Just moved out this way and dont really know the area and want to go do some fishing and I would like to know if anyone knows any good streams to fish
caden
Kitsap county
Welcome to the forum.
I assume that you have moved from out of state.
The Olympic Pennesula is loaded with good rivers and lakes. What are you looking to fish for and with, spey rod, or one hand rod?
My suggestion if you are from out of state:
1. Get a copy of the regs when/where you purchase your license.
2. Study the regs in detail.
3. Call your local WDFW office to determine access, parking permits and species.
4. Or, visit a local fly shop and talk to them.
Good luck and tight lines.
Steelhead can be found in most of the rivers that hook up with the salt. Most of the lowland lakes are ice free year round but the regs close a lot of them at the end of the autumn.
I assume that you have moved from out of state.
The Olympic Pennesula is loaded with good rivers and lakes. What are you looking to fish for and with, spey rod, or one hand rod?
My suggestion if you are from out of state:
1. Get a copy of the regs when/where you purchase your license.
2. Study the regs in detail.
3. Call your local WDFW office to determine access, parking permits and species.
4. Or, visit a local fly shop and talk to them.
Good luck and tight lines.
Steelhead can be found in most of the rivers that hook up with the salt. Most of the lowland lakes are ice free year round but the regs close a lot of them at the end of the autumn.
I have lived in Washington state for only about 45 years. I am learning the area quite well tho. I bought an Gazetteer and I can find my way out of the subdivision now.
At last check, Kitsap County was attached to the Olympic Peninsula..
This is a typical example of someone making an assumption. I assumed that from the heading, that the OP lives in Kitsap County. I do not know for certain that this is the case. I also have not fished the area he mentioned, so my information is general and suspect at best.
In light of the circumstances, Caden, forget what I said. I seldom catch fish anyway.
At last check, Kitsap County was attached to the Olympic Peninsula.
.This is a typical example of someone making an assumption. I assumed that from the heading, that the OP lives in Kitsap County. I do not know for certain that this is the case. I also have not fished the area he mentioned, so my information is general and suspect at best.
In light of the circumstances, Caden, forget what I said. I seldom catch fish anyway.
Caden,
I think if you had first figured out where the good streams to fish are, you would have moved to one of those places instead of Kitsap Co. There are no rivers of consequence in Kitsap, which is a small peninsula. There are a few creeks with limited fishing opportunities. What Kitsap has in abundance fishing wise is lowland lakes and beaver pond fishing and saltwater beaches and access.
Sg
I think if you had first figured out where the good streams to fish are, you would have moved to one of those places instead of Kitsap Co. There are no rivers of consequence in Kitsap, which is a small peninsula. There are a few creeks with limited fishing opportunities. What Kitsap has in abundance fishing wise is lowland lakes and beaver pond fishing and saltwater beaches and access.
Sg
someone has probably tried it and that should not stop you from trying it because that is the best way to catch fish by getting out there and trying to catch the fishes lots of people ask for too much help and want to know which rock to stand on get used to that phrase here because they wont tell you which rock to stand on even if you ask nicely
Kitsap County has more saltwater beach than any other county in the country, that isn't an island. Many are prime SRC habitat (as you know).
Caden -
I suspect some of the other replies to your post have talked right past an unspoken assumption in your original post that you are interested in fishing streams. Perfectly understandable on both sides. I moved here from Colorado and for several years I lived with blinders on about fishing streams. I finally discovered, as you soon will, that here in western Washington, much of the best fly fishing is not in streams, but rather in lakes and the salt water.
Kitsap county has some lakes and lots of coastline to fish. Also, the lakes and beaches are open for fishing year 'round, whereas streams all have seasonal closures, and most, if not all will be closed right now. If you don't already have them, it will probably be worth investing in a float tube and a pair of fins for lake fishing (maybe you could convince someone that a late Christmas gift would be in order); your regular waders will work fine wading the beaches. Be sure to rinse your rod, reel, lines, flies after fishing in salt water.
Ed Call is your guy for info on the Kitsap and surrounding areas. I can't speak for him, but I suspect he would be glad to share more info with you via a personal message than via the public forum.
Dick
I suspect some of the other replies to your post have talked right past an unspoken assumption in your original post that you are interested in fishing streams. Perfectly understandable on both sides. I moved here from Colorado and for several years I lived with blinders on about fishing streams. I finally discovered, as you soon will, that here in western Washington, much of the best fly fishing is not in streams, but rather in lakes and the salt water.
Kitsap county has some lakes and lots of coastline to fish. Also, the lakes and beaches are open for fishing year 'round, whereas streams all have seasonal closures, and most, if not all will be closed right now. If you don't already have them, it will probably be worth investing in a float tube and a pair of fins for lake fishing (maybe you could convince someone that a late Christmas gift would be in order); your regular waders will work fine wading the beaches. Be sure to rinse your rod, reel, lines, flies after fishing in salt water.
Ed Call is your guy for info on the Kitsap and surrounding areas. I can't speak for him, but I suspect he would be glad to share more info with you via a personal message than via the public forum.
Dick
Just a comment (or five...):
Kitsap County has loads of great places to fish. But not loads of great streams.
IF a person really wanted to fish Kitsap, he/she would head for the beach.
IF a person really wanted exponentially enhanced access and fun, he/she would buy a small kayak to fish from while near the beach.
IF a person really really really didn't want to buy a kayak (for unfathomable reasons, pardon the nautical pun...), then alot could be done from said beaches with waders.
Just sayin'.
