Here's an informal, just-for-the-heck-of-it, poll. Nothing scientific. Just curiosity.

There are lots of fish stocks and fishing opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. Of the following, what's your favorite?

Winter steelhead
Spring Chinook
Summer steelhead
Late summer sockeye
Fall Chinook
Early/late run coho
Pinks
Chums
Other (smelt, sturgeon, walleye, etc)

For me, it's spring Chinook and fall coho.

But Cohoangler, why not winter or summer steelhead? Perhaps my somewhat embarassing lack of success has something to do with it. Seems like even the hatchery brats are safe when I'm on the water.......

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MSB

love those fall coho in the estuaries. fishing out of a skiff using fly's on a 5 wt. Man can they fight, rip line like a bonefish and jump like a rainbow.

Flyfishing the salt in October, could be a Coho, Blacky, king, or Cutty. The funnest though is when a school of coho swim by you in about 8' of water, gets the heart rate up a little, just pray you have a bug tied on when you see them.

Oh, man this is a tough question. I really like jigging for bottomfish as well as steelhead, sturgeon, saltwater salmon and bass fishing. Not very narrow, but hey.

Bring on those carp!

Parker

Fall Chinook/Coho on a normal year.Sockeye on Lk.Washington when possible.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

There ain't no head like steelhead. Summer or winter

1. Winter steelhead-forks area rivers,big smiles,cold fingers,good whiskey and tight lines
2. Fall salmon-forks area rivers, spoons ,spinners,good cold beer and lots tight light lines
3. Spring steelies/salmon-forks area rivers,t-shirt weather,whiskey w/beer chaser and super tight lines w/big fish
4. Summer steelhead- forks area rivers,sun,cold beer and nothin better to do, I think I see a pattern developing here.

Summer steelhead on the Stilly or Sky.
Second choice is searun cutts on any north sound river.

Gotta toss a coin for summer steelhead on the Sky and fall coho in the salt. Nothing like a summer steelhead on light to medium gear and there's nothing better than saltwater coho in the oven (OK nothin better than a springer on the BBQ, but these guys can be work to catch, especially if you live in Seattle!)

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1. Winter steel - what happened this year =(
2. Summer steel - last year was sweeeet
3. Silvers - Early, late or no run coho are always fun.
4. Trout - Small streams with 3wt
5. Humpies- Little fish with big attitude
6. Bass- =0 Just kidding

1. silvers on spinners
2. kings on anything but bait since I refuse to use it for absolutly anything
3. halibut
4 lings in shallow water with light rod and jigs

Put me down for summer steelhead. There ain't nothing like wet-wading, skating a dry fly and nailing a steelie. It just doesn't get any better.
Winter steelies are a close second.
Love those cutts too.

I really enjoy all types of fish, but yes sturgeon are awesome fighters. And those springers are great too. Also I crave the winter/summer steelies.<*(()>{

Winter steelhead
sturgeon
springers
fall salmon
going to learn how to fish walleye this year
I'm retireing in 79 more working days and its importatnt that a guy keeps busy when retired. RIGHT ????

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Bob Dawson

summer run steelhead All the way baby

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work is for people who dont know how to fish

Not on the list, but my all time favorite fishing was coastal cutthroats in the small feeder streams on the north Oregon coast range. It's so peaceful and relaxing. Ultralight spinning gear, mountain air, mature forests and the best part.....no people. Just me and the mosquitos. It's as close to a relegious experience as I can have.


Second, fall Coho.

Third, Summer steelhead.

first choice, king/silver fishing off the west coast of P.O.W. Is. in June/July, next would be winter steelhead here or the Tillamook fall chinook fishery.

without a doubt!! silvers in the salt on a clouser, stripping, not trolling!

Summer steelhead!

Nothing like early July on a well known local river for summer runs on the bug rod. An evening after work can easily lead to 3 fish to the bank.

It is by far my favorite time of the year!!

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Ryan S. Petzold
aka
Sparkey and/or Special

You've missed the Ocean Butt fishery! It's my #1 choice of all. It's C&R all day long until you get "your model size". An awesome fishery ~ that separates the puckers from the non puckers!
Next choice has to be fall coho. However, my partner says that tuna are the ticket to heaven for the "Top Fightin Fish" in the State. Gonna due my 1st this year & hope I don't join the puckers on the gunnel.

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"Chicken one day ~~ feathers the next!~

FULLTIME FISHING IS MY JOB! & RETIREMENT ROCKS!

I'm really partial to beach fishing for coho with fresh herring under a bobber.

summer steelies
cohos

Hot summer days in a air conditioned casino at Lake Tahoe. The aroma of the ole Monterey tuna fleet wafting thru the halls, an occasional platinum jiggler cruising by looking for a cash-scented worm. Now thass a fishery with a challenge.

