So who's going to be fishin' on Christmas Day? Just curious how crowded the river's going to be. I plan on hittin' the Cow. I did find chrome weekend before last. But, I didn't take the boat 'cuz all the people. I'm hoping it won't be as crowded on Christmas. It's pretty much a no brainer as to whether to go to the inlaws, or fish!

i will be on the Snoqualmie...its a Xmas tradition

Metalhead, so will I. I like to take the kids out for a few hours. Blue North River with a dog. Good luck.

It will be the day after for me. Dont know where yet though.

I will also be out on the snoqualmie or the green for a few hours in the am's. Gives the lady of the house time to do her thing w/o me in the way

Only in my dreams

Christmas morning in the sled on the Cowlitz,
I'll be there trying to "Boondog for the first time."

my 12 yr old will probebly wake us up by 5:30am well do the gift thing then the two of us will head to the grays we did real good down there today only two people on the whole river , everyone was on the elocomen
with no fish, I think he is still the best gift I ever got and turning into a very good fisherman to . You all have a great xmas <img border="0" alt="[santa]" title="" src="graemlins/santa.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[santa]" title="" src="graemlins/santa.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[santa]" title="" src="graemlins/santa.gif" />

Metalhead,

Let me know how you do tomorrow. I plan on fishing there on friday......



skeets

The wind changed my mind for me.....

not into 100 mph drifts

Looks like it will be the weekend and next week 4 me now.

After the rains, should be lookin good!

Good Luck......

WW

Wind Blows! If you turn around it sucks

Merry Christmas!

ya, could you guys post how you do on the snoqualmie, im headin there sat, ive never been there, but am so stoked about steelies, is there bobber fishing and how deep is it in spots?

i saw a few fish come out of the snoqualmie this morning so they are in there...but santa didn't smile on me today

Berkely,

There's plenty of bobber fishing on the SNo, it's one of the preferred methods to fish at the big Eddy. I use jigs and bobbers quite a bit elsewhere on the river.

I fished the Alsea today was really slow but did manage to get one wild buck it was the biggest steelhead I have ever caught I didnt have a camera but took mesurements it was 36 in length 19 in around the pectral fins and 19 around the vent fins does any one know the formula for figuring the weight by the measurements? I got one last year that was 17 lbs and this one dwarfed that by a long shot

Hi Rob, welcome to the board :0 Nice fish for ya today ... we got 5+ inches of rain here and no fishing for us for a bit But I wanted to let you know via the Fishing Resource Center we also have, there is a page with the weight calculator built right in at:
www.piscatorialpursuits.com/resourcecenter/weightcalculator.htm

Thanks bob i will go check that out

Turned out to be a good plan! Only about 12 fishermen at the point through out the day. Still not real hot but some nice fish did come in. about 50/50 chrome to boot ratio. I did manage to land a smallish chrome buck. And got a good scare/laugh when my bud hooked into a big boot late in the day and got so excited he stumbled, and fell right in front of me as he was trying to chase the fish down. Had to grab him by the scruff and pull him out. All 280# of him. The guys a real schleprock but he did get me into fishing about ten years ago, and is always good for a laugh. Hope everyone had a great christmas.

I fished the cowlitz on christmas with my dad and his buddy in his sled. Saw two chromies taken by the bankies at blue creek, the handful of other fish I seen hooked were dark old summer run. I guess the chromers decided to take christmas off also. I was in the christmas mood and decided to give the Cow Pie about 20 leaders. How do people afford to boondog down there, between the gas and all the gear I gave her, I don't think I will be doing this again.