by Curt | Mar 22, 2013 | Fishing Report |
We’ve had lots of rain and high water over the past couple weeks. This sometime means the rivers are unfishable. This does not mean there are not fly fishing options available. Curt had some clients who decided to make lemonade out of lemons and try some saltwater fly fishing for sea-run cutthroat.
Sea-run cutthroat trout in the saltwater can be very aggressive. We mostly fish subsurface but there are lots of opportunities to fish surface flies for these amazing wild trout.
by Curt | Mar 20, 2013 | Fishing Report |
Ouch…
by Curt | Mar 16, 2013 | Fishing Report |
This beauty was caught this past weekend before the current rain and high water. Not a bad way to spend a sunny day on the Olympic Peninsula.
by Curt | Mar 9, 2013 | Fishing Report |
Monday looks like the end of sunny skies and fishable rivers. Should be some more fish around when the water comes back down.
by Curt | Mar 1, 2013 | Fishing News |
WDFW just released the salmon forecasts for 2013. We will be breaking down the numbers over the next few weeks here on this blog but we wanted to post a few numbers to get your blood pumping for this summer’s salmon fishing.
6,229,129 – Puget Sound pink salmon forecast
8,926,000 – Fraser River pink salmon forecast
That’s 15 MILLION pink salmon!
This means there will be a ton of pink salmon from Neah Bay, down the Strait of Juan de Fuca and all the way into South Puget Sound for fly fishermen this summer.
501,100 – Columbia River coho forecast.
562,138 – Washington Coast coho forecast.
882,134 – Puget Sound coho forecast.
These coho numbers are good and if they are correct there should be great fishing from Neah Bay to Port Townsend in the Strait this summer. The offshore fisheries should also be as good as they’ve been in years.
Stay tuned for more details on these forecasts.
Salmon Fishing Puget Sound at Sunrise
by Curt | Feb 11, 2013 | Fishing News, Fishing Report |
Sometimes we get a nice surprise on the end of our lines while out steelhead fishing. Whether swinging or nymphing there is always the chance for one of our resident fish to make a slow day winter steelhead fishing a whole lot better.
Besides being fun to catch our resident rainbow fish are important for our steelhead fisheries. Recent studies have shown that up to 40% of the returning steelhead have at least one parent that was a resident rainbow. Pretty hard to believe but just another reason to treat them gently, keep them in the water, and release them quickly.
Here’s a recent resident rainbow caught on one of the Strait streams that closed January 31st.
Strait of Juan de Fuca Resident Rainbow
