Razor Clam Digs - December 3,4,5 & 6

There will be another razor clam dig this weekend! The details are as follows:

December 3, Friday - 4:43 p.m., (-0.8 ft), Twin Harbors

December 4, Saturday - 5:29 p.m., (-1.2ft.), Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks & Kalaloch

December 5, Sunday - 6:14 p.m., (-1.3 ft.), Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks & Kalaloch

December 6, Monday 6:56 p.m., (-1.2 ft.), Twin Harbors

We have another dig tenitively scheduled for the end of the year and the first of next

Edmonds Squid Fishing

The squid fishing off the Edmonds pier has been very good recently with many of the folks catching good numbers of squid with many landing a full limit of 10 pounds. Most anglers that we have spoken with have all said that they have not seen this good of squidding for quite a number of years off Edmonds. We have also had reports coming in from Shilshole, Pier 91, Seacrest as well as Illahee and Brownsville all putting out at least some "Fair" squidding. We are just getting into the better part of the squidding season and we should be looking forward to some good fishing at least into mid-January.

We have "Lots" of squid jigs and squid jig components on had hand.

Skagit Steelheading

Phil from Morgan's Bait mentioned that he has been hearing of some winter fish being landed on the Skagit as well as the Cascade over this past week. One of our customers was up to the Cascade yesterday and had the place fairly much to himself. Though he didn't have much in the way of any winter steelhead, he did manage to land a number of nice sized Dolly Varden.

Snohomish System Steelhead

Though we are not seeing any great numbers of winter steelhead on the Snohomish system, we are at least seeing at least a few fish being caught through out the system with to no surprise most coming from the Reiter Pond section of the river. Thanksgiving is traditionally the kick off day for the system for one having at least a reasonable chance of catching a winter fish. So it looks as if they are right on schedule.

The plunkers fishing in the Snohomish have been getting a few winter fish since this past week.

With the weather warming up from the "Freeze" of the first part of the week at least people are starting to move around and brave the elements to get out and fish.

Coastal Steelheading

Reports from the Penninsula have been coming from the past few days and the fishing has been quite good. The Bogachiel has been the place the past couple of days putting out dime bright winter hatchery steelhead. The Sooes, on the Makah Reservation has been putting out good hatchery steelhead fishing for the past week and a half. Likewise, the Salmon (tributary of the Queets) and Cook Creek on the Quinault Reservation have both been putting out good fishing for those fishing with tribal guides. Those fishing the Humptulips have been finding a few winter steelhead as well as still good numbers of late silvers and an odd king. So far, with the fishing that we have been seeing we just might be seeing at least a fair winter steelhead season on the OP.

Wishing All Of You A Happy Thanksgiving

All of us here at Ted's Sports Center wish all of you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving - enjoy your time with your families and friends.

Winter Blackmouth Fishing

The winter blackmouth fishery continues to be very lackluster! Most of the guys we have spoke with have had a very hard time finding even a single fish a day! The hard core "Old Salts" are averaging perhaps a fish a day, and they are working quite hard to even come up with one. The only thing I can say about this season is that we have been seeing nice sized fish in the catches with the greatest numbers falling in the 8 - 15 pound range. There has definitely been a lack of smaller 15 - 21 inch fish as well as medium 22 - 28 inch fish. It appears that we have two year classes of fish that for the most part are missing from the fishery. Unfortunately, this does not look good for the future. Hopefully, these fish are hiding out somewhere the fishermen are not! I hope that is the case!

What fish that have been caught have been taken on a wide variety of gear! There has not been any "Hot" items so far this winter - so continue to fish your favorite offerings.

Wild Steelhead Retention On Eight Olympic Peninsula Rivers Opens February 16

This season the date for wild steelhead retention was changed from December 1 until February 16 on the eight streams where wild steelhead are still allowed. These streams encompass the following:
Bogachiel
Calawah
Clearwater
Dickey
Hoh
Quillayute
Quinault
Sol Duc
You will still be able to retain only one wild steelhead per license year.

This move by the WDFW is a positive move to protect the diversity of steelhead populations on the Olympic Peninsula. This is at least a move to protect our last viable wild steelhead runs in the state. Though many fishermen feel that they should be entitled to wild fish harvest, the fact is that the numbers are continuing to decline and a state wide move toward total non retention of wild steelhead should be put in place! We don't want to hear in the near future "We did too little too late" as has been the case for many species!

Razor Clam Dig - November 20 & 21

The razor clam dig scheduled for November 20 & 21 is a "GO"! Testing for marine toxins has been completed and everything is fine. This dig is only for Long Beach and Twin Harbors.
Tides are as follows:
November 20 -0.4 feet at 5:39p.m.
November 21 -0.7 feet at 6:17p.m.

Make sure to be on the beach at least an hour before the low!

We have "Lots" of clam digging gear on hand as well as razor clam licences.
Good Luck!

