#1044534 - 12/30/20 10:45 AM
Re: Searun Cutts
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
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Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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There are some real beauties in there!
I haven't done that in a long time, I should get back into it.
Fish on...
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#1044535 - 12/30/20 11:05 AM
Re: Searun Cutts
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 08/02/12
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Couple of tanks in there, always look forward to your sea-run posts, thanks for sharing!
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#1044571 - 12/30/20 06:04 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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ArvidBarker
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"Here are a few less then stellar pics from this fall. SF"
Proceeds to post incredibly stellar pics from this fall. Those are gorgeous fish and the scenery is just too cool!
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#1044662 - 01/01/21 12:23 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 12/06/07
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Beauties! The way other fisheries are getting looks like a great alternative. I haven't done it in years. Thought about dumping my pontoon boat in and trolling w/ the tide w/ a turn around down the beach. Thanks for sharing!
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#1044667 - 01/01/21 01:17 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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King of the Beach
Registered: 12/11/02
Posts: 5206
Loc: Carkeek Park
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What is interesting about searuns is their life histories and how different it is between the early entry north sound fish and late entry south sound and canal fish. In general, the types of streams they utilize for spawning are vastly different. I’ve caught some nice fish in the salt in the north sound but much prefer fishing for their southern cousins. SF
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#1044709 - 01/02/21 04:09 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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River Nutrients
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Reading this post sure brought back some memories from the mid-70's.
I was a school teacher, so summer months gave me a chance to fish on this fine fish.
1974-1980--Trolled the North, Elk, Johns, East Hoquiam and the Chehalis Rivers. My lure of choice was size 8 Hilderbrandt & worms. I caught fish in all the rivers but my choice was the Chehalis from Montesano down toward Central Park.
I was amazed that a fish 16-20" could hit that hard, jump pulling the gear clear out of the water, fight like mad and taste that good.
Fishing was around the 4th of July....Old saying "little wild black berries and sea run cutthroat" catching/picking was about the same time.
Limit went to 2, and summer run steelhead became my summer fish of choice.
Thanks for posting and showing nice examples of sea run's.
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#1044710 - 01/02/21 04:21 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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King of the Beach
Registered: 12/11/02
Posts: 5206
Loc: Carkeek Park
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Drifter, Cool to hear your searun stories. I’ve caught some nice cutts out of the Chehalis system while salmon and steelhead fishing.
In my younger days before I started fly fishing, we used to fish for them in the sound trolling. Gear of choice was a trout rod, spinning reel, a 1/4 to 1/2 Oz of weight and those little firecracker herring which we cut plugged.
We always made sure you could see bottom off both sides of the boat. It was fun to be able to see the cutts come up and attacked the herring as it spun behind the boat. SF
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#1044720 - 01/02/21 08:15 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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King of the Beach
Registered: 12/11/02
Posts: 5206
Loc: Carkeek Park
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They definitely inhabit shallow water. I’ve seen a few times where there backs are out of water next to shore while chasing chum fry. Lots of folks say don’t wade while fishing for them, but I’ve had good luck wading out then fishing back into shore to fish shallow water more effectively.
One of the coolest experiences was during a super extended cold spell into the teens for several days. When I arrived the southern end of the canal was iced over. As the tide started going out the ice started breaking up. The noise it was making was crazy. It created gaps in between the sheets of ice as they floated by which you could fish. I threw a bunny polychaete worm pattern out that landed on the ice. I stripped it off the edge of the ice and a nice size cutt exploded it as it hit the water.
Also ran into a polychaete marine worm hatch which I’ve never seen before or since. Thousands of marine worms piled into a very small area. Looked like a worm orgy. SF
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#1044724 - 01/02/21 10:26 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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ArvidBarker
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I have caught sea runs in Oregon and Northern California,never in the salt though. I rank them up there with the prettiest fish there are.
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#1044726 - 01/03/21 07:44 AM
Re: Searun Cutts
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Shooting Instructor for hire
Registered: 10/26/10
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Loc: Snohomish, WA
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Wow! An actual fishing post on a fishing board. Color me impressed. Nice work Stoney!
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#1044739 - 01/03/21 10:06 AM
Re: Searun Cutts
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King of the Beach
Registered: 12/11/02
Posts: 5206
Loc: Carkeek Park
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A lot of the resident cutts have a lot different look to them versus the anadromous version. Much darker and more heavily spotted, though I’ve caught post spawns cutts in the salt that look similar. Some of the beaver pond fish I’ve caught are ever darker then the resident fish. I assume that is due to the tannin colored water they live in. SF
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#1044757 - 01/03/21 04:40 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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ArvidBarker
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The many variations of cutthroat are interesting. Lahontans are a different looking fish altogether. Amazing looking. The coastal cutthroat I have caught in Oregon were very different looking than the ones in Northern California.
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#1044765 - 01/03/21 09:34 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7428
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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Coastals do have the widest range. Especially for the truly resident, above barriers, there is no way that they can get "strays" into the population. My guess is that they respond to the environment, and it is so different as one moves up the coast. NorCal range is in the Redwoods, and that will be dark. I think it lightens up as os one gets up into WA. At least lots of the places I found cutts up here were more open.
Only caught Lahontans once, and have seen them a few other times. I think some of the inland cutts, like the Greenback and Colorado River, are spectacular in spawning dress. But the Paiute is probably pretty stunning, too. Note that it and the Golden are from almost alpine areas with lots of sun.
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#1044923 - 01/06/21 12:09 PM
Re: Searun Cutts
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Returning Adult
Registered: 08/20/08
Posts: 299
Loc: Lewis Co via Bham
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I grew up on the Hood Canal and worked on the tide flats during summers throughout high school and college. In between tides we would fish for these beauties and did extremely well in August. So much fun! Some nice 20+ inchers on occasions, but mostly 15-16 inch fish. That tide would get ripping between these two sand spits and it was like clockwork. This brings back fond memories...Some "barn window" starries out there too.
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