Any good fishing spots in WA state?

On Feb 9, 2:27*pm, MajorOz wrote:

Slight corrections:
1. It's the Tuncannon River, (not the Touchet) that has all the little
ponds. Head out of Dayton, headed for Starbuck. 3/4ths way is road
back up Tuncannon River. Another approach is to cut cross country up
onto wheat farm roads to a place labled on the map as Marengo. Its
basically a ranch HQ. Park at bridge. Go downstream just a bit and
fish holes behind the corrals. If you catch the hog let us know. Up
stream is also great. Ponds not to my taste.

2. Thinking that W. Wash is a waste of time is just what one would
expect of a Wazzu-ian. :-)

3. There are no fish in the Touchet South of Dayton. None, Nadie,
ninguno. Not any. Not a one.

Dave

On Feb 11, 5:18*pm, DaveS wrote:
On Feb 9, 2:27*pm, MajorOz wrote:

Slight corrections:
1. It's the Tuncannon River, (not the Touchet) that has all the little
ponds.

You are, of course, correct. I was running on memory and Rand-McNally
-- both old and outdated.

Head out of Dayton, headed for Starbuck. 3/4ths way is road
back up Tuncannon River.

Blowing the dust off my old DeLorme topo book................

That is north. Only did that once. Fishing sucked, but jump-shooting
ducks from a canoe was great. It eventually dumps into the Snake. I
was hoping for the rare tourist (steelhead) but never happened.

I go south from Dayton. Actually, from Pomeroy and then cut across to
the Wooten Wildlife Area, which is what I alluded to stream,
ponds, and deer /elk.

From there, if you:
a) are brave / foolhardy
b) have a FWD
c) don't run into washouts,
You can zig-zag your way to both the Asotin and Grande Ronde, and go
home (whatever) days later up the Snake to Lewiston/Clarkston.

2. Thinking that W. Wash is a waste of time is just what one would
expect of a Wazzu-ian. :-)

hee, hee....

Lived 12 years on the wet side (near Puyallup). Never took much to
steelhead and salmon as primary targets and searun cutts presented too
much effort for too little return. As a native Wyoming'an, I was so
sad that the most beautiful water I had ever seen had no trout in it.
With very few exceptions, the only trout I found were stockers.

Aside: #1 son is a UW alum. #2 son, all their adult lives, has given
him (joking) **** for attending a public college while he (#2) went to
an elite, private east coast school. Today #2 is a prof at Huskyville
and they both sneer at their folks who got doctorates at the cow
college on the Idaho border.


3. There are no fish in the Touchet South of Dayton. None, Nadie,
ninguno. Not any. Not a one.

Agreed.

For the OP, if you have some time, a great place for a unique
experience is to go to Frenchglen on the slopes of Steens Mountain in
SE Oregon and catch some big, fat, Red Band Lahotin Cutthroat from the
Donner and Blitzen river.
There is a BLM campground on the river bank and trails up and down the
river.

cheers

oz, getting nostalgic