12/14/2023

Originally Posted By: seabeckraised
Originally Posted By: DrifterWA
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I would have been out in the Chehalis, anchored close to the bank, 2 rods with spoons. Satsop and Skookumchuck late hatchery Coho might be in the river???? Probably surplused, killed, when they reach the hatchery.....lot of good that does!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrr


Drifter, I remember you mentioning fishing spoons in the river a few times. I understand if you’d rather keep it to yourself, but are you talking about salmon trolling spoons many people use in the saltwater? (Kingfishers, Coho Killlers, etc?) Cannonball sliding dropper or jet diver?


LOL....Maybe on my death bed would my choice/kind of spoons be given to the general public. I probably have 200-300 "spoons". Major problem anyone trying to start "spooning is finding a supply. Luhr Jensen, and many others have gone out of business. I used to get many of mine on EBAY, or at garage sales.

I use to sell many types and kinds of spoons but backed off that because many buyers wanted to know what were "the best ones".

Ronnie, thanks for pointing out the very few steelhead that get caught in the Chehalis system in November and December the past 25-30 years. Now if you went back to the late 60's, 70's, and 80's, that was a different story, hatchery steelhead were put in to return in November - January, WDFW stopped those hatchery releases and tribal netting started. End of a good sport fishery!!!!!
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