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Oct. 24, 2000
Thanks to: Aaron Petroff
Today my friend, Shaun, and I went fishing just above the May Road hole. Here, my friend caught three fish. All on a little piece of those packing foam pieces placed directly above a 2/0 hook and was held on the bottom with a small piece of led stuffed in some rubber tubing. That was about it. I also went thenext day and caught four, all over 5 pounds, on an orange corky and orange yarn.
Feb. 20, 2000
Thanks to: Chris Tolman
Well actually today was a better that average day. The sun was shinning the birds were singing and well the river was in good shape. I flyfished with my dad, [we both] got skunked. But the good part was that I saw a big guy in the bottom of a pool and he had to be about 40" easy. That is a big fish for that small of river.
Feb. 5, 2000
Thanks to: Chris Tolman
Finally, I caught my first steelhead of the year. It was a beautiful 13-lb. native buck. I caught it on a float and jig. I released it after I got a picture of it. I also talked to a guy that caught a 18-lb. native earlier in the day. Well, good fishing goes to those that respect the fish.
Jan. 22, 2000
Thanks to: jerry burbridge
Began fishing the river by the Olympic Game Farm. The dungee was low and clear. Fifteen minutes into the day I latched onto a fish. It just didn't feel like a Steelie. When close enough I realized it was a 16" Dolly Varden. I carefully released it. I was using a silver vibrex spinner. I moved later in the day but no more tugs on the line. I saw only one other fisherman on the river.
Jan. 15, 2000
Thanks to: jerry burbridge
Began fishing at dawn near the mouth at the bridge. Water was low and clear. After four hours of fishing-----no results. I then drove up to fish the area across from the Olympic Game Farm. The sun had drifted down below the mountains when I tagged onto a mint bright fish about 7 lbs. Unfortunately for me and lucky for that metalhead, it made a long distance release after making three wild somersaults in the air. I was using two small orange corkies with red yarn. I only saw 4 other fishermen on the river that day. Good luck and hook a good-un.
Feb. 20, 1999
Thanks to: Jerry Burbridge
I started fishing the mouth of the Dungee at about 8 am. Fishing with my favorite [glow in the dark] corky with red yarn. I began under the bridge and worked to the tailout. On about my 7th cast of the morning I was jogged awake by a response at the other end of the line. After the battle was over, I released a 14-lb wild buck.Another fisherman joined me at the drift by the bridge. I related the story and then right before him I hooked and released three more fish. These three were caught on the same pearl pink corky, hook and pink yarn.
About noon I went upriver and fished just below the bridge across from the Game Farm. I hooked into another hell bent for the spawning grounds steelhead. He did an up in the air 360 and field goal between two logs before he broke off. A friend at work had tied up some jigs for me so I changed tactics. I had only hooked one fish on a bobber and jig, so today was a good day to try again. The change in methods rewarded me with one spawned out buck. All fish were wild bucks and were carefully released. I saw about a dozen other bank fishermen but none had latched onto a fish. It was experience of a lifetime.
Feb. 3, 1999
Thanks to: Robbie Freiboth
Well it was a very slow day at the office. I went with my friend Chris Tolman and his girlfriend. We left around 8:30 and fished until about 4:30 and didn't catch a single thing. The water was kind of dirty but I used everything I could but nothing happened for me. I used every corkie every color yarn and every sent you could imagine, but nothing would hit. The day was fun but no fish. I am going tomorrow the 10th so I am sure I will catch something.
Jan. 24, 1999
Thanks to: Chris Tolman
My girlfriend (Melissa) and I went fishing on the Dungeness river. The river looked low and clear. We got there at around 11:00 and and we left at 2:30. Well, this was Melissa's first fishing trip for anything. She just wanted to spend time with me, I think. After about an hour of fishing she told me she had one, I thought that she was joking so I thought nothing of it, but when I saw it jump out of the water I was so suprised. She didn't have any waders so there was no way for her to get it in. So, I took the rod and landed it. It was a beautiful 6-lb. female.Later on a man, who was a Game and Fish officer told me that he would give me a ticket if he had his stuff. I never thought that I cound't help her land it. He said that, if I landed it then it would be as if I was using two rods. I am very proud of Melissa, she did a good job.
Is this really what the Fish & Game officers should be spending their limited time writing tickets on? Give me a break. Fishing is a recreational pastime that is intended to allow friends and family to spend quality time together and share in experiences such as that described by Chris and Melissa above. Let's get real. How about running out to Forks and supervising the way the gillnetters are counting their thousands of steelhead (including wild) caught each week? Certainly a better use of the limited F&W Dept. resources.
-Editor
