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South Fork Nooksack River Report
Whatcom County, WA

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11/21/2018
41° - 45°
Other
Coho Salmon
Other
Black
Raining
Jigs
All Day
51° - 55°
11/23/2018
4
7886

Late report but I have to say WOW! For this time of year to still be catching chrome coho is unheard of for this system... A huge thank you for the hard work that is paying off to the LUMMI tribe.. The south fork habitat restoration is looking great, and providing fresh gravel and spaces to spawn... The bite has been constant, with 30 /40 fish on a day there is still chrome mixed in the system and with the recent rain more can only be on the way! The chum are few and far between on the NORTH FORK, and after talking to a few guys there was some at the hatchery holes but with 109 in the hatch thats no where near escapement for the kendall creek hatchery for this time of year... The rains may have brought them up but when they are completely black on their bellies i'm not fishing them.... Not worth the fight and the stress on them prior to spawn... Whatcom had almost 200 at the hatch, WAY BELOW ESCAPEMENT..... TIGHT LINES YA'LL


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PhishnPhool
11/24/2018 12:07:36 PM
The chum are in trouble, something I NEVER thought possible here. There are none this year.
I fished the South Fork Weds and Thurs. Chartuese Vibrax and same colored jig. 9 out of 10 were dark/red colored fish, gorgeous colors! (unless you want to eat em) But when you are catching 50-75 a day there like it has been....that means quite a few keepers in the mix.
And hardly anybody up there....incredible fishing this week!!
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