Have been checking out Quil bay and vicinity almost daily.

We need a good 1"-2" of rain to get the Silvers into the bays heading for the rivers.

Maybe this weekend will bring some precipitation we dearly need.

Did you just wake up from a really looooooong nap?

Uhhhh Hmmmmmm Bob ditto what H20 said.....they been hammering the fish in the bay for several weeks and I've been hammering them in the river for several days.

Add wind to that prayer...

http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/do/newreal/sep1203c.htm

It seemed to me like Quil Bay was pretty hot this week, too. More than 2 fish per rod is what I saw.

WHAT? Are you all F&H news reporters that can only spread HYPE?

The Oly.Penn Rivers need a good rain to flush some new life to the saltchuck to bring those Coho in from the Straits where they are still stacked up.

Any early silvers in Quill-Bay are 1ft off the bottom and may take a herring. Anything else higher up is going to be Humpies or Chum. All those boats anchored S. of the pilings and pulling BuzzBombs are mostly snagging Chums, which, of course is a No No to keep, who would wnat to anyhoo.

Add to that, the Big Quil is soooo low in water level, that few larger fish can navigate the upper stretch to the weir at the hatchery.
There was not even a single vehicle parked at the lot for the BigQuil-101 bridge this evening.

Yah well you should have been on the lower Quil yesterday bout noonish thru 3pm. Today not much happened.....but yesterday was glorious. As for the bay fishery why don't you stop in at the Cove Park to get some info.