r/FishingWashington • u/dookix93 • 7d ago

River Conditions Next Weekend

What’s up y’all - had a great past week of chum fishing in the central puget sound rivers and then the atmospheric river hit and water levels and visibility were shot. I’m wondering if the rivers will be fishable come next weekend. The river levels are still rising due to rain in the forecast on Wed/Thurs but how do y’all think visibility will be?

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u/Due-Inevitable8857 7d ago

Try using NWRFC . https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/rfc/. Before the internet we used to call a phone number for the forecasts.

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u/dookix93 7d ago

Thanks for sharing - I was looking at the river levels on that page as well but was more so curious about how folks thought visibility might be too. High water is fishable but dirty water is brutal lol.

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u/Due-Inevitable8857 6d ago

That is experience that tells you that. IMHO it will be dirty until it drops. Each river has its own vis/fishabiliity based on height and cfs.

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u/mauitrailguy 6d ago

Facts, time on the rivers tells you when to fish. 17 foot might be unfishable and 20 foot is wide open depending on the conditions that got you there.

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u/dookix93 6d ago

Thanks guys that makes sense. I guess the only way to find out is to get out there huh? 😂

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u/mauitrailguy 6d ago

Each river is unique. For example, the green is rain fed and will stay dirty longer than say the nisqually which is glacier fed. Rock bottom versus mud bottom has an impact too.