Winter Steelhead - Starting to Show

We have been hearing of a few early "Winter" steelhead showing up in the past week or so. We heard of the first Reiter Pond winter fish Sunday, a nice 11 pound fish caught on a float and jig combination. The Cascade has also put out an odd early winter steelhead this past week. The Bogachiel River on the OP has put out a few over the past few weeks.

Thanksgiving is generally my "Kick Off" day for the Skykomish over the years with a guy having a reasonable chance of catching a winter steelhead. This traditionally is the day to start fishing the Western Beaches of Whidbey Island for saltwater caught steelhead.

Edmonds - Squid Fishing

The squid fishing at the Edmonds Pier has been fairly good overall. I wouldn't say that it is "Red Hot" but for those who are willing to put in a little time have been doing alright. Not every night has been good, and we have seen some inconsistencies from one night to the next. But then it is fishing!

We have a good assortment of squid jigs on had as well as lots of components to build your own jigs!

Cutthroat - Lake Wasington & Lake Samamish

The late fall / winter cutthroat fishing in Lake Washington and Lake Samamish has been fair the past few weeks. Most everyone that we have spoke with has been getting at least a couple of fish and some have had limits. Most of the fish have been in the 10 - 18 inch range. Lake Samamish has been turning out a better average size, with many of the fish in the 13 - 18 inch range, while Lake Washington's have been a 3 - 4 inches smaller on average. The fish have been in the 10 - 25 foot depth zones with many anglers fishing downriggers or lead core line to obtain the depth. Tomic Wee Tad plugs, Luhr Jensen Needlefish and Gang Trolls followed by a Wedding Ring tipped with a worm or nightcrawler have all been producing fish.

Smelt Fishing - Cornet Bay

Cornet Bay has been putting out some very good smelt fishing recently. We have had numerous customers that have caught limits (10 pounds). Most have said that the fishing has been fairly consistent and though you have to fish though a tide to get a limit, it has been good enough that the time goes fairly quickly. If the weather happens to cooperate this fishery might just be on the list of things to do in the next few weeks.

We have lots of Gamakatsu Smelt / Herring Jigs on hand as well as Chum. Stop by if you have questions!

Rufus Woods Rainbows - Omak Lake Cutthroat

Anton Jones of Darrell And Dad's Family Guide Service sent me an email this AM to give me a rundown on whats happening in his neck of the woods. Rufus Woods Lake is turning out some "Nice" sized rainbows as seen in the photo with Bobby Loomis, Andy Byrd and Pat Saloky showing off a nice 4 person limit of Rufus Triploids. While they did catch some of the fish on jigs the majority came off bait on a slip sinker rig.

The Lahonton Cutthroat have been biting well on Omak Lake with lots of action being the rule. The top producing lures were Silver Horde Kingfiher Light Spoons in a variety of colors. Anton mentioned that they had a 52 fish day on Omak recently - he did say that they had to fish hard, cover lots of water and change gear quite often in order to come up with those numbers.

Lake trout fishing on Chelan has been a little tough, though they are getting fish. The fishing should improve once the fish stabilize into their winter pattern.

Don't forget that Anton has a "Great" Winter Special going on through March 31st. With a group of 3 fishermen it's $150.00 per person. Give him a shout at the numbers below:

Anton Jones
Darrell & Dad's Family Guide Service
1-866-360-1523
509-961-5342
www.darrellanddads.com

Smelt Jigging - Cornet Bay

There is a little smelt fishing going on at Cornet Bay at the present time. Wouldn't say that it is red hot from the reports that we have been getting, but you can at least get enough for a good meal or two. One of the guys was up yesterday and managed around 50 in a couple of hours of jigging.

We have both number 4 & 5 Gamakatsu Smelt / Herring Jigs in stock as well as lots of chum for attracting them.

Sno King CCA 2010 Fundrasining Banquet November 12th

The Sno King Chapter of CCA will be holding it's 2010 Fundraising Banquet on Friday November 12th. The event will cost $65.00 per person or $120.00 per couple. The cost of the event will include a 1 year membership in CCA and includes dinner. The banquet will be held at the Nile Country Club, 6601 224th SW, Mountlake Terrace 98043. There will be "Lots" of neat items to bid on during the auction portion of this event.

For more information or tickets contact:

Ray Seiler
rfseiler@comcast.net
(425) 533-3317

Lone Lake - Whidbey Island

For those of you that would like to partake of some good late season trout fishing you just might want to give Lone Lake on Whidbey Island a try. We are hearing of some nice rainbows up to 20 inches being caught and released by some of our feather flinging customers. Wouldn't say that the fishing is fast and furious but most are getting enough action to keep things interesting. Remember that this is a Selective lake, meaning flies or lures only with a single barbless hook, no bait or scent and if you so desire there is a one fish limit with a minimum size of 18 inches. Most however release their catch to maintain the quality of the fishery.

