Preston - I'm glad to hear Leland doesn't have the entire SRC population corraled in the South Sound :-). Question - what is a "bullhead"? Back home, it's a type of catfish. In the Sound it seems to be something like a cabezon. Bart ----- Original Message ----- From: Preston Singletary Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 4:58 PM To: Washington Fly fishers Subject: Sea run cutts While the bulk of the sea-run cutthroat enter the Stilly in the late summer
and fall, there are still fresh fish trickling in at least as late as
February. The peak of the spawning season is in March, but fish may be
spawning any time from December through May. I suspect that some fish are
still heading up to spawn while others have already returned to the salt.
I've personally caught cutthroat at Lincoln Park and Picnic Point in
December, at Golden Gardens in January, bright, fat fish in the Stilly at
the mouth of Pilchuck Creek in February while steelheading, and at least one
bright, well-mended fish off the beach at Carkeek Park in early April. Port
Susan (the area between Camano Island and the mainland, off the mouth of the
Stilly) probably has good numbers of fish at times, but is frequently muddy
and has very limited access. A friend of mine, who has fished the beaches
of Camano for many years (he lives there and has worked out a lot of deals
for his own access, and sometimes, even then, has to use his boat to get to
some spots) usually doesn't start to fish for cutthroat (and Dolly Varden)
there until June. Keep in mind that fly fishing the beaches of Puget Sound
still has more unknowns than knowns; it's still a pretty new game.
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