3 pronged question(and is anyone fishing the nacanicum?)

[Socaaron]

So I have a question, well three actually. First off, I tried hitting the Sandy up the other day inspite of the fact that it was about as clear as a churned up mud puddle. So I opted to drift bait, didn't get any takers but my question is how effective is bait in that poor visiblity conditions, and would they even be able to see a spinner/spoon if someone where to use them.
Next my buddy wanted to go crabbing at Seaside so we tossed the pots off the 12th bridge and I walked down and started throwing some spinners. Got a hook-up in the first dozen casts but lost it due to poor hook-set(thought it was a snag so I only tugged lightly then it tried to swim off and popped the hook on a big'ol leap outta the water) Saw TONS of rolling, jumping and otherwise mocking fish but no other hook-ups for the morning. Saw a few other fisherman but they appeared mostly locals with no action either. So my questions is, is anyone fishing the nacanicum tidewater? And third I have sunday off so I plan on fishing where I got some good chances, might be the Clack as that is pretty close, but I'm tempted to head back to the coast for another crabbing/fishing combo day. I might go back to Seaside though the rain would make the crabbing a bust, so any recommendations? The Wilson?

 

[SmallStreams]

Last weekend, when you were in Seaside, the coho were in the Necanicum bay. This weekend, the coho have already gone above Klootchy Creek. I have no idea where the chinook are, but there were double the people fishing the bay this weekend and very few fish jumping around now, so that might be where the chinook are now?

I caught and released a fire engine red coho buck on Saturday and saw two others rolling.

 

[Socaaron]

Went back on Sunday, the crabbing was as I expected pretty much a bust but the fishing was good. Still lots of fish rolling and jumping. Saw 7-8 Ho's landed and released and watched a pair of buddy's get a double on the Nook's. No such luck for me though I did catch 3 cutties, a turkey drumstick(someones old crab bait), a flounder(yea he sure surprised me biting a lure twice as big as his mouth) and a minnow. The Coho's sure seem to know they can't be targeted on that river though cause they sure were showing off their acrobatic skills, I thought for sure one of them was going to land in this guys boat he jumped so close!

 

[osmosis]

Coast is fishing much much better than the sandy and clack. If you combined the sandy and clack run together in one river - and then blindly pointed anywhere west - whichever river you happened to be pointing closest to has a better run right now.

As for hardware in muddy rivers. Sight is only one portion of the efficacy of spinners, they feel and "hear" them regardless of whether they can see them.

If you know where fish are holding to get out of the sandy river silt, you can very successfully bait fish in those conditions.

In short:
1) Go coastal.
2) Spinners rock.

 

[Socaaron]

Thanks for the tips and the reply!