Hot summer days in a air conditioned casino at Lake Tahoe. The aroma of the ole Monterey tuna fleet wafting thru the halls, an occasional platinum jiggler cruising by looking for a cash-scented worm. Now thass a fishery with a challenge.

1) Summer steelhead.....anytime, anywhere.

2) Fresh silvers....saltwater or fresh.

3) winter steelhead....anytime, anywhere.

Use to be the C&R on the Sky. Nice weather big fish. Not anymore.

I would have to say I'm with Jerry Garcia, I love me beach fishing for coho with my float and herring. Jerry I think I saw you last summer or the summer before at Fort Casey fishing for ho's.

Anyway, my list:

1) Beach coho fishing
2) Summer steelhead on the Sky
3) Buoy 10, Chinook @ Coho
4) Snohomish River Coho
5) Fraser salmon
6) Spring Chinook
7) C n R dollies in the salt
8) Winter Steelhead

Keep your hooks sharp!

Bobber Down

Untill you fellows have been in a August 30# tuna bite off the Washington coast you don't have a clue of what a sore arm is. The true fisherman know what I'm talking about and Ilove summer runs but!!!

Fastwater that's a whole new topic. Here are two other "sore-arm" fisheries: Hood Canal Chum and Columbia shad. Try brushing your teeth the morning after reeling in 150 shad, a.k.a. "poor-man's tarpon," on an 1141S.

No questions here for the first three:

1 - Zipperlip River Steelhead ... big and stupid

2 - Olympic Peninsula Steelies ... big and somewhat stupid

3- Kasilof River Second-Run kings ... really big, really stupid, and really mean to boot. Backbouncing kings to 50-60 pounds in as little as 3-4 feet of water directly under the boat is a hoot!

From here, it's probably a toss-up for me!

i just do it all any were any time, no special spot. Life is to short got to do it while you can. The HALIBUT are next !!!!!
No matter what or were you go just enjoy.

Being partial to warm weather and water, I like fishing for summer steelies on the Sky. Chum in the Fall are also fun, but I must admit that I have never been winter steelhead or chinook fishing with Bob... that might change my mind.

Gerard W.
Seattle, WA

Love them all,when the fish are bitting. Summer steelhead fishing would be the hardest to give up .

Here we go!

1. O.P. Wild Winter Steelies .

2. O.P Wild Summer runs & Skamania strain
brats (strong crazy fish).

3. O.P Summer Chinook C&R only of course

4. Summer/Fall Dollys and Cutts

5. Winter Brats (this low on the list because of last couple of poor seasons)

6. Fall salmon

Hands down Spring Chinook on the Columbia and summer steelhead on the North Fork of the Lewis.

Sitka Sound King Salmon.
O.P. Steelies - any time of year.
And even though its 4000 miles from the PNW - live baiting monster Black Marlin in Panama!!!! You havent fished until you have bait and switched a black marlin......

I'm surprised more people didn't pick sturgeon. I did a trip on the Columbia a few years ago and it's insane. The fish were TOO big. It stopped being fun once my arms cramped up.

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Winter Steelhead is where my heart belongs.

Summer Steelies with the BBQ on the bow of the drift boat and a cooler full of beer.

Fall Fishing, September Silvers over at Sekiu. Pulling bucktails on a bug rod right behind the boat and watching those fish fight over the bug. Outstanding!

Kev

Until someone teaches me a great place to fish for summer steelhead I am with the winters!! Feb-April

Bobber fishing for chinook is my second choice then again backbouncing is kinda fun although oversize sturgeon is a work-out then there is cutthroat on the coast, that ia really relaxing hmmmmmm.........tough question!

Fishing for "Dollies" at Pioneer Square on a Saturday night

Actually, first on my list would be backbouncing Kwikies for fall kings. Then, agian, backbouncing Kwikies for 'hos and bow wows is cool too!!!

Spring C&R on nates in the Sky and Sauk, but not this year!!! Damn state and ocean conditions!!!

Hike in native summer steelheading. Last year we watched a fish charge a spinner from close to 20 feet away, it was a rush!!! Summer nates fight harder than just about anything and jump like crazy!!!

Kojo fishing on the 'Nomish is pretty sweet too!!! Parker, I told ya those little lures work, eh? We hit close to 20 a day on a few days last year, we would of hit more but Parker kept hooking up before I could get the anchor down and fish for myself. Not this year, he's learning to row now
He has been doing a good job on the sticks so far, let's congratulate him for rowing into his first takedown, then lets condemn Brian for losing the fish Just kidding Brian. You'll break that slump when you head out with Bob soon enough. Peace

Summer run steelies good biters SPECTACULAR fighters awesome barbecuers