Anyone fishing the John's River area of Grays Harbor yet? The time is drawing near. Any updates would be greatly appreciated and reciprocated. Thanks

Hey Para,
GH was incredible on the opener but has almost died as of late...strange....however there were lots of fish in the 40lb class...I am thinking it was a late bunch of URB's heading to the Columbia, but thats just a guess. The other possibility is that they headed on upstream which would make the 16th a great opener!

JimB

Licken' my chops bud...licken' my chops!

im am also pumped for the opener. When i get boerd i will go fish. i live bout 2 minutes away

TTT

No.........not yet.

So TTT,,,,,,,, How did Kenmore get to be 2 minutes from the Johns river ????
You got a rocket attached to your boat???/ :p

So does anyone think this is a better bet that the lower Columbia? I need to find some pigs.
devine

the last 3 days have been tough out there.skunked yesterday,only 1 bite today good thing it was a 37 lb.chinook .with the minus tides and big run ins there is lots of garbage floating around,we coudn't fish 10 minutes without cleaning our gear.did see a few silvers splashing around but no slack tide bite the last 2 days.scott

updates?

Paranoid, Scotty and others:

Just got home from a "lookie Lou" around the pump houses. NO blueback, which are legal, but also no salmon that I could see. Can't believe that have a lower river fishery and make the legal opening above bridge 9/15. In yrs. past, lot's of jacks.........duh to the WDF

"Worse day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"

was down to 28th street boat launch today..
fish checker saw two fish for 40 boats so i dont think its very good yet...

The upper river opens the 16th not the 15th.. Drifter you must have taken your own class..lol

I guess this topic has changed from the harbor to the river. Fine by me. Let's keep each other informed. This should be a great fishery this year. Mabey a couple of us can hook up (pardon the pun). Because of my job I fish alot by myself and may be looking for a fishing partner or two. Let's talk. I have a sled and a drift boat. I know the river well. Chip in for gas, use your own bait, and tie your own leaders is all I ask. Interested?

hey paranoid i'll take you up on that offer, TTT might want to go too, we got plenty of eggs maybe even let you us a few oh yeah some gas money too email me

excessiveforceb@netscape.net

Ive never fished down there and am lookin for some info boat launches and what time of the tide also what tackle. Is it like the lower columbia if anyone is headed that way around
the 21 or 22 of sept I would like to follow in my boat. Thank you

go by failors sporting goods in aberdeen..i bet they'll have the down low

went by the 28th street boat launch again today.. Talked to the fish checker he said 5 fish out of over 50 boats that he check yesterday.. He hadnt checked a fish yet today when i was there... Little slow probbly do to the tides.... everyone saying theres alot of garbage in the water and its dirty... The bright side is it can only get better.. :p

Hey Wernergonefishin,

Check out this new story for info on tackle, etc.
http://www.salmonuniversity.com/wtc_grays_harbor.html

-N.

Thanks Stormin! Cool page. Just about sums it up doesn't it.

back up

Fished this weekend and had some success. Launched in the Johns river, ran to the Gray and started to fish with a 100 other boats. Saturday the bite was on first light until and hour after high tide. I wouldnt call it hot but we caught and saw others also catching some nice slabs. There was a small bite right after the lowe tide change. We managed to fill the rest of our limit with the low slack. Sunday we fished at first light and could not belive the amount of bait in the Gray. From top to bottom you couldnt not find a place without biat. To much of a good thing i guess. Once the tide changed the bait move on and a small bite came on allowing us to hit a nice 30lb before we had to head home. Next weekend should be great!!!