The chum are pretty thick in the lower green right now . Lots of fish with crome still on them. Even the colored are very spunky. A few descent silvers are still around but the chum dominate the holes. I went thursday and sunday and today. Thursday and Sunday were kick azz. Sunday i hooked 8 or 9 and kept one. Took awhile to figure out what they wanted. Tried everything you hear about, but nothing worked. After wasting 2 hours i finally fell back on my goto river lure. A 1/8th oz white rooster with shrimp oil on it. They just hammered it all day. Lost alot of fish though cuz the single cut treble was so small. But it never bent. I just drifted it slowely in the tailout. It was alot of fun. Now i can say i actually caught a chum and didn't snag it. All smiles from here on.

Thanks for the report! How far up are they now?

ive seen a bunch at 277th, some some jumping just above, but tried the golf course and dint see nuthing, that was a few days ago..

I noticed some chums frolicing down by S. 112th St. today.

hey FFF or anyone else..

Can I get directions to some of these holes? thanks!

Curtis

There's quite afew fish from 180th up. Lots holding in the deeper pools. Most are very active and have been attacking, not gumming the lures/corkies. On sunday they were thick just below the golf course.

Today i fished the 277th hole and there were still quite afew fish there but not nearly as many as sunday. Stopped in at the upper park hole just above the golf course(south) and saw a few nice schools charging up river. Cool to watch. They sure don't seem to want to hit anything when they are in the shallows.

BBVD, drive the auburn golf course road and you'll find plenty of uncongested waters, well atleast on the weekdays.(from downtown kent go south on central and take a left at the light next to the corvette/mustang dealer) Seems as though everyone is hording around the 277th bridge hole. The rest of the river up to the carbody hole was wide open today. Strawberry patches have been a bit crowded, even on weekdays. Not as many fish up that high though. Soon to be though. Another great hole that was wide open is the newspaper hole(s). If your in kent, drive south on Washington street. Cross the kent/desmoines freeway and take your first left and drive down a bit. Lots of room. If you crossed the river, you went too far. Hope that helps. Flourecent yellow corkie and orange/yellow jigalou have been hot.

Hey what does Non-Bouyant lure restriction mean? I noticed it on the Green River regs...

Hey we found this area FFF... Tried it out... And corkies did NOT WORK!!! It sucked, even though they were rolling right there. I think I picked up one of your rooster tails though, a white one Snagged it and thought I was pulling up a body... Hey, it is the green river.

Any tips on getting these suckers? I saw probably 30 rolls in about an hour...

Thanks

Curtis

the non-bouyant definition is on page 14 of the regs...it means that if your lure does not float you are allowed only one single hook...you should be using single hooks anyway, they hook deeper and hold better than trebles.

i was at metzler park this afternoon, it was crowded for a weekday and i didn't see any fish caught...then i went down to the carbody hole, lots of really dark silvers finning around. the water is up and a little more stained than usual.

Curtis.....you might try a jig under a float. Start with Cerise.

BBVD, well last time i was down there i only got one bite on my rooster tail and the guy next to me had a 3 foot leader small flourescent yellow corkie and a size 2 redoctopuss hook on and he landed 4. But i used this same setup and got nothing but i hooked them on the rooster. So all i can say is keep changing colors or lures. It took me a while before i tried the rooster. But i hooked up on my third cast. So i stuck with it. Their tastes sure change from day to day.

I went down today and they were everywhere, but i didn't fish. River is up a bit more.

I heard the Green was High not sure if it has droped yet I havent been down there. I want to try them Chum salmon but what should I use to catch them?

Try a jig under a bobber or corky and yarn.

the green could be a lot higher...
http://wa.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=12112600&PARAmeter_cd=00060,00065

Just kind of a Green River report/update. I've fished around the last few days looking for winter fish. Caught a couple late chum near Auburn, one was a chromer. Also caught two summer run steelhead. Ugly things, they were spawners and had a "please kill me" expression on their face. Anybody found any winter fish yet?

The Mid lower Green is just packed with fresh chrome chum believe it or not.

I fished monday, tuesday, thursday and hooked into a good 40 or more. There are lots of big fish around too. I got a 15.5 tuesday on a #70 red/yellow hotshot. And too many 10#ers to count on a white roostertail drifted really slow. Thursday they wern't interested in the rooster or hotshot so i bowed down to the corkie and yarn and hooked alot of hens. My buddy got 4 hens in 4 casts on pink corkie and purple yarn. All in the mouth. We tied on some guitar wire and made a nice weedguard on the #4 gami, never snagged a fish or lost a rig up from then on. Worked great. There was no guessing weather it was a strike or a snagfish.

We kept 2 fat hens and noticed as we left that the bellies had wrinkles up by the pec fins. Thought nothing of it but when we cut them open the eggs just spilled out. Both were chrome bright. I don't understand. The meat was great though.

FFF - ran into that same problem with fish from Hoodsport. Seemed strange. Send me an e-mail on where you were fishing. Sounds like it is worth the trip.

i fished the upper green this afternoon, its just a trickle of water compared to what it used to be... ive hooked into fish in this spot during the summer months and now its high and dry...you can see whats left of the river to the right.

The Green is so low right now you guys should be out doing some recon so you know where the holes and snags are for when the water level comes back up. I was doing that a little today. Man, there are a lot of grocery carts in the river.

I was just looking at the USGS's site for water flow in the Green. Right now the river is flowing at 200 fps (feet per second). Average for this time of year is 2300 fps. <img border="0" alt="[fragile]" title="" src="graemlins/fragile.gif" />

We fished a bit lower in the river today and found a nice hole loaded with freshies

FFF, seen any winters caught around you. Still lookin for my first winter fish of the year.

fff,

went down stream seen a few, but nothing real good, see ya tommarow.

chumster

Todays result was outstanding, 21 to the bank. All but 1 were in great shape. Best day i have had in a long time for anything. Pink was the magic color under a float.

Sturza, yeah, saw 1 winter caught 3 days ago in the lower green on pink yarn. And my buddy got 2 two days in a row just below Whitney bridge drifting the bank with eggs and a few summers up by the strawberry patch holes.

Where those 21 fish chums? Here doggy, doggy!

How many did you get that day EL? I got 2 today in about 45 minutes but the rain was too heavy. Pink jig still.

I hooked into a big ol' buck, about 15#, just after you left. I know he was huge because I saw him jump. I tried to keep him out of the fast water to no avail. Once he got into the fast water it was all over. It was a good battle!

Cool, those big bucks are strong as hell. Especially in the current LOL. I fished today in the rain and got 1 bite in about 45 minutes, then the downpour finnally soaked through my jacket and it was time to go. The water was up about 2 inches and pretty stained. Hopefully this squirt of rain will key in those fish in the lower river, and some chromies.

Once the rain slows down the fishing should be good. Looks like Friday is suppose to be good weather.

Finally got into some winter runs on the Green. The water was a little on the colored side today, I'd say 1-3 feet of visibility. I actually limited on 2 chrome brats. I think I got kinda lucky though. I fished 3 holes that are good fish producers without a strike. Then when I got to the next drift I caught these two fish on back to back casts. So I think I just ran into a pod of them or something. Ah well I love being lucky. So the winter runs are here, go get em. Good Luck

Thanks for the report Sturza.