The 5 day weather forecast for Montesano is for significant rains Sunday into Monday. Then a few showers on Tue. & Wed. Drying trend starting Thursday. Of course, that obviously can change. The ground is so dry everywhere in the NW that the initial rains will raise the rivers and they will drop right back down as the rest of the runoff gets sucked into the ground like a sponge. The key to the 27th on the Satsop is the follow up showers predicted for Tue./Wed. I hope they are enough to keep the river up enough. I want a big hooknosed 'Sop silver! You local guys watch the river during the week if you can, thanks.

Jerry (Steelheader69) put the following post up few hours ago about the Satsop:

Steelheader69 - posted 10-19-2001 11:33pm

Well, I hate to burst everyone's bubble here. Been fishing the Satsop/Chehalis all week for my fishing vacation. The Satsop is VERY low and was a pain in the butt to float in my cataraft. We need more then a rain, we need a downpour for a day or so. The Satsop has good color, but needs to be a good foot higher. The fish are hitting if you know where to go (right Os ). But for most part most fish are being snagged that I've seen caught. You hit them with plugs or spinners long enough they'll hit (that'ss if they don't spook out of the hole first which Ii saw alot of).
It'll be a driftboats nightmare if we don't get ALOT of rain. Saw a guy with a brand new Lavro (which is only driftboat I saw on Satsop all week) scrape up his hull in at least 10 spots from Schaefer to Cooks.

Well, keep checking the waterlevels. There are fish in the river but they're very spooky. You'll have to work to get the fish but it can be done (I know first hand )

I guess it comes down to the last minute again.

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