Whats the word? It seems to be the same story all around the area. No Steelhead. I hope just late. Tight lines.

You know it really sucks I have to answer my own post. You can't tell me that no one on this board has fished this great river?I can tell you today I was told of one nice fish above mcmillin bridge. There must be more being caught?? Is'nt that what this board is for? Or do you have to belong to the CLICK of fisherman to get any INFO. FISH ON..

Love to give you a report but even though I live fairly close to the river(Auburn) I never fish it. Does it have a hatchery on it? I'd actually like to start fishing the Puyallup but I have no idea where to begin.

i dont belive that it has a hatchery but i do know that it recevies a fairly large plant of steelhead smolts per year,hope that helps,wish i new more.

FISH ON!!!

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Wish I knew more. I wonder where they plant the fish, in the Carbon?

actuly they plant in the puyallup,they do a separate plant in the carbon,i'm not fully sure on this so if i'm wrong sorry but in the puyallup in either 96 or 97 they planted 229,000(again i might be wrong)i have it written somewhere so i'll check for sure tommorow,hope this helps.

FISH on!!!

well i guess i was wrong according to the wdfw web site there is puyallup facility located at 1416-14th street in puyallup phone number(206)840-4593,hope that helps.

FISH ON!!!

I recently received a copy of the plants for this years steelhead returns.

Carbon River - 189,100
Puyallup - 14,800

Hope this helps

Don't be too disappointed if there are few fish this year. If the dismal marine survival of coho is an indicator then there probably won't be many early winters returning either.

Rivernut, work on that attitude and you might get some real answers! Duck

The smolts are planted from the Voight Creek hatchery. This is an old salmon hatchery which has just recently started steelhead production. I grew up fishing the Puyallup and caught my first winter-run there over 40 years ago. It's not too scenic but it still has a soft spot in my heart.

Sorry for the attitude, but I see alot of people asking for help on this board and there is hardly the return that one would expect.
Thanks to all who gave some good info.
Things are so slow right now and we need to help out one another. More posts would'nt hurt. It's the same thing as fisherman going out to hot spots to see how the action is. You get alot of good info. Thanks again..TIGHT LINES..

Spent a few hours on the P.U. last friday at the bar below the sportsmans club bridge. Water was somewhat high and clear. Saw one boat and an old dead chum.Didn't touch a fish. Hope they're just a little late! See ya there.

yes, the story sure seems the same, just no fish around ,,,YET!!,(hopefully)
Just not a to lot to post when nothings much happening

I think you got that right Rainycity I fished 4 days last week, with many miles of highway between the Sky, Kalama, Cowlitz, and the Lyre for 2 steelies, but I hear its picking up a little here and there.

Good luck Fish.

The fish are in the Puyallup system. Got two hatchery fish yesterday . Lost two others.

Fished hard saturday from the Carbon to the Stuck and only heard of one fish. It seems like the brats are just comming in a few at a time. I wonder if the nets are getting most of them? Anyone have a better report?

A buddy and I fished a few hours this AM. No fish! Heard of a couple yesterday but didn't see anything today. Lots of wind but still a nice day. The road going into the launch across from Anton's is rough but not blocked. Two boats took out there today.