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By: duckpicker
Posted: 7/28/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got this unlucky nat this morning, tried to get a pick as quick as I could so I could send her on her way unharmed.
By: fisherben
Posted: 7/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today I fished the upper Skykomish system in hopes of catching a couple decent sized trout and maybe a dolly. I used a size 2 Mepps spinner, fishing every piece of good holding water I came across. Af...
By: drysuperfly52
Posted: 7/27/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I finally after 9 years of trying and 8.5 hours of baking in the sun today I got my steelhead, not really that big. gutted it weighs 5.8lbs but what a fight with a couple great jumps. i am now hooked ...
By: BootLegger
Posted: 7/22/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have been fishing steelhead for 45 years with better than average success
I'm talking hooking 5 fish on a single trip as no big deal even when no one
else is catching and or hooking anything.
On...
By: wbroekhof
Posted: 7/21/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to go out this morning and brought my daughter along with. she's been seeing the fish I've been bringing home and wanted to join in on the action :). We got to Reiter around 7:30am and went down ...
By: fishbiker
Posted: 7/18/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
had to go to the dentist in lake stevens yesterday, since I moved to kennydale the traffic sucks, so I decided to hit the sky, got to the hatery and walked down found a spot, saw a couple fish hooked,...
By: wbroekhof
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at cable hole at 6am with a float and jig. Slow morning and then around 9am as the sun started coming out over the river the float goes down. Had a great fight with the fish going airb...
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I don't know what I'm doing wrong at this point, haha. I hit the river at 4:25 this morning, worked a half mile stretch in sultan with some decent looking fishy holes. I saw one fish hop out of t...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After being buried in a new job and then taking a month long vacation I am starting to get back into the groove. One thing I needed was to punch my 1st steelhead on my new card.
Got to the river abo...
By: Nylar
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
got to a new spot i was trying on the sky at about 545 fished till about 930 and had quit a few bites, drifting the x-factor eggs with shrimp sent. but alas. i missed every one. or i didn't set the...
By: luisdabeast206
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Reiter in the a.m looking for steelhead. No bites for me, my dad did mange to hook into one and lost it. The river is starting to look very clear and the water is dropping slightly. It was s...
By: fisherben
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I spinner fished the Skykomish for trout, starting at the Wallace River confluence. Great spot, but it's usually pretty crowded. I used a size 2 Mepps and got literally the smallest dolly I've ever se...
By: natetreat
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, this report is for the last few weeks on the Skykomish. We've been having a great time on the river, the weather has been fantastic and it's been an all around great month for salmon and steelhe...
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 7/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the early morning fishing in sultan. I didn't get a single bite bibut saw 5 fish hooked and one landed from shore, and 2 fish caught from boats passing through... Just not my morning!
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By: RichieRich
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fly fished the Sky, hit 1. bad pic
By: wbroekhof
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day off fishing Reiter (Highway Side) at 6:30am at cable hole. Started float fishing and hooked into a hen after about 30 minutes. No acrobatics from her, she stayed down at first then sta...
By: fishbiker
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
late report, decided to go spend the afternoon at the skykomish, there was no body really fishing , saw a number of boats come buy with nothing, Tryed float and bait,jigs, bouncing down the current w...
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Woohoo! I got my first damn steelhead takedown! Fought that bastard for a minute then snap! Busted off my jig!
Dammit! It was huge and chrome too, I was running 12 pound leader, but I guess my d...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by 3 Rivers to look at a couple boats. They had a kids pond set up and BlueRock was volunteering. She is buds with my daughter so the two quickly had a line in the water. My kid takes after...
By: spoonman
Posted: 6/29/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went up river after work to my usual spot. Floated jigs with no luck. So I switched over to my drift rod and started tossing yarnies, a couple casts in and I caught a really pretty little cutthroat. A...
By: RichieRich
Posted: 6/28/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Made it to the Sky with fly rod in hand. First run I fished I found no takers, not even a sniff..... Two hours later I found myself at my goto spot.... Not feeling to optimistic at that point but swin...
By: SilverSlayer
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After a three week dry spell I finally struck steel at Reiter tonight.This bright hen took down my fourth jig change, a purple and pink w florescent pink head. I tried pink, peach, a pink worm, plus ...
By: tylermac
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My brother and I floated the Sultan to Monroe stretch twice with no action. We used eggs and shrimp, side-drifting and under a float, and hit a few sections of river with spinners. We talked to a few ...
By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to the river this morning and with the second cast landed this native. She wasn’t as big as last week’s, but still beautiful and a great fight. This is the same jig that got my other one last ...
By: Kokaholic
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing Reiter at 6am along with the rush of 40 plus people third cast fish on then gone! Crap! Most fish being taken on hatchery side by plunking. When leaving I counted 5 fish on bank betwe...