Hi all, hope summer is treating you great and you can avoid the chores to get some time out on the water! Fishing is still good in the Brewster Pool and below Wells Dam for kings. We are still catching a good amount of sockeye in the Brewster area as well, with a couple kings a trip. Also, the sockeye and kings are both still in very good shape! Below Wells Dam has also been pretty good for kings at times, the season as a whole has been pretty hit and miss, but the guys that stay with it and fish hard are being rewarded with some nice fish.
We are still booking salmon trips for up north and also booking trips for fall run chinook that is forecast to be the second largest run on record at 650,000 fish over Bonneville Dam!! We are booking trips to fish the Hanford Reach for these huge kings now, and we will start fishing them from Sept 1 on.
Now for some steelhead news, the rumor mill is cranking up in high gear with starting date rumors as it always does this time of year, but there my be some VERY good news for all of us who love to steelhead fish — we may see a record-early opener so early I don’t even dare say here on the almighty web, but stay in touch ’cause there could be some huge news very soon!! We are also starting to book steelhead trips and they are starting to fill up in the month of October so get your trip now before it’s too late! I am off to the river; see you on the water.
You can learn more about Brad by checking out his website at Fish Wenatchee, his fishing blog, or the Fetha Styx Team page.
If not, catch up with him the old fashion way:
1227 Down Rd.
Wenatchee Wa 98801
(509) 670-3095
brad@fishwenatchee.com
August in Washington State rules — if you’re an outdoor enthusiast that is. Pick your poison between fresh and/or salt water, rivers to lakes, sounds to seas, all are productive and opportunities abound. I have been fishing the lakes and rivers of late with great success on both. Read more »
Tags: bass, Bonner Daniels, king salmon, large-mouth bass, panfish, small-mouth bass, snohomish river system, steelhead, walleye, washington fishing
Fishing Report, Pro Staff, River | Bonner Daniels | 
August 19, 2010 7:54 pm | 
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The most difficult part of this time of year is choosing where to go. With so much available to us now, sometimes it isn’t until the night before when we decide where to point the truck in the morning. Read more »
Tags: Baker Lake, cowlitz river, snohomish river system, sockeye, steelhead, summer-run, Tall Tails guide service, Todd Daniels
Fishing Report, Pro Staff, River | ToddDaniels | August 1, 2010 5:26 pm | Comments (0)
Brown Family King
The summertime sun has finally come to Washington state and with her heat came the king salmon retention closure on Sky River. With that stated, I am now shifting gears back to focusing on the Skykomish River summer-run steelhead. If you’re looking for a peaceful float down the river, with the opportunity to catch a summer-run chromer, look no further than your own backyard. The fish have moved up the system and it’s time to break out the drift boat.
Bonner With a Summer King
Otherwise, lets get a crew to fill up the jet sled and head down to the Cowlitz River to do battle with summer-run steelhead. Those fish have definitely shown up and are in the system, as well. Side drifting and pulling plugs are the keys to success down on the Cow.
Lets Go Catch Some Summer Run Chrome!
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
bonnerfishon.com
425-281-8772
Fetha Styx and North Fork Composites have come together to create what I would consider the #1 new rod on the market today for action and sensitivity. Coming soon to a dealer near you! Contact Billy or Gina at Fetha Styx for more information.
PS The walleye bite is on over east if your looking for a change of pace. Just let me know when you want to go 
Summer . . . well I think it’s summer, but I’m still not sure. Actually the weather from a fisherman’s point of view has been excellent. Read more »
Tags: Bonner Daniels, chrome, Glenn Hall, Hawg Quest, king salmon, snohomish river system, steelhead, summer-run
Featured, Fishing Report, Pro Staff | FethaStyx | July 3, 2010 8:05 am | Comments (0)
Bill and the boys hit up summer-run steelhead opening day on Skykomish River (June 1st). Had a blast and snagged two nice 13 lbs. steelhead on the new Fetha Styx 9ft., 9in. 6-10 lb, slow, ultra light side drift rod. Read more »
The Skykomish River opening day fishing report. The water WAS a beautiful, deep green in the upper river, and little more colored up the lower you went, with the color coming from the Wallace and Sultan rivers and the river was running 6,900 CFS and 49 degrees. Read more »
Well, with the springer run starting to taper off it has been a pretty good year with lots of fish to be had throughout the Columbia River system. We have approximately another week left for me then it is time to stay at home (waters) with the Snohomish system opening up on June 1st. We are quite excited about the new opportunity for the Skykomish summer kings: much more section of the river is open this year and add 15,000 kings with summer-run steelies there too, it is definitely something to try out. Give me a call and get out on the river for some summer fun.
Todd
Tall Tails Guide Service
(206) 437-8766
P.S. Sorry to the weekend crews who had the dead battery issues. No photos, oops!!
We sat down with Todd Daniels for a quick moment and asked him to tell us a bit about the gear and technique changes he makes as heads down to Drano Lake for springers. Read more »
With the warmer weather here for now, so is some pretty good fishing. We have been both on the Columbia and the Cowlitz rivers lately. Fishing for winter-run steelhead in almost 70 degree weather just seems kind of weird, it is supposed to be like 35 degrees and raining! But we will take it any time mother nature is willing to give it to us. I will be giving the Cowlitz one more week of steelhead fishing to finish up what is truly an amazing run so far; if you want one more crack at these steelies let me know there is some room left. Starting the beginning of May we will be down on the Wind River or Drano Lake to go get after what is going to be a record run in both tribs. I am looking forward to this year down there more than any in a long, long time. I still have dates available — let me know.
Todd
Tall Tails Guide Service
(206)437-8766
Tags: Columbia River, cowlitz river, Drano Lake, fetha styx, fishing, springers, steelhead, Tall Tails guide service, Todd Daniels, Wind River
Featured, Fishing Report, Pro Staff | ToddDaniels | April 22, 2010 8:33 am | Comments (0)
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