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Opening weekend pics

Post by RiverChromeGS » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:49 pm

Well after the first few hours of saturday, it was obvious that the river was too low and the springers simply had not come up in any numbers yet. However we fished a long hard weekend and ended up landing a bunch of steelhead, downriver winter runs and fresh summers mixed, all native fish, and big, actually the only fish under 10 lbs i saw all weekend was the king lol! We did get a king sunday and lost one saturday, but they just arent in the skagit yet, nobody had kings in any numbers. Anyway, if ya wanna catch some wild steelhead on the mighty skagit, ive found um!
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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by RiverChromeGS » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:50 pm

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by wolff » Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:45 pm

Nice, Danny!!! Beautiful steel. They look so fresh, just out of the salt! I guess catching natives is a good thing. Means they are not extinct in the Skagit. I really should have put more time in on Whibey beaches for those guys.
Saw Nick caught a real chunky king on his facebook page.

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by DannyL » Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:59 pm

Freak you and me need to get out soon!
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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by natetreat » Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:36 am

Seems like you're occupying the Skagit right now for those nates. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to fish for them when the winters are chrome? 10 nates in a day rivals the OP in productivity. Good on you!

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:17 am

with all these winter run nates it seems like the run is improving, maybe one day we can fish for them again.

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by jd39 » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:36 am

Nice steel Danny!

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by RiverChromeGS » Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:12 pm

Brat Bonker wrote:with all these winter run nates it seems like the run is improving, maybe one day we can fish for them again.
As much as i wish we could fish them in april one day, i highly doubt itll ever happen
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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:24 pm

I sense we will be in the near future, last winter there was a estimated 4000-5000 returning and I think the escapement goal isn't much more, runs appear to be getting better as well through the past few years so just maybe [-o< did some scouting this weekend and checked out the fortson hole on the stilly and not much going on there, about 5 fly guys with nothing.

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Post by RiverChromeGS » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:45 pm

Ahhhh finally a quality springer! Backtrolling diver and egg, he choked it! Dont touch that rod till lines peeling off!!!
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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by Steelheadin360 » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:07 pm

I love those bait diver take downs :) And what a quality fish! see you up there saturday?

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by Brat Bonker » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:57 pm

Great week to go, cascade is at 2000 Cfs and Skagit is at 8000. Better leave some for me in a couple of weeks

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Post by Bodofish » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:58 am

Wow and with only two posts? I guess your alias says it all... Round two perhaps?
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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by jd39 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:06 pm

Sounds like a rereg of the person who attacked Nate on the other thread. I think he just doesn't like guides.....and believes he walks on water himself....

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Post by Steelheadin360 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:48 pm

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Post by RiverChromeGS » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:02 pm

What kind of lowlife joins a website to make a comment like that anyway.
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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by jd39 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:29 pm

No site is safe from trolls looking to rile somebody up. I find them amusing myself but understand why this site doesn't.

Anyhow beautiful springer man! Hope to go chase them around with ya sometime soon.

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by schu7498 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:48 pm

Mmm nice spring!

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Re: Opening weekend pics

Post by DannyL » Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:23 am

Nice fish Danny! Headed up to cascade now.
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Post by Mike Carey » Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:53 am

fishenfreak wrote:What kind of lowlife joins a website to make a comment like that anyway.
someone that desperately needs to get a life.
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