We were visiting my parents in Skagit county, so I took a short fishing trip to the river. Since the rivers just recently reopened I thought that fishing would be good. Unfortunately the fish weren't very willing and there didn't seem to be a lot of them, though it's always hard for me to locate them since the holes are quite deep.

Anyways, I tried 3 or 4 spots, some of which very quite steep to get to and don't look like a lot of people fish there, but I only saw some whitefish and a bull trout. I had a small whitefish on the line but he fell off at the bank and the bull trout chased my lure several times and bit it once but didn't get hooked. I also saw a pretty big whitefish chase my lure a few times, but he never did bite.

I did find an amazing looking hole that I willl definitely try again. I also got spooked by a beaver who came out of the river right in front of me. That's the second time we've seen beavers on the Skagit.

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