Well fishing has been up and down the past couple of days. WIth the water coming up the best bite has been around 11 in the morning.Some very nice kings around this year. The hot ticket has been Mag-lips plugs with sardines cured in Pautzke Fire cure and Pautzke Cured eggs on a diver set [...]
Here is a pic of a nice Skagit king caught by Colbe! Dont look too excited brotha!
Skagit river Kings opened up with a blast! We hit 14 kings with one Steelhead. Fish were grabing the Pautzke cured eggs very well.As well as plugs we hit fish on Wordens mag lips in colors DT, Silver and the Punisher. WE found our fish laying in some of the deeper holes 10 plus feet [...]
Welcome to Petosa’s Guide Service! My name is Nick Petosa and I am currently a Washington Steelhead and Salmon guide on the west coasts most prolific rivers. I fish such rivers as the Skagit, Sauk, Hoh and Sol Duc using both gear fishing and fly fishing (Skagit Spey) techniques. At Petosa’s Guide Service, we use [...]
Skagit River Coho: August – Nov 26th What can you say about the Skagit when it comes to its Coho Salmon run? It is nothing short of spectacular! The Skagit River System receives one of the largest runs of Coho in Washington. Great for all ages and skill levels, these chrome beauties start to [...]
During the month of March, I will be doing trips on the Cowlitz River. During March the Cowlitz River gets a huge run of b-run Steelhead. These fish average 8-12 pounds and are aggressive and fight like crazy. As with winter fish we will primarily be side-drifting for these Steelhead but might pull divers [...]
From January 15th until April 15th we will start to see the trophy class fish that enter the Skagit, Hoh, Sol Duc and Bogachiel river. These fish average 8-12 pounds with many caught into the twenty pound mark every year. And that’s not to mention that there is always the talk of the thirty pound [...]
Cowlitz B-run Steelhead: March During the month of March, I will be doing trips on the Cowlitz River again. During March the Cowlitz River gets a huge run of b-run Steelhead. These fish average 8-12 pounds and are aggressive and fight like crazy. As with winter fish we will primarily be side-drifting for these Steelhead [...]
Skagit Spring Chinook: June and July During the month of May the Skagit River closes down. During the closure Spring Chinook start to make their way to the Marblemount hatchery. When the river opens June 1st these fish are untouched and aggressive toward anything in their way. Due to the high demand of this [...]
