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Skookumchuck River Fishing Reports

Skookumchuck River
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 3/30/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ventured down to the Skookumchuck today with my buddy Joe in hopes of hooking up some steelhead. Fishing was very flat. Guess that's to be expected after the heavy rain the past couple of days. The ri...
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Skookumchuck River
By: Fish-Freak23
Posted: 3/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Second time in as many weeks, got off work early and headed to the Skook. It was rainy today and the water was running at about 365 cfs, maybe a lil more. Fished below the corner hole and there were...
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Skookumchuck River
By: schu7498
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another day at the Skookumchuck! Arrived after noon to a bunch of empty handed fisherman leaving and mumbling goodluck. Talked to a guy who said no one touched a fish that morning. My bf and I rigged ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: natetreat
Posted: 3/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Skookumchuck for the afternoon bite today. Started at 2pm and fished until dark. We wandered a bit in the lonely fields before heading up top to play with the rest boys. Saw fish ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: Fish-Freak23
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took off from work 1.5 hours early and said "why not?!" I haven't been fishing in about 2.5 months and the "itch" was getting to where I needed to scratch it. Got to the Skook right around 4:10 pm. ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: schu7498
Posted: 3/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The skookumchuck was dropping into shape so we wanted to fish it, but so did numerous other guys. below the dam was packed! We saw many guys walking out with their limits when we arrived. Found a spot...
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Skookumchuck River
By: natetreat
Posted: 3/17/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day on the Skookumchuck today. Looked at the gauge in the morning and saw it was about to flood, went back to bed. Woke up later and saw that it was dropping, and decided to go for the afte...
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Skookumchuck River
By: schu7498
Posted: 3/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I went back to the Skookumchuck to try my luck again. It was really wet and windy. We started out below the hatchery, saw one guy walk out with a fish. The only other person fishing gave up and left. ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: schu7498
Posted: 3/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
FINALLY!!!! Caught my first steelhead! Its only taken me a few years to do it! My bf and I took a spur of the moment fishing trip down to the skookumchuck today. The river looked great, and it remi...
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Skookumchuck River
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 3/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the next morning at the Skook also and did well. Caught another pig and limited easy and got a native and did well. JIgs and Eggs near the hatchery nothin to it. VERY VERY VERY VERY CROWDED hun...
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Skookumchuck River
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 3/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Skookumchuck the other night for glowballing to see if this would work. It worked pretty dang well. We caught a limit and released some. Kept 3 chromers and a 17 pound Dark Buck. Plunkin with ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I arrived at the Dam late yesterday morning. They're were a butt load of cars, at least 20... for a thursday? We started below the salmon hatchery and I hooked one right out of the gate b...
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Skookumchuck River
By: ingi
Posted: 3/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished again on the skookumchuck, there were lots of fish in the system, they were rolling all over the place but they were not biting like on thursday or saturday. I caught 1 and lost 2 by noon(I arr...
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Skookumchuck River
By: ingi
Posted: 3/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished on the skookumchuck again on saturday, the fishing was nothing near as hot as it was on thursday but there were still a bunch of fish to be caught, I lost 5 fish before I finally landed my firs...
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Skookumchuck River
By: ingi
Posted: 3/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took my first fishing trip to the skookumchuck last thursday with some advice from natetreat. The fishing was the hottest steelhead action I have seen other than fishing on the grande ronde. I caught ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: 1goingfishin
Posted: 2/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river at about 7 AM. I was only fishing for about 20 minutes when I hit my first fish. It was about a 8 lb buck. I kept it just because I havent brought many home lately. 5 more casts hit...
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Skookumchuck River
By: natetreat
Posted: 2/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well this saturday we had an adventure. I fished the Skookumchuck with Britannia and Miguel, two newcomers to the river fishing scene. The river was high and colored, with about two feet of visibility...
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Skookumchuck River
By: procaster
Posted: 2/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
There is a fishing show called "seasons on the fly". A couple episodes ago a lady on there said "the tug is the drug". After a few trips getting skunded, I have been goin through some major withdra...
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Skookumchuck River
By: Ghanilorn666
Posted: 2/11/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished The Skook from 3pm till 6pm, Didnt catch anything. However i did see a couple half dead salmon haha. Mainly used Pink corky and orange yarn but didnt have any luck. Lots of cars on the side of ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: bkawafishin
Posted: 2/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I caught some online reports saying the skook was hot, while others were giving contradictory reports(I'm sure a lot of you guys saw them too). Since I had some time on my hands today, I decided to...
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Skookumchuck River
By: bkawafishin
Posted: 1/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take a trip out to the Skook for the first time. I drove up to the stretch past Tenino and fished along the banks from Sunrise until about noon. Weather was cold and clear, and the river ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: Mikeel1987
Posted: 1/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the squally from about 8 till 1230 with 2 of my buddies and no luck didnt see a fish jump or caught cept for seal that got lucky. Tried at the mounds rd bridge and river bend campground same a...
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Skookumchuck River
By: Mikeel1987
Posted: 2/5/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/5/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Went to the skook tooday and before daylight even hit I got kicked out of my hole by 4 guys when the hole is only big enough for 2. i bet that was a mess. anyways hit a couple of other spots and no ...
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Skookumchuck River
By: slaymaker3
Posted: 2/5/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Great day! Second cast on the purple bluefox brought in a nice ten pound hen.
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Skookumchuck River
By: Mikeel1987
Posted: 2/2/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
good day at the skook today went 6 for 6 in 3 hours time. Recycled fish below shaefer park but still fun and in good shape. black jig with a tad of red seemed best tiped with a piece of shrimp. bes...
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