Welcome back fellow fish slayers

Swing I checked it yesterday and didn't see anything but seeing is not always believing with salmon.

Being my bro-in law stayed out there with his boat, he took a ride up the estuary to park and probably dunk some worms at the trailer hole..
He texed me last night and said "no fish" .. Granted his texting is simple but I took it as no fish around or at least seen by him..
 

this is what she looked like yesterday morning when we pulled the plug, it was MUCH worse weds evening with 10 footers.
3 days of heavy west killed us boaters but I'm sure it brought the fishes much closer.. It won't be long..

Tuna it really is a classic set up for fish to run... 2 days of east wind and then the heavy west winds... And on top of it cold rain and elevated flows... The end of my line will be my deciding factor at this point though :)

Yea that's what I meant Dime we all know some fish came through, they always do. Of course the DSR reports every little thing to get more paying folks up there today. Don't get me wrong if I had a pass and I could , I would probably be up there today too.  I put my name on the list last year or the year before I think. I get their e mails now. Do not know if I will ante up or not it will be a tough decision.

Absolutely they have toned down their reports.  I really think they are not  really worried about getting people there. Now with the brown stockings and being open all summer I would consider it if offered. With my release date looking more and more like October I am out for this year. I had considered it a few times last year, but there always something else to spend the money on.  I hardly ever go out to eat or indulge myself so I try to buy or purchase things that make me happy or provide memories I can look back on and enjoy. My one nephew would age out of free fishing there , but I have two others that I could take

Thanks for the offer Andy.  I sent an e mail to dsr to see if I can go down and watch and not fish.  I doubt he would go without me. Football has started so his time will be getting tight, but I will talk to him about it.

As I have said a hundred times over, DSR is the best salmon water on the entire river (IMO ). When I would spend 30 straight days from sept- oct the pass was well worth it. Honestly I didn't like the area so much for steelhead though. Once the gales of November rolled in it was brutally tough fishing with little shelter. The steelhead seemed to move through there very quickly as well.
If I did salmon fishing like I used to then maybe I would have kept my pass. Having a guides pass however priced me out , $50.00 for a day is still iffy but slightly doable .
Heck DB, as you know , we spend that much on 2 days worth of Busch ,, lol

I'll take the blame Andy.

Well I hope you two are sober enough to share a drift come end of Sept. and beginning of Oct.

Was up from Tues till today- bugged a day early.
Wind Rain and very unseasonable temps- felt like a unsettled early April.
Went from 81 to the very top of the needle on Wed. Nice area for slipping flies into  pockets before the snag fest.
 Water was  higher than normal for August and a bit murky but when the occasional sun shone ya could see pretty much around ya-  Too many casts, no hits nothing seen..
 Nobody else around for a few hours- GREAT- when leaving  a guy showed up who said has been there every day since Sat and seen but one fish.
Estuary was very muddy and choppy -went a few times looking- nothing seen.
Noticed the Daisy Mae just sitting there on Wed with nothing  around but empty looking tents-lol- Selkirk had biguns rolling in.
Hope ya have better weather next time Tuna= looks like we both picked the wrong week.
 Agree with  you guys PERFECT conditions to getem up and runnin.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

hey guys, wasn't trying to raise any hairs or fingers. That's just what the guy said. we are going up some time this next week to hit em in the lake. he said they were getting shallower and some were in the estuary. didn't say it was packed. And the weather is looking kinda fishy. Just letting ya know what I heard. Glad to see you all back on here. I joined a group on Facebook. I will not ever post anything on there. some real pricks on that page. wow.
 
Tight Lines and stringers of Busch.
CP

Yea man everyone gets jumpy this time of year. Even though I can't fish I will probably drive up next wee to check stuff out.