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Fishing for steelhead on the Quinault River Place: Quinault Indian Reservation, United States Tags: Quinault, river, fishing, salmon, steelhead, chinook |
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A friend had an open spot on a guided fishing trip on the Quinault Indian reservation this weekend, so tagged along. One of the guys who came with was a fishing guide himself - going on a guided trip, so that gives you an idea of the quality of fishing in this area.
The Quinault and Queets rivers run through the Quinault Indian Reservation so all fishing is subject to the tribe's regulations and not state regs. You have to have a tribe member with you if you're fishing and there are only a handful of guides, so the river is relatively unfished.
Ruben was our guide and you couldn't asked for a more laid back nicer guy. His website is:
http://www.quinaultfishingguide.com/
We fished the Queets river in the morning and didn't catch anything, but did hook a ten pound Silver (Coho) which got away.
The Quinault river was spectacular. It was very low and we had to push our jet boat over some rocky areas although on the way back Ruben gunned it up a section of 3 inch deep water after we cleared away a few of the shallower rocks. It's pretty spectacular watching a 20 ft aluminum bloat blast up a section of water 5 feet wide and 3 inches deep. He had to pull a few stones out of the engines grid when we got back though and I suspect his impeller would have seen better days after that one.
We caught a bunch of Jacks (young Coho Salmon silly enough to follow the adults in when they head up to spawn) and two nice steelhead one of which was mine and was 7.5 pounds. I brought him in on a light 7 foot rod and it was loads of fun. Mine was a Hachery fish and my friends was wild.
According to Ruben they Hachery and fish stocks in the river are very well managed with the guides and sporties working closely with the hachery to gather fish data so the tribe can decided on an acurate fish quota.
On the way back we fished the Cowzitz river at the wier for Chinook and I watched a 10 year old kid fight a 40 pound chinook for 20 minutes until he landed it.
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