Drove down and tried the Satsop today for the first time. I launched the boat @ the highway launch and fished up river. There is a sweeper 100% across the river 100 yards downstream from the launch (not sure if this is new).

River was running a bit high when I arrived at 0700 and the visibility was about 18 inches. As the day went on it was dropping fast and by 3:00 PM there was almost 3' of vis.

I landed and released 6 Chum 3 Coho and 3 Kings. The Chum were a bit dark, but the Coho and Chinook were nice and bright. All 12 fish came on wrapped K15 kwikfish in various colors and there are two chums and one King with my K15's still attached

It was an awesome day, considering it was my first trip to the Satsop, and I fished alone all day.

Cheers,
SA

PS. The launch REALLY sucks, especially at the higher flows.

Thanks for the unselfish info!! Thats what its all about. If I hook up with the K15's this weekend I'll let you know.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your K-15's

SteelAddict... Thanks for sharing the nice report.
I fished the lower river and all I found were chum.

SATSOP CHROME on the 5th .Today was my 1st time on this river .scouted it out yesterday, got there at daybreak this AM. I am boatless but found a nice strech of water a lil up from mile marker #4 . i hooked, landed & released 4 Chrome brite Coho.3 hens and a Hawg of a male. Im hooked on this river now .i'll be back on the gravle bar @ DATBREAK lol.
KEEP UR LINES TIGHT

on sunday i saw that someone had tried to cut out the sweeper below the hwy launch...... they left thier chain behind!

does anyone know if it has been cut out?

Any info on decent bank fishing on the lower Satsop?

if you turn off at satsop and go toward fuller bridge you we see some cars parked along the road where people walk in i do not known what it is like never fished there

There is also the bank just upriver from the hwy ramp. The river has dropped over four feet since the other day. Sometimes fish will hold up there before they continue upriver. I believe the nets come out of the Chehalis at two o'clock wednesday afternoon. Fishing should pick back up on thursday.

The following schedule is right off the the home page of WDFW:

Tribal Netting
2:30PM, Sun, Nov 7 through 2:30PM Wed, Nov. 9, 2004

Anyone see what I see..........Wednesday is the 10th????

Netting schedule sure affects the sports fishing "up river".

At some time, WDFW -- will realize the value of sport caught fish in this state. Then maybe WDFW and will take a more "active role" in working netting schedules to see that more fish are available for sport fisherpersons.

Suggest---No nets in the river, any more than 3 days a week........Sun----Tues......

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

gillnetting is a modern day travesty, there is plenty of clean water & habitat upstream to allow for hoards of salmon, but no mommy or daddy salmons = no baby salmons, is that too complex?