This time of year most fly fishermen are fishing small to medium sized leech type patterns. The gear fishermen are fishing small Yakima Bait Flatfish in F-2 through F-4 sizes in neutral color patterns such as frog , perch scale, or black.

This is a year around lake and will put out good fishing through out the milder portions of the winter and spring.

Blackmouth Reports

Wish I could say that we have had nothing but outstanding blackmouth reports coming in, but that has not been the case! Overall, the fishing has been very disappointing! We have heard of a few decent fish in the 10 - 13 pound range, but there are no numbers of fish being landed. I spoke with one of the customers (he called from the boat) a little while ago and in the past 2 days he has had just a single legal fish of 10 1/2 pounds. He talked with just about everyone on the Possession Bar and there were just a couple of fish landed amongst them. He mentioned that there were virtually no shakers, having landed just a single blackmouth and 3 small coho shakers in the past couple of days.

The folks fishing up in Saratoga have not fared any better! Hopefully, the fish may not have come into the Sound and are still to come. Though I would say that is wishful thinking on my part. We'll just have to wait and see. With the Bayside Derby this weekend perhaps we will get a better idea of what is happening.

Big Island Ono

Tim emailed this photo of a really nice mid 40 Ono (Wahoo) that he landed off the leeward side of the Big Island today. Though the weather is outstanding here today, it would be nice to be fishing there! I wouldn't mind a center cut medallion on the BBQ! It's one of my favorite warm water fish to eat!

Thanks Tim

Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby - Presidents Day Weekend 2011

Back! Even Bigger and Better! The "Discovery Bay Derby" under a "New" name! "Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby"!

This popular derby has expanded! Not only is the First Prize $10,000.00 but has also expanded its fishing area, over 500 square miles of water!

I will expand upon things as I get more details - but I would mark this down on your calender and perhaps even start getting your moorage and accommodations lined up. With the expanded area and $10,000.00 first prize, I am sure this will become one of the most (If not the most) fished derby!

More Latter!

Tomic Plugs - Tubby 3,4 & 5 inch and Classics in 4,5 & 6 inch

We have a "Great" selection of Tomic plugs in stock, ready for this winters blackmouth season. We have Tomics in 3, 4 and 5 inch Tubby models and 4, 5 & 6 inch classic models in the following "Glow" models.

12 Glow
313 Glow (old 12 PS)
111 Glow
326 Glow (old 111W)
600 Glow
602 Glow
603 Glow
632 Glow
639 Glow

These are the most popular models and color selections for Puget Sound blackmouth fishing. Stop by and I'll be glad to give you a little run down on plug fishing. I prefer plugs to most everything for the winter season. You are able to fish lighter gear, which equates to more fun on these smaller chinook. By using plugs you will eliminate a good number of "Shakers" that we are all plauged with when fishing hoochies, flies or smaller spoons. Plugs will not eliminate the shakers but will sure cut down on them. The fewer sub-legal fish that one handles, the fewer fish that fall into hooking mortality, which will give us greater numbers of fish for the future.

Bayside Marine's 19th Annual Fishing Derby - Saturday & Sunday November 6th and 7th

Don't forget Bayside Marine's 19th Annual Fishing Derby that will be held this Saturday & Sunday November 6th & 7th at Bayside Marine in Everett. Tickets are $30.0for both days of fishing. Donate 5 or more items of non-perishable food items and receive $5.00 off the price of your derby ticket. If you are over 65 take another $5.00 off the price of your ticket. First Place is $2,000.00! There will be an After Derby BBQ on Sunday! Salmon, Hot Dogs, Chips and Beverages! Give them a call (425) 252-3088 for additional information.

Sorry! That's all the information I have!

Razor Clam Dig - November 5,6,7 & 8

We have our second razor calm dig of the season coming up this weekend. Here it is as follows:

Nov.5, Fri. - 6:41 p.m., (-1.4ft.), Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks & Kalaloch

Nov. 6, Sat. - 7.26 p.m., (-1.6ft.), Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks & Kalaloch

Nov. 7, Sun. - 7.11 p.m., (-1.5ft.), Twin Harbors

Nov. 8, Mon. - 7.55 p.m., (-1.2ft.), Twin Harbors

Good Digging!

We have a "Great" supply of clam digging gear in stock! Clam Tubes, shovels, clam nets and licences!

Steelhead & River Fishing Clinic - November 6

The Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club will have a "Free" Steelhead & River Fishing Clinic this Saturday, November 6 at Floral Hall at Forest Park. There will be hands-on demonstrations presented by members of the club. The following items will be covered:

How-to tips for beginning river fishing
Ideas for selecting fishing gear
Hook Tying
Rigging and casting
Best waters for fishing

A guest appearance by John Thomas from Rotten Chum Guide Service to give you some additional information from a guides perspective.

This will take place from 8:30a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Floral Hall
Forest Park
802 E. Mukilteo Blvd.
Everett

For more information call Everett Parks and Recreation
(425) 257-8300 ext.2