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Hello Everybody - been lurking for a few months
I have a question - Similar experience at the thread creator - I have been out on the upper Sandy around Dodge Park frequently this year but haven't seen much luck. Is it more about where you are presenting or what you are presenting?
I guess Ill have to venture to a few of my steelie holes and see whats happening. Ive been using silver blue fox spinners and the chartreuse sliver blades. That chartreuse just has to kill a salmon next time. I can feel it in my soul.
Just keep at it. What and where is very important, another thing is put your time in on the water and I'm talking a lot more then a couple hours a trip. The sandy has been good this year and is going to get better in a week or two. If the rain keeps going then this week and next weekend should be very good on the sandy. There is still a lot of fish holding at the mouth of the sandy waiting for more rain to make the trip up. I have been having good luck with cured eggs.
Heard a lot of people saying that salmon don't hold in the faster running water but I have seen many took out of the fast running water. Just last week when we were coming out of one of our favorite holes walking in the fast water I had one jump and run and the thing scared the living day lights out of me. This isn't the first time this has happened to me so for sure fish it all.
Good luck and never give up.
CJ
The majority of the fish you see sitting in the riffles are most likely tules, there spawning in that fast shallow water.
The fish Ive been pulling out of the fast water are no tules.
I was told by a friend of a friend that knows a gillnetter that they have been sweeping the mouth of the Sandy to the tune of 15,000- 20,000 fish every night , going way past the allotment . That is why all we are hooking are big dark nooks . Maybe we should all call O.D.F.W and find out what the hell is going on .
I was told by a friend of a friend that knows a gillnetter that they have been sweeping the mouth of the Sandy to the tune of 15,000- 20,000 fish every night , going way past the allotment . That is why all we are hooking are big dark nooks . Maybe we should all call O.D.F.W and find out what the hell is going on .
So it makes me think everyone that has a boat should do some camping out on the water and be in the way of that kind of B.S . Just the first thought that popped into my head. What could they do if several dozen plus boats were out there in the way? :think:
And that's why Cedar Creek has only gotten 688 adults with only a few hundred fish in the creek out of the 15000 expected so far.