I did a dog test today on the Skykomish, just to verify my prior assertion. I took two dogs, PredatorDawg and my four legged critter. PD (Steve) did his best to show me where the fish were, by crackering them wildly, then I did my best to show him what the net was for.

Score for the day, 3 steelhead to hand, 2 crackered, half a dozen whitefish, a couple of smolts, probably a dozen searuns risen, three or four to the boat, and a steelie coming to look at the cutthroat fly.

I'm calling this as proof that the dog smell doesn't matter, as we were petting Susie all day long.

And shaking the Dawg's hand didn't seem to scare the fish, either.

So, I wouldn't worry about fishing with your dog, from a catching standpoint. Please make sure that you know about salmon poisoning, however, for your dog's sake. Ask your vet if you don't know the details.