Siebert Creek (Port Angeles/Sequim, WA)
 

Anybody know anything about Siebert Creek (on the Olympic Peninsula between
Port Angeles and Sequim, Washington)? Looks like it might have wild
steelhead and cutthroat in lower river but coho and chum probably
extirpated?
Bob

"Bob Patton" wrote in message
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Anybody know anything about Siebert Creek (on the Olympic Peninsula
between
Port Angeles and Sequim, Washington)? Looks like it might have wild
steelhead and cutthroat in lower river but coho and chum probably
extirpated?
Bob


Darin Minor lives closest to there. Hopefully he will pop in and I believe
Danl has a place somewhere in Sequim.

I don't know about this specific creek but . . . generally its chum and
cutthroat that are baseline - the chum because they spawn lowest in the
streams, don't depend on pristine gravel etc, and the cutts because they get
back into the spring holes in the woods, are real tiny longer back there and
then go down. The next most likely survivor IMHO is the smaller race of
Coho (Im sure many will argue with this) which Ive seen time and again as
mature adults in the sound's small streams at 12 inches. I think steelhead
in small streams are much rarer around here, BUT I have been surprised a
very few times. Alls not to say that anything otherwise could exist - I am
not that great a fisherman- but above is what I think.

Dave

Bob Patton wrote:

Anybody know anything about Siebert Creek (on the Olympic Peninsula between
Port Angeles and Sequim, Washington)? Looks like it might have wild
steelhead and cutthroat in lower river but coho and chum probably
extirpated?
Bob

It might have steelies in it and more than likely has sea run cutts. Access
might be tough, I've never tried to fish it. If you try it, I'd like to hear
about your trip.

"David Snedeker" wrote in message
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Darin Minor lives closest to there. Hopefully he will pop in and I believe
Danl has a place somewhere in Sequim.

I don't know about this specific creek but . . . generally its chum and
cutthroat that are baseline - the chum because they spawn lowest in the
streams, don't depend on pristine gravel etc, and the cutts because they
get
back into the spring holes in the woods, are real tiny longer back there
and
then go down. The next most likely survivor IMHO is the smaller race of
Coho (Im sure many will argue with this) which Ive seen time and again as
mature adults in the sound's small streams at 12 inches. I think steelhead
in small streams are much rarer around here, BUT I have been surprised a
very few times. Alls not to say that anything otherwise could exist - I am
not that great a fisherman- but above is what I think.

Dave

Thanks. From what I read there once were chum and coho but there has been no
evidence of them in many years, apparently due to sedimentation caused by
upstream road-building activity, but that cutts and some steelhead may
remain. With some luck I'll get to test it myself before long - but I'm not
that great a fisherman either. Sometimes the people who get lucky are those
who are too dumb to know what's impossible . . .
Bob

"Darin Minor" wrote in message
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//snip//
It might have steelies in it and more than likely has sea run cutts.
Access
might be tough, I've never tried to fish it. If you try it, I'd like to
hear
about your trip.

Thanks. I expect I'll have some chances to try it before too long. I think
you're right about access. From the Clallam County maps it appears to be
constrained by small parcels of private property. Looks like it runs through
a pretty deep ravine near its mouth also. Maybe with luck and perseverance
I'll get to know one of the landowners who'll let me walk in, and I wonder
if its practical to access it from the beach.

Bob

Bob Patton wrote:

"Darin Minor" wrote in message
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//snip//
It might have steelies in it and more than likely has sea run cutts.
Access
might be tough, I've never tried to fish it. If you try it, I'd like to
hear
about your trip.

Thanks. I expect I'll have some chances to try it before too long. I think
you're right about access. From the Clallam County maps it appears to be
constrained by small parcels of private property. Looks like it runs through
a pretty deep ravine near its mouth also. Maybe with luck and perseverance
I'll get to know one of the landowners who'll let me walk in, and I wonder
if its practical to access it from the beach.

Bob

Before you fish it, remember to check the regs. I believe that most
rivers/streams close tomorrow (last day of Feb.)

Darin

"Darin Minor" wrote in message
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//snip//
Before you fish it, remember to check the regs. I believe that most
rivers/streams close tomorrow (last day of Feb.)

Darin

Yeah - I checked. And it looks like trout season is open from June 1 through
October 31.
Bob