Water is so low and fishing is slow....

NADO and myself put in a few miles on Saturday searching the water for those evasive Chinooks . We walked miles and saw merely a few very spooky fish . The holes had some fish , but a combination of low water and intense heat had their mouths clamped tight .

I have been so skunked its depressing....

Hours and hours (~20hrs) at the pier have yielded nothing (not even a bite!), all my creek stomping has yielded one sighting of a spooked fish.

I am going to be so happy when I finally catch one of these darn salmons... cookie cutter or not I want to catch a fish!

Kudos to you guys...but it's still summer...
Waiting for the tides to turn before investing in gasoline...

See you guys soon tho...
CC

ChaseChrome said:

Kudos to you guys...but it's still summer...
Waiting for the tides to turn before investing in gasoline...

See you guys soon tho...
CC

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But CC , if you've seen how many Chinook have already entered the Notty ...it would be easily in the high hundreds and most are in Hockley by now .
We found holes loaded with them but they are not interested in hitting , except one guy had a couple on a lure and they got off , that was first thing in the morning when the sun wasn"t a factor.

jlisk said:

I have been so skunked its depressing....

Hours and hours (~20hrs) at the pier have yielded nothing (not even a bite!), all my creek stomping has yielded one sighting of a spooked fish.

I am going to be so happy when I finally catch one of these darn salmons... cookie cutter or not I want to catch a fish!

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The salmon that are in the rivers are still ' green ' and have not started spawning , they are waiting for the rain as are the fish in the lakes .
The pier fishing will be intense once we get some rain , the fish get excited when it's raining and become very active . We need rain plain and simple .

NOTTA STEELER said:

The salmon that are in the rivers are still ' green ' and have not started spawning , they are waiting for the rain as are the fish in the lakes .
The pier fishing will be intense once we get some rain , the fish get excited when it's raining and become very active . We need rain plain and simple .

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Hey Notta

Thanks for the report.

Just wanted to ask you, would you want to be on the river before the rain begins, soon after or wait a day after? The fishing is suppose to be good when the Barometer is dropping, before it rains. Soon after the river will still be clear. A day or two after the river will be higher but stained water so fish won't be spooked. I'm not sure when the best time to go.

Thanks.

grubman said:

Hey Notta

Thanks for the report.

Just wanted to ask you, would you want to be on the river before the rain begins, soon after or wait a day after? The fishing is suppose to be good when the Barometer is dropping, before it rains. Soon after the river will still be clear. A day or two after the river will be higher but stained water so fish won't be spooked. I'm not sure when the best time to go.

Thanks.

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Hey Grubman , in relation to your question , if the fish are present in the area you plan to fish , before the rain begins is usually a good call . Fish respond to barometers rising and falling.
While it is raining is also a good time to fish because they ( Salmon ) are anxious to get up river and the drive to spawn is strong , I find it cools the water and makes them more active. Also an overcast day is better than a bright sunny one. Soon after also good before the water really rises and clouds the water, especially for sight fishing.
Then after the rain the fish will be well on their way , the Notty run began in mid July , right in the warmest and lowest possible water conditions , but they still came and went way up too . The spawning instinct is that strong that no matter what the weather and river conditions dictate to the fish , they're gonna come regardless .
We have alot of September left and alot of salmon to come .

It was the same for me today. I lost one on a gold Kwikfish and that was it for the entire day! On the bright side I was able to test out my newest centerpin :smile:

low and clear my way, nothing going on at all.

Lots of fish in those holes but they just werent interested in hitting. I would love to get into one on the Notty, its nothing like the lake O ditches. Tons of deep cold water pools that are just perfect for staging salmon and steelhead.

ive been fishing way up on the notty and there is plenty of fish moving thru not to many are active . but its pitiful to see all the snagging going on up that way.

my buddy took a nice fresh one on a orange J-13 on the notty yesterday, couple guys catching on beads periodically.

georgianbaydrifter said:

my buddy took a nice fresh one on a orange J-13 on the notty yesterday, couple guys catching on beads periodically.

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did he by chance find that orange J13 in a tree? lol I just lost one to a tree up that way a few weeks ago. First guy goin by on a canoe woulda grabbed it for sure.

been bashing them on beads . they are extremely picky. flies and roe are not getting bit,at all. even bead colour matters lol. lots of freshish fish that i cant hold on to. and please no bs about them not biting..... when they shake before your float moves they ate it. break out the single eggs boys