Fishing Washington

Well the fishing fanatics were out on the Cowlitz despite brown muddy water.  There were at least 30 boats in side drifting in front of the Blue Creek ramp.  Some steelhead were caught but it was few and far between.  I did not see any chrome fish on the bank or coming out of the boats.  All the fish had color and appeared to be early November fish.  The Kalama was green and threw out a few fish for the anglers that were on the water.  I moved up above the side drifting horde and threw plugs out the back of the boat.  I ran dark plugs in the slow water and we managed to pull a few half hearted hits but did not hook up solid on the fish.  It was one of those all around tough fishing days on the Cowlitz. 

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Steelhead fishing on the upper Grays River has started as of the 15th of December.  There were lots of anglers on the water with most of the holes being taken at first light.  Fishing was productive but not hot on the 15th.    I saw about a dozen fish hooked up and caught by 12:00 when the hail and heavy rains started in.  This was a scouting fishing trip and I decided to load up the girlfriend and head back into town for some Christmas Shopping instead of having her out there freezing to death.   I did manage to put the hooks into a nice 8 lb fish throwing a green hot shot in a nice long run.  Most anglers were casting float and jigs.  The water was dark with a good shot of silt and a green / brown color.  I figured throwing a reaction lure would work and it did.  The fish was in front of a rock and hit about 10 feet from the rod tip as the plug swam past the rock.

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   Winter Silver fishing is in full swing.  Days catches are varying from 2 to 10 fish a day.  The trick is catching the rivers between the heavy rain storms and river level swings.  The fish are coming into the rivers chrome bright and willing to strike.  Winter fishing is a hardware game.  Eggs and other bait will work but plugs rule supreme for drawing strikes.   We throw plugs in the deeper holes, backtroll them in moderate and fast current areas, and troll them in slow water holes.  Fatfish, Wiggle Warts, and Brad Wigglers all work.  I prefer dark metallic plugs in clear water and fluorescent orange and Pink in tannin colored or murky water.   Winter Steelhead are starting to show up all of our rivers and fishing will be hot in another week with steady catches of fish happening all the way into March and April.

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