El Nino needs to go! Or at least act like it does normally instead of this dry cold weather.
Fishing up here has been bad, really bad. River levels are so low that places that were hard to fish right in summer can be accessed without getting your feet wet. A very popular stream is so low you can cross some of the deepest points that are normally too deep even in summer.
My 2 main rivers are the Whynoochie and the Humptulips up here and they are lower than I saw them in the hottest part of summer. Frozen edges and iced over backwater isn't helping. Not a fish to be seen in any of the normal hot holes and nothing being rteported by WDFW as far as fish coming up on their surveys.
Only fish I have heard of being caught with any real success have been down south near the Cowlitz. Uncle has seen 1-2 bites a day in 8 days when normally they catch 5-7 fish each day where he fishes.
4 fish have been caught in 10 days in what should be prime time for winter runs. Best stretches of water aren't deep enough for trout. The best fisherman are goiung home skunked and this leaves me shivering with iced up eyes and painfully cold hands.
Can not wait for the rain and warmer water temps. If the fish are waiting for the rain then there should be a huge run of fishing coming up hopefully Tuesday if we get any real rain amounts by then. If not then next weekend should be a fishing fest.
Fishing up here has been bad, really bad. River levels are so low that places that were hard to fish right in summer can be accessed without getting your feet wet. A very popular stream is so low you can cross some of the deepest points that are normally too deep even in summer.
My 2 main rivers are the Whynoochie and the Humptulips up here and they are lower than I saw them in the hottest part of summer. Frozen edges and iced over backwater isn't helping. Not a fish to be seen in any of the normal hot holes and nothing being rteported by WDFW as far as fish coming up on their surveys.
Only fish I have heard of being caught with any real success have been down south near the Cowlitz. Uncle has seen 1-2 bites a day in 8 days when normally they catch 5-7 fish each day where he fishes.
4 fish have been caught in 10 days in what should be prime time for winter runs. Best stretches of water aren't deep enough for trout. The best fisherman are goiung home skunked and this leaves me shivering with iced up eyes and painfully cold hands.
Can not wait for the rain and warmer water temps. If the fish are waiting for the rain then there should be a huge run of fishing coming up hopefully Tuesday if we get any real rain amounts by then. If not then next weekend should be a fishing fest.
