And took a look around this morning and South Monte, Friends Landing, Cosy , and Paks all full but not jamed. I watched one fish being landed and lots of trying to get one. Around home couple of jacks jumping but not much else showing. Kinda a traffic jam on the river around and below 101 bridge for sure. You pick your spot to fish but some place few folks other you will have company for sure.

Had good fishing again yesterday standing on the same rock. I definitely seem to have stumbled on a bit of a "hot lure," because the several folks fishing next to me (all using similar stuff) were struggling. Color doesn't matter... until it does. Either side of the high tide has treated me best so far, as usual.

Fish I caught yesterday were dropping scales like ocean fish, so I suspect the rain we got did something in terms of fresh movement.

Different day for me today. Visited my rock again at about an hour before and 2 hours past the high tide, still throwing the "magic lure," and while I saw a few kings rolling at the high slack, I saw no signs of movers and got no bites. The two seals that have been hanging out there were swimming around aimlessly and looking up at me, almost as if to say "where did they go?" Pretty sure I spotted one of our regulars who fishes the same stretch running upriver to look at something, and he must not have liked what he saw, because he turned right around and headed for the takeout without so much as dropping anchor. I think that should have been my sign... if that was who I thought it was, he knows what to look for.

I was due for a good, old-fashioned Chehalis bank fishing skunking, but I always wonder where the fish have gone when a day like today happens this time of year. Maybe they were right there and in lockjaw mode. I looked at the lower Satsop on the way out, and I don't think that's where they went. Still crazy low and deathly silent. Someone knows where they are.....

9/23/2025

Sounds like what I did yesterday..........ran, looked up river, saw nothing, turned around, headed for my take out.....home I went!!!!

I have not had many days, in my 50+ years of Chehalis fishing, of fishing the high incoming tide, all my fishing is in that part of the Chehalis....yea, I do know it but I sure miss out, SOMETIMES, yea I Do!!!!!!

I thought that was you! I should have known it was a bust when I saw you turn around LOL.

Hope you're well and having good fishing more often than not!