FFF, thanks for the info. I have definetely been going to BIG with the tackle. I think I need to down size a little.
Fished the Kalama this morning, once again no luck. Saw a couple of fish caught by drift boaters.
A little excitement on Kalama River Rd too, there was a high speed chase about nine this morning. Pretty weird seeing State Patrol and Lewis County Sheriff chasing a mid 80's Corolla in a peaceful river setting. I thought the guy was just heading up to Pritchard's for more sand shrimp.

Any one fish today? How did you do? I took the day off from fishing.

well carl I took the day off to. But I will be in the park at 8 am and fish on the bank by 8:30..........heeheeheeheeheehee

Paul, saw your post on the "other" fishing forum about hooking up sometime and sharing tactics on the Greeen.
Unfortunately, you will have to share tactics with me because I do not have any to share with you. This is my first winter steelheading. I feel like I am in kindergarten. Man, I need some cookies and milk and a nap.

Reading your last post cracked me up carl. I was in the same boat 2 years ago. Don't you almost feel uncomfortable or out of place sometimes when there are alot of people fishing around you? I did at first. Not sure really what to use or if i just looked like a bozo with my trusty roostertail. But those feelings are long gone and the way this year is starting i think you will have your cherry popped pretty soon.

I ventured up high today and walked down to the hole and to my surprise there was no one in site, except for the guy that walked down with me but he went down river. I rigged up eggs and a float and a long ass leader and third cast whammo. 3 feet out from me, thought it was a snag at first. A nice plump summer hatchery fish about 8lbs was the result. Another guy showed up a few minutes after the first fish. And before he got his line in the water,BAM my bobber was gone again. A nice fight and a big splash and then i grabbed her tail. Nice super bright summer nate i estimate around 10-11lbs. I had one other on but didn't land her. Hell of a day if you ask me. I'm heading up there tomorrow again if you wanna go Carl. I'll help ya pop that cherry if you'd like LOL Give me a call if your not workin.

I feel like a pimply faced kid just starting puberty and noticing all of the cute girls (steelhead).
I won't be able to join you until Saturday or Sunday.
Call me, you will want to hear about the worst fishing trip I have ever had fishing the Cowlitz this last Saturday.

Carl, will be on the Green on Sunday, looking at getting some Whitefish on my fly rod. Think I'll bring my float rod as well and see if maybe I can hook into a steelie......

Bobbersdown, I may see you out there. Where are you going to be?
Depending on the weather, I may fish for cutthroat on Lake WA. Gotta take the boat out a couple times this winter to run the motor.

Probably up by Soos creek. I will have my cell with me if you want to give me a ring. I would be glad to help you get some work out for your boat on Washington for Cutts if you would like! Maybe won't snow this time!

Bobbersdown, looks like the weather is not going to be cooperative tomorrow so the boat will sit yet another weekend. I will look for you down at Soos.

Hey boys,
I lost my internet over the holidays,(modem went out)but I should be back up and running on the 8th, at least there is supossed to be someone coming out then, sucks I have to be at work to get online..but at least they pay me then,,*L*
Carl, we still need to try and hook-up for a little fishin`, I`ll get in touch with you when I get back online at home,,I try not to use the internet to much at work, after all, I am supossed to be working..

rainycity, I know what that is like. I normally have DSL access. I have not had it since the beginning of November. I am in this big cluster f*** between MSN and QWEST. So, I am suffering with AOL for now. I hate dial up. I should have my DSL back on the 17th.

Ya, we can hook up sometime! There has not been any reports on the Green this weekend. I don't know if guys are out there fishing it or not. I haven't been.

Carl, thought you were meeting BobbersDown at Soos this mornin. I was looking forward to what you both caught or didn't catch. I fished the upper green wed thurs and friday but only got those 3 fish on wednesday. Saw 1 caught thursday, and 3 friday on everything from just a corkie to corkie yarn and sandshrimp.

FFF, got kind of a late start this morning. I made it down there, at about noon. Ran into one guy at Soos who I see fishing every where on the Green. We know each others faces but we don't know each others names. Kind of weird! We chatted for a bit.
Reports were not good. I also ran the gammet...FG, KP, Metzler's, and so on. Lots of effort today.
I could not believe how much the water dropped since last week. The rain we get today should help out.

I stopped by the whitney today real late and I talked to 5 PPl they said that they had been there pretty much all day and didn't even see a fish.
WHAT IS THE DEAL.......did the chums chase the steelies out???????
I can not wait till the last week of the month....That is the hot season right???? end of Jan. to all of Feb????

Carl,
Yeah, that`s what started this whole ordeal, Qwest and MSN. Trying to abide by thier letter they sent.

Anyone fished the Green in the past few days? Are there still hatchery fish pushing through in numbers, or is the run dwindling down?

Thanks for any feedback. Tight lines.

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Anyone getting any nates out of the Green yet?

The Green had been pretty hot these last 3 weeks. Been catching natives for over 2 months now. Mostly on jigs. Orange/yellow and pink/white under a float has worked well. Have seen no big Nats yet. Now whos lake fishing???

you have been catching natives out of the green since mid december????