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Took a trip down to the skook to see if the silvers were showing up yet. Parked across from the hatchery and saw quite a few people leaving and no one with a fish. We watched the river to see if anything was rolling and saw in some side pockets some wild firetrucks doing the mating dance, so we left them alone. We walked down from the hatchery to the corner hole again. We saw some rollers and after a little while I hooked into a nice buck. Brought him in and decided he wasnt "too" dark and he was hatchery, so I bonked him. Shortly after I hooked into a really nice king that put up a good fight. He was bronzed and beautiful but not super dark and no mold, a perfect specimen. I tried to quickly get a picture of him with my phone but he decided he would rather swim away than sit for a sec more. Then the sky opened up and dumped, so we walked back to the car to get our rain jackets. On the way back saw a couple of guys snagging the poor wild cohos that were trying to spawn. Frustrating. So we ended up walking farther down river and got to a nice wide flat spot where a couple of schools of coho were hanging out. My guy hooked into a few fish with bobber and eggs but didnt get them in. Then he hooked a bright coho jack that was hatchery so we decided to keep it too. I hooked into a nice hen that wasnt as dark as the other fish she was with so I thought she would be worth keeping. The water is still low but was a little dirty. As we finished up our evening fishing the wider part of the river it was still dumping rain, the march of the coho began. We saw soo many schools swim by. So I have a feeling closer to the hatchery is going to be really hot tomorrow. So I would say the Skookumchuck is definitely starting to heat up, but most of the fish I saw were fire trucks, and believe it or not the fish we kept were the brightest fish we saw. My husband used bobber and eggs the entire time, while I used a rocket red corkie. Fun fishing skook for coho, but it makes me excited for steelie season!

Red beard

11/2/2012 11:31:00 PM

Glad to see the skook is doin good early, can't wait for Steelhead season!

salmonbarry

11/3/2012 5:48:00 AM

schu7498 you are the skookumchuck champs! do you think it will stay in shape with the current rain or does it get blown out? We are fishing the Hoodsport madness today but will be in a boat so can avoid the craziness when we want so was hoping to get some more eggs for the upcoming steehead season. When do they start showing up on this river? nice fish and thanks again for your reports!

tele_maniac

11/3/2012 9:07:00 AM

Great report. You guys have the Skookumchuck dailed in!

schu7498

11/3/2012 11:24:00 AM

Skookumchuck is regulated by the dam up above so it never really gets blown out, but the water level does fluctuate quite a bit. We didnt start fishing steelhead on the skook til the first week of march. Its a pretty late winter run, but im not sure when they first show up.

Danaublatt

11/3/2012 3:05:00 PM

Nice fish! :) thanks for the report

salmonbarry

11/3/2012 4:37:00 PM

thanks! since it's a trib of the Chehalis I wonder if it gets a B run of the late coho? It was a hoot at Hoodsport today but no keepers~

king killer

11/3/2012 9:15:00 PM

Wow Great fish and great report ! I was there today and went 1 for 4 with a spawned out Fire truck. That buck you got looks very bright for the skookumchuck. Should be great in the smoker.

Brat Bonker

11/3/2012 9:28:00 PM

yeah I was there today too went 2 for 5 with a nice fat 13lb hen that had a little color, did not see any schools but they were coming up through the rapids one by one for a little bit then stopped. B run comes in december along with the first little push of steelhead. Good amount of fish just most are dark unless you know where the chromers are hiding at.

slayerofsteel

11/4/2012 10:46:00 AM

the b run around christmas time holds alot of chromers. i start my steelhead tactics the week of christmas and every year it produces fish. the water wont really fluctuate until the lake fills up behind the dam. once water comes over the spillway the lower river will come up. until then the only controlling factor is how fast bloody run creek is moving. and remember the usgs station is at the trolley car.....below the creek. also, the march is a late start. jan 1st. 4 solid months of steelhead.

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