Washington Fishing Report

Washington Fishing Report
Updated for for the week of June 10th - June 16th, 2005
Pro guide Kevin Newell (360-430-2521) provides a re-cap of the Washington report:
Mid Columbia River Fishing Report – Pro Guide Jeff Knotts (509) 366-4052 - Jeff reports, “Sturgeon fishing this week continues to improve along with the improving numbers of shad. To catch the oversize use whole shad. To catch smaller sturgeon I use pickled squid or salmon belly.
Neah Bay Fishing Report – Mike Jamboretz (425) 788-5955 or (206) 595-9526 - Mike reports, “We got a six foot long, 250 pound halibut! We were bottom fishing in U.S. waters so keeping it wasn't an option because U.S. halibut is closed right now. We caught this fish on a pipe jig. We started to seriously wonder if we were snagged on the bottom, because we were just not gaining any line on this fish!
Snake River Fishing Report – Pro Guide Pat Long (509) 751-0410 - Sturgeon fishing on the upper Snake continues to improve as the water flow drops. The Snake is running around 45 to 50,000 cfs at this time but the temps are slow in rising (around 56 to 57 deg.). Our best success has been in the smaller pockets and eddies, with flows at current levels the fish are pretty well spread throughout the system, as we hit summer flows (15 to 20,000 cfs) we'll find most of our fish in the deeper sections of the river.