I fished the Satsop from 1968 to 1972 mostly. On a busy Saturday I once saw two drift boats take out on Wharton Bar, downstream of the highway, no sleds. After moving back to the south sound area in 1992 I thought I'd run down and visit the Satsop on a Friday and see if the silvers were in. I drove the river from Fuller bridge up the East Fork to Shafer State Park. In that short drive I counted more angler vehicles than I had seen over the entire 4 years that I first fished the river. Yeah, I'd say things have changed a bit.

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