Hi all, been looking at this site for a few months and finally had some time to sign up. I live in Satsop and at least get to look at the local rivers a lot - fishing time is harder to come by but I get some in now and then on the weekends and vacations. I usually fish the salmon runs pretty hard, South Sound for blackmouth, Cathlamet for springers, Buoy 10 for tons of silvers, and Grays Harbor for pig kings. Also fish steelhead with both bait and fly, keep a few, mostly release. I also fish kokes and lakers in the summer, and even scrounge up the odd sturgeon occasionally, actually got one today right near home after spending the rest of the weekend trying to find steelhead in the mud. I really like the tech tips on this board - always up to try something different, and I do have a few tricks up my sleeve myself that I have figured out after a half-century or so of fishing. Also like to hear what is going on elsewhere in the state river condition and fish-wise. Hope I can contribute myself.

Welcome aboard...I think everyones on the chat site right now. Anyway your from my home county....grew up in the Central Park area.

gooose

Hi Gooose - I took a look over at the chatroom and noticed it was pretty busy.

Looks like you live on one of my two favorite rivers - I try to fish the Dose and Duck at least once a year - a freind of mine has a cabin on the Canal around Beacon Point. Last year I actually caught and released a Duckabush native steelhead, all 3.58 pounds of him! Pretty rare occurance, though, it was 1985 the last time I remember those rivers being very productive. Still a real nice, quiet place to fish. The rivers around my place are decidedly not quiet

Well they both certainly could be better...still makes for a nice peaceful soul cleansing day on the river....not a "HonYach" in sight.

gooose

Spawnout, welcome to the machine! How was Gray's Harbor this fall? I've been fishing it the last 4-5 years for kings/silvers did'nt make it down in 2001. At high slack, on the right day that fishery is down right amazing. Chrome-out

Hi Chrome - the fishing in GH was as good this year as it was everywhere else, and you are right, the last two hours before high slack it was the place to be. Big kings and bigger coho than I have ever seen, got 'em up to 18 lbs. If next year is that good you will not want to miss it

Welcome spawnout. Hope you'll wander over to WashingtonLakes.com and let us know how the kokes and lakers treat you this year. We have a pretty good report base for Lake Chelan.

Hi Mike, I really enjoy your site. I have relatives that live on lake Cle Elum, and that is where I usually fish for Lakers, although Kachess was better for me this year. I used to fish Chelan when I was a kid - grandparents lived not far from there, haven't been back since they passed on but sure would like to give it a try again some day, and enjoy reading about it anyway. Kokes I fish for a bit closer to home most of the time, did exceptionally well this year but kind of hate to publicize it , selfish I know. I'll send in some reports of my ramblings this summer.