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By: natetreat
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well, we found a break in the pink action to go up and check out the fall chinook action on the old Samish. It was pretty exciting! The fish are there, and in good numbers. Tons and tons of 3 to 4 pou...
By: natetreat
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Wow! Holy craleedo are there a lot of fish. Fish until your arms are sore, and then some more. Over the last few weeks we've been bringing them home and CATCHING. This isn't fishing anymore, it's cat...
By: natetreat
Posted: 8/23/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Had a quick trip planned to dig some bait at Howarth Park, and dug up a bunch of shrimp. I thought I might make a few casts, so I brought my rod along. As I was finishing up, I decided to go for a swi...
By: natetreat
Posted: 8/8/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Holy cow! Fishing has been fantastic! We're catching fish left and right out here. Small and stealthy is the key, I know, I keep saying it, but it's the truth. Stand back and stand low and these summe...
By: natetreat
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/5/2013
Hot Spots: 1
It’s been a great couple of weeks. Warm weather, low water and lots and lots of fish. The Skykomish has been amazing for steelhead. There are a lot of fish in the river right now, and they are aggress...
By: natetreat
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a picnic down my the Snohomish today at Bob Heirman and put out the crawdad traps. We got some monsters! After a bit, put some salmon on a hook and pulled them out one at a time by hand. Made a ni...
By: natetreat
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Wow! We had so much fun on the Skok, the opener was awesome. I look forward to it every year, tons of fish, tons of people! But we have some secret spots, sans-crowds, that we hit up too.
Started d...
By: natetreat
Posted: 8/1/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the opener for the Snohomish came and went, and I didn't expect much, but pre-fished it anyway to see. I personally didn't catch anything, but was pleasantly surprised at the amount of fish that...
By: natetreat
Posted: 7/31/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow. The Skykomish is at my all time favorite stage. Low and clear! And there are TONS of fish in it. The bite has been great, when the sun comes out, that's when you really need to have what it takes...
By: natetreat
Posted: 7/29/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Up at 2 am, on the water before sunrise, rods down when the bite should be good. I thought I'd give Baker a chance to see if I wanted to spend my vacation up there this weekend. Nope. I don't want to....
By: natetreat
Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a fun fishery. I had the chance to take some folks up to the North Fork of the Stilly and fling some bugs for summer steel. This was a blast! It's great to get out of the waders and swing so...
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: natetreat
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Wow! What a week! The sun is out, the snow is melting and bringing in fresh river rockets from the salt. We’ve been fishing the Skykomish hard for steelhead and springers, and it’s been a lot of fun. ...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/29/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well, on my way back from the Cowlitz I stopped by to fish at Log Boom for one of my favorite fish to catch in lakes. That's right, I like to fish for carp. The weather was nice and the fish have move...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I’ve been fishing the Cowlitz from the drift boat and the bank, and the fishing has been better from the bank, believe it or not. Eggs drifted at the barrier dam are the ticket, alongside a crippled h...
By: natetreat
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well we've been fishing the Cowlitz now for a bit. We banked it today though, had some good springer lessons in some 80 degree weather. It's been very good. Today was a lot of fun, fish jumping everyw...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Howdy! Well, I thought if I showed up late then I'd miss the crowds at the launch, but nope! It took longer for everyone to launch than it did to limit out! Wow, it was great seeing everyone out there...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/12/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After the success on the Westport Jetty, we were stoked to hit the Hoh and catch some winter fish before it closes on the 15th. We arrived at the river to camp and it was in perfect shape, having drop...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/12/2013
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well on our way out to the Hoh River we stopped in Westport to hit the Jetty for a couple of hours. For the time we spent there we had great luck! We started out fishing for bait, and in short order h...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Well started out the morning as a kokanee trip to lake stevens, but quickly got blown off the water, so I decided to head over to see if Cassidy would be any less breezy. Upon arrival, the wind had di...
By: natetreat
Posted: 3/30/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Well, today was a fun day. Took the opportunity to head on over to Roesiger to realize just how much I'd forgotten about trout and kokanee fishing! Who would have thought I'd struggle with the fish, w...
By: natetreat
Posted: 3/15/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Quick report from on the road. Fished the Skookumchuck today and caught a mess of brown trout! Well, lots of dark steelhead anyway. Couple of bright ones mixed in, and the crowds aren't bad on the we...
By: natetreat
Posted: 2/25/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We drifted the Pavati from Bob's Bridge to White Bridge. (By the way, there is no bridge at white bridge.) The weather cooperated for the most part, overcast with part rain.
We opted to work our h...
By: natetreat
Posted: 2/20/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After a long drive to White City to pick up my drift boat from Pavati, Steve, my sales rep, and I went on a quick afternoon float to break in the boat. We launched at Touvelle State Park and drifted t...
By: natetreat
Posted: 2/15/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/15/2013
Hot Spots: 3
We fished Tokul for the last day of the season today. Although the day started out slow, once we found the fish, we found the fish, going 5/6 on some feisty, yet a little dark fish. Of course the chro...