[fishortho]

Well,........What Happened?.......No doubt, a snowy day on the river. Ortho 8)

 

[stsfisher]

snow on the ground but the boys and girls will be getting wet, raining here in the wack. my buddy will be over after the weigh in. i will give a report as soon as i hear what happened.

 

[Kristopher]

I look forward to the report. Hopefully there are some decent numbers of fish in the system by now. Wouldn't mind getting out and trying my luck with the 8 weight pretty soon.

 

[Thrasher]

I have the great pleasure of being stuck here at work behind my desk!! :wallbash:

 

[rln]

it will be interesting to see how many were weighed in. Don't think it's going to above average and maybe even slightly below.

 

[coho_killer]

How many hatchery fish were weighed in last year> 4 i think?

 

[nayhkilas]

Been there. Not that many fishermen out there. Not that many at all ... Last year there were much more people on the river.
Have not seen any fish caught. Looked at upper and mid. Water is excellent and very much fishable, have not see any fish moving or holding

 

[stsfisher]

ok here it is; 6 fish wieghed in, the winner was 14.8lbs 2nd place 13.8, 3rd place 13.2 followed by 3 fish in the 9lb range. my buddy said there was not as many guys as last year and with a fair amount of room on the river. he did manage a fish at around 12:30 in the lower to mid river about 10lbs but lost it at the beach. water had about 2ft of visibility.

 

[marko]

Nice....What I would have given to had been out there...... :'(

:beerchug: Marko

 

[Lastcar]

It was not that crowded, however the complete lack of etiquette by the folks who in came in below on the boulder run made it fell crowded. Defeated the purpose of being there at first light just to have someone scoop you five minutes later. I asked him if he asked the person in our group whom he was closest if he minded if he came in below us to which he replied 'Why would I do that?'. One of our group of three stated 'looks like he just got out of jail, perhaps you should avoid any further conversation...'.

There were a few other examples but nothing worth getting worked up about.

All in all an alright day, a little burnt out from the three previous days. The boy (14 years old) went for his first swim today. Was only in the water for a few seconds, enough to fill his wader boots (boot foot). He fished for a short bit and then we had to take him to the van for fresh socks and a warming up...he learned from it, I had advised him to move upstream to where it was shallower, he chose his route and the rest is history. Better today than the middle of February.

 

[steelie 99]

Would of been 7 fish if i bought a ticket this year. I bonked a 10.4 doe from mid river at 8.05am on my 12 drift. Thats 3 years in a row no ticket and comming up with fish.

 

[STLHDR]

Would of been 7 fish if i bought a ticket this year. I bonked a 10.4 doe from mid river at 8.05am on my 12 drift. Thats 3 years in a row no ticket and comming up with fish.

Then youll buy a ticket and catch nothing LOL

 

[nocoho]

just curious as to what the snow/road conditions were derby morning.....my fishing partner lives up on sumas mt and they had 10 inches of snow by midnight (snow plows did not get out untill 9:00 wed morn) and he did not want to try to drive down the mt so we decided to pass......what a drag

 

[fishey]

is there a website that i could see all the prizes that were given out as well as who won?

thx
-fishey

 

[eimaj]

Nocoho, I doubt you'll want to hear it but the roads were fine. Just had to take it easy.

 

[nocoho]

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[recklessme]

nocoho, I thought you drive a nice 4x4 truck? You should have no problems.

 

[nocoho]

no its 2 wheel drive......i have had a couple of 4 wheel drives but decided to give that up and opt for a bit better gas mileage and less costly repairs in a 2 wheel......that dollie i got a few days ago was in that spot where we met up a couple of times.....starting off there tomorrow