I got bored.....

[Caveman Jim]

So I went fishin for jacks on the Chehalis, two king & one Coho measuring 15-18".
Can't wait till Friday when it opens for adult kings & Coho!!!

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[salmonriverjohn]

Those are the best eaters right there Jimbo!
I'll take a limit of those over an adult any day, nicely done.

 

[mkwerx]

When you're targeting jacks are you using trout tackle, steelie tackle, or your typical salmon gear?

 

[Caveman Jim]

When you're targeting jacks are you using trout tackle, steelie tackle, or your typical salmon gear?

I like to use my light steelhead setup which is a Lamiglas 9' 6-10# test line. A guy could give the fish an advantage with an ultra light setup but I want to eat them fishies, not play with em....

 

[Caveman Jim]

Those are the best eaters right there Jimbo!
I'll take a limit of those over an adult any day, nicely done.

You got that right John, that's why I like kokanee. The best eating sigh are the smaller ones, even with catfish!!!

 

[mkwerx]

I like to use my light steelhead setup which is a Lamiglas 9' 6-10# test line. A guy could give the fish an advantage with an ultra light setup but I want to eat them fishies, not play with em....

Meats meat and a man's gotta eat. Most steelie rods are gentle enough action to make smaller fish fun anyway. I once broke in a new steelie drift rod by throwing crankbaits for bass - and even had a little fun reeling in an 8 inch bass on it.

 

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View attachment 311681 So I went fishin for jacks on the Chehalis, two king & one Coho measuring 15-18".
Can't wait till Friday when it opens for adult kings & Coho!!!

I need more of this kind of boredom

 

[Caveman Jim]

Well all the hype for the opener on the Halis was for not....
Not a single Coho & all the kings we caught (4) were unclipped hatchery fish so we brought home zilch for 2 days of fishing!!!
There is no friggin way that WDFW is worthy of a penny in increased fees to fish in this state!!!
But the stewards of the lands get to keep the unclipped hatchery fish.... smells fishy to me.....

 

[2A2Dend]

I always enjoyed fishing for Jacks with 8-10lb line and 2ft of 6lb leader. Add a small corkie to the head of the leader, with a section of night crawler skimming the surface about 60ft out back, while trolling. I bout lost my pole a few times. WHAM!!

Nice keepers there, Jim

 

[Ura-Ki]

This in the only thing I miss about living up there in the N.W. SteelHead fishing! We get a lot of big Trout down here, but it's just not the same thing! Still, I use a light weight, light action Drift rod and have a blast with the fishing down here! Small Corkies, Light line, and long casts make for serious fun!

 

[Caveman Jim]

I always enjoyed fishing for Jacks with 8-10lb line and 2ft of 6lb leader. Add a small corkie to the head of the leader, with a section of night crawler skimming the surface about 60ft out back, while trolling. I bout lost my pole a few times. WHAM!!

Nice keepers there, Jim

Those pesky Jacks will hit plug cut herring!!!!!!!!
I gotta love almost any fish that hits my offerings...

 

[Sgt Nambu]

Ah, you crazy fishermen!
I used to be especially fond of fishing for Shad on the Columbia River, with medium trout tackle and 8# line! Those little torpedoes snap sideways in that big current and they'll test you're knots big time! Shad roe and scrambled eggs ummm!

Great job Jim!

 

[Caveman Jim]

Thanks Steve, Shad are now on my fishing bucket list!!!! It's not like I don't already fish for dozens of species and now I have to add another.... thanks buddy......

Yeah we are a crazy bunch aren't we? Especially those dyed in the wool steelheaders!!!!!

 

[coastal steelheader]

I went to the Hump yesterday - plenty of fish, and all were bright.
Where I fished it was obvious the meathead population is out in full force already. On two consecutive casts I pulled of multi treble hook snagging rigs, and about 15 people were flossing kings out of a hole the size of most peoples living room.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I went to the Hump yesterday - plenty of fish, and all were bright.
Where I fished it was obvious the meathead population is out in full force already. On two consecutive casts I pulled of multi treble hook snagging rigs, and about 15 people were flossing kings out of a hole the size of most peoples living room.

The Hump used to be a great river, like the Nisqually but with gill netting and WDFW managing paper fish instead of the actual resources it is all but a shallow pool.
I wonder if the staggers from the Skokomish have eyed this stream?

 

[Caveman Jim]

Well folks I'm getting bored with the way my local river is not producing keeper fish..... 3 trips & all fish hooked had to be released...
I know each year is different and this is as bad as I've ever seen it.
But DAYUUUUUMMMMMM......

 

[coastal steelheader]

The Hump used to be a great river, like the Nisqually but with gill netting and WDFW managing paper fish instead of the actual resources it is all but a shallow pool.
I wonder if the staggers from the Skokomish have eyed this stream?

Oh I am sure they will be coming in caravans this year, now that the snagfest is over up on the Skok. Some will even bring their ladders.

I'm sure they will fit in real well at Stevens Creek

 

[salmonriverjohn]

Snaggers are the lowest of the low, they are the child molesters of the fishing world, and if my comment angers fellow members that happen to think that flossing is fishing- then it makes my day to say that you are what you are,
Low life scumbags.

 

[Caveman Jim]

We used to fish the gravel bar across from Steven's Creek for a week every year around Christmas for steelhead.
I miss that but I'm not putting my F-350 through them sippy holes with 3' of water, I had to replace the hubs on my 98 Ranger because of it.......

 

[coastal steelheader]

I can remember driving that road after a big Fall version of a Pineapple Express hit back in the 90s. The road in was horrible - 4WD all the way in and the bottom of the gravel bar had a three foot creek to cross to access it. I crossed the creek the first time no problem (was driving a Jimmy S15 Jimmy with some aggressive meats on the rims). The way back I ran into a little problem when my aggressive meats lost contact with the gravel and I started drifting into that big hole at the bottom of the bar!!!

Somehow before I managed to not drown the tires caught gravel again and I started moving forward, all the while I was looking for a stick to scrape the bubblegum out of my shorts!!

Never again. Never going down that road again, I will cast from the hatchery side