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natetreat
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by natetreat » Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:31 pm
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by spoonman » Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:51 pm
This weekend gunna be epic
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by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:55 pm
There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
Anthony Trollope
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schu7498
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by schu7498 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:56 pm
Sucks cause its the one weekend im outta town hunting! Been waiting for rain for so long
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gsus32
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by gsus32 » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:09 pm
How long till the fish are in the rivers after the rain ? I'm excited haven't bought anything in 2 weeks
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Hepker
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by Hepker » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:58 pm
eamon thats 8 field goals. i hope thats not a hawks prediction. lol
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strider43
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by strider43 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:28 am
we will see, after this month long drought in October I will believe it when the rivers rise...........
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soundkite
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by soundkite » Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:29 pm
gsus32, I'm wondering the same thing. IF it rains well on Friday and I can only take one morning to fish the Green, Sky, or Snoho, should I fish Saturday or Sunday to improve my odds? My guess is Sunday because I can read the early reports here and strategize!
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by Cozmo4196 » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:30 pm
I'm welcoming rain for two reasons: 1) to bring up the next batch of fish. 2) to wash all of those dead pinks down river where I don't have to smell them.
I was doing some scouting on the Snoho/Sky earlier this week and the aroma from those things piled up almost made me lose my breakfast on multiple occasions. BRING ON THE RAIN.
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by strider43 » Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:16 am
.2 of an inch.....not really much increase, not enough to color the water or fill any holes....
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ingi
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by ingi » Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:00 am
the rain isn't over yet...forecast says half inch tonight and up to an inch on Saturday....
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by mizm05 » Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:30 am
Yeah we need more than we've got over the last 24 hours. Just keep an eye on the USGS river flow website for whatever river you're considering. Get a baseline for where it's normally at, and watch for it to rise.
For instance, I know the Green normally flows between 500-700...I watch for it to be somewhere between 600-900 and about 55 feet or so. Just from experience those are the most productive conditions I've seen...so that's what I look for. In the last 24 hours it went from 560 to 660. That's actually a decent increase for the Green. I may just hit it this weekend and see how those number translate into hopefully good fishing.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?s ... 0060,00065
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by HillbillyGeek » Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:38 am
Cozmo4196 wrote:I'm welcoming rain for two reasons: 1) to bring up the next batch of fish. 2) to wash all of those dead pinks down river where I don't have to smell them.
I was doing some scouting on the Snoho/Sky earlier this week and the aroma from those things piled up almost made me lose my breakfast on multiple occasions. BRING ON THE RAIN.
Amen! Those nasty pinks have gotta go!

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by NFCustom » Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:54 am
This Sunday and Monday should be awesome. High teen coho city.
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natetreat
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by natetreat » Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:46 am
Humptulips here we come! It's time to make our plans to make the drive out there.
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gsus32
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by gsus32 » Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:56 pm
There going up but are we getting enough rain im going out tomarrow morning
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EAmon ___hoffman123
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by EAmon ___hoffman123 » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:25 pm
sky needs to come up to about 3500 and it will be game on
There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
Anthony Trollope
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by gonnahookit » Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:03 pm
EAmon ___hoffman123 wrote:sky needs to come up to about 3500 and it will be game on
As of 8:30 tonight its at 3490. That close enough for you or do you need that other 10cfs?
