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#897433 - 06/13/14 03:24 PM Wynoochee River...What's going on????
DrifterWA Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 04/25/00
Posts: 5001
Loc: East of Aberdeen, West of Mont...
OK, this is a post for ideas. As many of you know, I've fished this river for all the fish the river has BUT my favorite is the summer run steelhead.

I go back to the 1st years of the planting returns, 1979. My career choice was teaching, so gave me the perfect timing during the summer months.

Early years was lot's of bait fishing, eggs, shrimp, or prawns. Did the drift boat bit, with bait divers, plugs, or just casting bait. Early 90's started carrying 2 rods.....1 for bait and the other for the "then new" bobber and jigs.

100% of my fishing now.....bobber and jigs.....pretty much have it dialed in.

This year.....June 7 - 13, fishing time 4 a.m. till around 8 a.m., with at least 2 other "early morning fishermen" and as many as 12, there HAVE BEEN NO FISH CAUGHT BY ME OR ANYONE ELSE fishing one of the best areas on the whole river.

June 7....a fish was hooked but got off within 10 seconds.....since then nothing......not a take down on jigs, nothing on tipped jigs, bait, spinners......

Success, even with "guides" and all the many boats that have been fishing the river........NOT GOOD.

I live close enough, that I can drive and take a look off the bridges....sometimes do 3-4 times a day........As of 40 minutes ago, I've not seen a fish.....I cover the "twin bridges, Black Ck., Cross over bridges".....

Season opened about a week later, than when we had a June 1 open....still no fish.!!!!

Any ideas????????????
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#897435 - 06/13/14 03:36 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: DrifterWA]
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Registered: 12/11/02
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#897436 - 06/13/14 03:44 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: DrifterWA]
supcoop Offline
Lady Killer Deluxe

Registered: 03/11/05
Posts: 1110
Loc: Kirkland
Don't know the Nooch at all so just speculation... Has the hatchery changed their release sites from many to one? Know that a lot of other rivers are enduring that same thing. Snohomish basin used to have several release sites for summer steelhead. Now there is just one. Seriously impacts fishing in a lot of areas that would traditionally hold fish. Now instead of fishing over a "return" of summers to an area you are fishing on strays.

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#897440 - 06/13/14 03:53 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: supcoop]
eugene1 Offline
Spawner

Registered: 09/17/10
Posts: 877
Loc: out there...
Good idea supcoop.

On the Willamette, they plant at each boat launch on the upper river. Fishing around those areas is generally good. Other areas (down river a few miles, for example, fishing is poor).

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#897441 - 06/13/14 03:55 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: supcoop]
Big Hunt Offline
Fry

Registered: 01/02/14
Posts: 32
Loc: Bremerton, WA
yeah I was talking to you on the opener DrifterWA and Ill second your reports, seems like the best action has been up top, personally seen 3 come from crossover upstream. maybe means a late run or there are some "lost" nets in the Chehalis getting all the fish who knows, but it is surprising there is nothing in your hole being caught

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#897449 - 06/13/14 04:27 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: ]
jgreen Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 04/18/12
Posts: 311
Loc: Elma, WA
Its slow, but I managed to hook up one time up high. One other "bobber down". Could be worse, could be 0/0 I guess.

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#897452 - 06/13/14 04:42 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: jgreen]
Backtrollin Offline
Juvenile at Sea

Registered: 10/18/07
Posts: 170
Loc: Duvall, WA
You think its bad now, just wait a few years when the WFC comes to your town.

You wont even be able to fish.

Enjoy it while you can.

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#897462 - 06/13/14 05:40 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Backtrollin]
supcoop Offline
Lady Killer Deluxe

Registered: 03/11/05
Posts: 1110
Loc: Kirkland
Originally Posted By: Backtrollin
You think its bad now, just wait a few years when the WFC comes to your town.

You wont even be able to fish.

Enjoy it while you can.


"Grab the edge of the desk for leverage Coop!"

Looks like we are in that one together now.

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#897468 - 06/13/14 05:53 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: supcoop]
Chum Man Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 11/07/99
Posts: 2685
Loc: Yelmish
my own experience says to give it another week or two. almost stepped on a small school of them, walking down past the slide hole wednesday morning. unfortunately they were pretty spooked after that and i couldn't get anything to bite.

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#897469 - 06/13/14 05:53 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: supcoop]
Brewer Offline
2112

Registered: 01/11/07
Posts: 4898
Loc: in the mass production zone
danS has fished them all out!
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#897474 - 06/13/14 06:48 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Brewer]
steely slammer Offline
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Registered: 02/24/00
Posts: 1513
was told by someone who should know that they planted less than half of what they were suppose to.. that's just hear say so don't quote me..
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#897475 - 06/13/14 06:57 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Chum Man]
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Registered: 08/09/00
Posts: 11969
Loc: Hobart,Wa U.S.A
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#897481 - 06/13/14 07:47 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: STRIKE ZONE]
Brewer Offline
2112

Registered: 01/11/07
Posts: 4898
Loc: in the mass production zone
the days of full quota plants in this [Bleeeeep!] state are history. I don't keep up on plants but if some wants to prove me wrong. share with us any river in the state getting the same number of plants as 10 or 20 years ago.
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#897486 - 06/13/14 08:04 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Brewer]
Ken I Offline
Parr

Registered: 05/09/12
Posts: 55
Loc: soaking-wet Grays Harbor
Plant numbers have been the same since 2009. We have been directed to move some of the plant numbers upstream, but we continue to plant smolts at the traditional sites along the 'nooch.
That directive came down 3 years ago. When I first got to Aberdeen, the fish seemed to staging in the middle stretch of the river. Then 1 season, they stopped that and started staging other places within the system. Could not figure out what they were up to, went and spoke to the former manger about it, to see if we were having some effect on their return timing, staging, etc.? He told me that winter-runs tend to come back to within a few river miles of where they were released. Summer -runs tend to do whatever they want and they aren't interested in your opinion about it. If anyone out there keeps a journal spanning 15+ years, I'd be interested to see when they started seeing good numbers returning. What has anyone heard about other summer-run rivers this year?

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#897487 - 06/13/14 08:15 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Ken I]
Brewer Offline
2112

Registered: 01/11/07
Posts: 4898
Loc: in the mass production zone
ken you got numbers to back that claim? or evidence?
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#897503 - 06/13/14 09:37 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Brewer]
Ken I Offline
Parr

Registered: 05/09/12
Posts: 55
Loc: soaking-wet Grays Harbor
Not sure what you mean by claim or evidence, our plant numbers are on WDFW's website. Elaborate please? The rest of my post is based on personal observation,conversations, and feedback from anglers that have been fishing the 'nooch for 20+ years.
Even Drifter, grouchy old poop that he is.

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#897514 - 06/13/14 10:31 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Ken I]
Dan S. Offline
It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.

Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 16958
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
He means he wants to argue about it even though you're right and he's wrong.
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#897515 - 06/13/14 10:32 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Ken I]
Brewer Offline
2112

Registered: 01/11/07
Posts: 4898
Loc: in the mass production zone
Just numbers, a graph or a pie chart would be sufficient. seems simple enough.
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#897518 - 06/13/14 10:37 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Brewer]
AP a.k.a. Kaiser D Offline
Hippie

Registered: 01/31/02
Posts: 4450
Loc: B'ham
A graph of a horizontal line? Lol

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#897520 - 06/13/14 10:38 PM Re: Wynoochee River...What's going on???? [Re: Brewer]
Dan S. Offline
It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.

Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 16958
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
A pie chart. rofl

Look yourself. http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/plants/steelhead/

60k summers a year for the last decade.
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