Kitsap County has loads of great places to fish. But not loads of great streams.
IF a person really wanted to fish Kitsap, he/she would head for the beach.
IF a person really wanted exponentially enhanced access and fun, he/she would buy a small kayak to fish from while near the beach.
IF a person really really really didn't want to buy a kayak (for unfathomable reasons, pardon the nautical pun...), then alot could be done from said beaches with waders.
Just sayin'.
I too am a fairly (about a year ago) recent transplant to the Kitsap and Silverdale area.
In September and October I had fun driving up to Point No Point and tossing off the beach and catching nice silvers to 12 lbs. That's about a 45 minute drive from Silverdale.
In late October and early November I and my step-son were catching both bright chums and silvers off the Chico Way launch ramp area.
A bit later the step-son was getting both nice and not so nice chums at the mouth of Chico Creek.
Chico has one of the largest chum runs in Puget Sound but those spawning fish can be real "boots" (which are nasty-looking dark hook-nosed mature fish) while others can be sorta bright. The better fish make darned good fish for smoking. That fishery can become "combat fishing" due to all the folks at the mouth of the creek and lining the banks. There can be a lot of snaggers/flossers and the game wardens regularly write tickets for this illegal activity. This shoulder-to-shoulder fishery is not quite my "cup of tea."
Currently I'm concentrating on fishing SRC (sea-run cutthroat, if you don't know the acronym) on our local beaches. Just a few to consider are Seabeck, Manchester, Southworth, Ollala, etc.
Also consider casting in the salt for "rezzies" which are hatchery raised coho salmon (residents=rezzies) which inhabit our area. From all reports, the south Puget Sound area is doing well for these fish currently. Try Narrows Park (just south of the Narrows Bridge, about a 30 minute drive from Silverdale), Titlow on the Tacoma side or Kopachuck Park or Penrose Point Park in the south Sound.
A good resource for area fishing is on the Gig Harbor Fly Shop website. Here's the link: http://gigharborflyshop.com/the-neighborhood/
I'm not too familiar with freshwater opportunities around our area although a local paper recently said people trolling wedding-rings with maggots were finding 16-inch rainbows in Kitsap Lake. Just to get something outside of catch-and-release SRC, I might try that fishery. The lake's only 20 minutes away from here.
We have a lot of fishing opportunities where we live. Welcome to the area and tight lines to ya!!
In September and October I had fun driving up to Point No Point and tossing off the beach and catching nice silvers to 12 lbs. That's about a 45 minute drive from Silverdale.
In late October and early November I and my step-son were catching both bright chums and silvers off the Chico Way launch ramp area.
A bit later the step-son was getting both nice and not so nice chums at the mouth of Chico Creek.
Chico has one of the largest chum runs in Puget Sound but those spawning fish can be real "boots" (which are nasty-looking dark hook-nosed mature fish) while others can be sorta bright. The better fish make darned good fish for smoking. That fishery can become "combat fishing" due to all the folks at the mouth of the creek and lining the banks. There can be a lot of snaggers/flossers and the game wardens regularly write tickets for this illegal activity. This shoulder-to-shoulder fishery is not quite my "cup of tea."
Currently I'm concentrating on fishing SRC (sea-run cutthroat, if you don't know the acronym) on our local beaches. Just a few to consider are Seabeck, Manchester, Southworth, Ollala, etc.
Also consider casting in the salt for "rezzies" which are hatchery raised coho salmon (residents=rezzies) which inhabit our area. From all reports, the south Puget Sound area is doing well for these fish currently. Try Narrows Park (just south of the Narrows Bridge, about a 30 minute drive from Silverdale), Titlow on the Tacoma side or Kopachuck Park or Penrose Point Park in the south Sound.
A good resource for area fishing is on the Gig Harbor Fly Shop website. Here's the link: http://gigharborflyshop.com/the-neighborhood/
I'm not too familiar with freshwater opportunities around our area although a local paper recently said people trolling wedding-rings with maggots were finding 16-inch rainbows in Kitsap Lake. Just to get something outside of catch-and-release SRC, I might try that fishery. The lake's only 20 minutes away from here.
We have a lot of fishing opportunities where we live. Welcome to the area and tight lines to ya!!
Mentioning Chico Creek sure does bring back memories of my youth. I've fished that creek from the headwaters to the mouth in my youth. Of course back then people who lived on that creek didn't care if you walked through there back yards fishing the creek.
Yeah, fishin' Chico Creek proper is a memory of youth as it's closed. It's one of the rivers not listed in the Puget Sound and Strait Rivers section of the regulation pamphlet and, as is stated in the pamphlet: "Puget Sound and Strait Rivers not listed in this section are closed to fishing."
And caden: The regs state that Clear Creek is open to fishing for trout first Saturday in June to October 31; minimum size 14"; Selective gear rules (see page 11 of the reg pamphlet for definition). Other game fish in Clear Creek have the same season with the statewide minimum size/daily limit and selective gear rules also apply. I've never fished Clear Creek so don't know what's available. Maybe someone else can chime in.
Anyway, please get and read the Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet very carefully.
And caden: The regs state that Clear Creek is open to fishing for trout first Saturday in June to October 31; minimum size 14"; Selective gear rules (see page 11 of the reg pamphlet for definition). Other game fish in Clear Creek have the same season with the statewide minimum size/daily limit and selective gear rules also apply. I've never fished Clear Creek so don't know what's available. Maybe someone else can chime in.
Anyway, please get and read the Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet very carefully.
Getting and READING the regs are about the best advice we can give you. The rest is subjective.
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