COHO!!!!!!

oknow · Sep 26, 2015

Like x 20. :s0152:

U201491 · Sep 27, 2015

When we move it is sure tempting to go to the coast. Just too damned damp all the time.
The fishing is a big magnet though.

fredball · Sep 27, 2015

I wanna go

Caveman Jim · Sep 28, 2015

Well the morning started out at 7:45, the end of theout going tide and foggy, pea soup type of foggy. Then the high tide started coming in and it was game on, in 2 hours we landed 3 fish off of my rod and nothing on my partner's rod except for 2 drivebys. I did miss one to due to me relieving myself at the time.....

Due to getting out of the crowded ramp I didn't get pics of them together....

Caveman Jim · Sep 29, 2015

Had another stellar day today boating 3 bright silvers, long line released 3 fish & missed takedowns...

Too tired to even post pics..... dog tired....

Caveman Jim · Oct 4, 2015

Well I guess the karma of donating enough fish for my wife's Hospice patients and my neighbor payed off, I took my neighbor & daughters BF out Saturday and had the best number retention so far this season boating 4 absolute hen chromers!!!
Friday was a bust without even a nibble (the guide either) the river was baron. Dreaded going Sat but turned out to be a stellar day of catching!!!
Pics later.

Here ya go....

Caveman Jim · Oct 8, 2015

Well ladies and gentlemen I have had a relaxing week off to recuperate from 3 weeks of fishing in my boat. My days on the river banks are over unless a miraculous recovery of my back happens and it ain't lookin too good.
Saturday is the start of the next chapter in the Coho saga in the PNW. Stay tuned.

coastal steelheader · Oct 8, 2015

I finally got my first one of the season after losing three. Nice 25lb King on the lower Humptulips.

Caveman Jim · Oct 8, 2015

Nice going.
We have released 23 kings so far this season, all nickle bright. Too bad I can't get my boat up there, my bank days are over I think.....

coastal steelheader · Oct 9, 2015

Try the lower tidewater launch - its tidewater and should be plenty deep.

Caveman Jim · Oct 11, 2015

I'd have to go with someone who is familiar with that stretch of the river, not wanting to punch a hole in the new to me sled....

Caveman Jim · Nov 7, 2015

So folks, I think the Coho season is over, here are the numbers of 19 days of fishing on the Chehalis river:

2015 Chehalis Salmon Fishing Log totals: 18 Coho boated, 24 Kings released and missed 28 bites.

Seeings as we released more Kings than boated Coho's makes one wonder WHY we CAN'T KEEP KINGS!!!

coastal steelheader · Nov 7, 2015

I saw they reopened some of the local rivers but I believe I'm going to sit the rest of the season out. The Humptulips is open from the Reynvaan Bar to the 101 Bridge which guarantees that the Humptulips Snagger Circus will be the norm in every place with bank access. The Wishkah is open from the Middle Fork Bridge to the hatchery. Good luck finding any bank access there. My other favorite river, the East Hoquiam remains closed.

I am already dreading the next Fall season. Next fall will be when the kings start returning after having to survive in the warm water blob. My guess is that they will fare no better than the coho did.