite this last week. Went Tuesday and C&R'd 40+, went Thursday and fished 7 hours and only got 15, most of which were all in a 2 hour window. Today the magic lure was a chrome and chartruse dick nite. I had three and my 8 year old broke off all three on fish I let him play... Bummer. That was the end of consistent catching for us. We brought home 4 and released a couple of green sail fish. Good numbers of coho showing in the lower river also.


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jesse.brady7
9/15/2013 1:43:00 AM
If you don't mind me asking what us the best way to fish a dick nite on that river. It's pretty skinny and in some parts there are trees and other things in the way under the surface. My problem is I don't know how much weight to put on and if it is frogging or just spinning being useless. Any help would be appreciated!
stillyfisher
9/15/2013 10:28:00 PM
Losing gear to trees and rocks is part of the game. Use enough weight to cast where you need to but only just enough that your offering can drift fairly free throughout the drift. The key to the DN is a SLOW retrieve. Maybe not even reeling unless the current isn't moving your line downstream. I like a 4-6 foot leader. Some people put 6-10 inches of line off a 3-way swivel to their weight to keep the spoon up a bit. Doesn't really seem to matter that much in my experience. I like silver and green, silver charteuse, 50/50. Have an assortment of colors and find one the fish like. Size 0 or 1 is best. I also like the kokanee colors of chartruese with hot head and purple with hot head. If you see lots of fish but no bites after a short while, change colors and find what works. Hope that is useful info.
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