Last weekend we put in at Montesano and fished the mile of water downstream. We trolled up and down stream through the tide change pulling plug-cut herring, sardine wrapped kwikies, spinners, and mag warts. If I'd had a kitchen sink I'd pulled that, too. We didn't get a single hit, and frankly, didn't see but four fish caught. However, when we took out about 4 PM the fish checker told us she'd counted about 40 fish already. I'm guessing they had to come from up river between the launch and the Satsop mouth since we didn't see enough boats pass us going to the take out to equal 40 fish.

Can someone help me out here? That was my first trip on the Chehalis, and I just need to get pointed in the right direction. Are most of the fish up river already or should I keep working the same area? I'm not expecting zipperlip holes or anything, just a knudge in one direction or another. If you want to email me privately, that's cool, too.

Thanks.

Rick
davidsonri@lewis.army.mil