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Samish River Fishing Reports

Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 1
This is a combined report from yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday, 10/5). Yesterday was good but not as good as Friday - lots of fish being caught but definitely a notch lower than Friday. Toda...
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Samish River
By: irishfisher420
Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 2
What a great time today out on the samish, lots of people but tons of fish. Hooked into about eight fish all mouth hooked and landed a nice bright 18 pound king,while my buddy landed an even brighter ...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Another crazy good day on the river. Ran into a few friends I only see during fishing season. I didn't have any luck w/the glow scampi - fished from an hour before to an hour after with little luck....
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of kings still coming in. Saw several times when there was 3-4 online at the same time. I hooked 2 in the first 3 casts (morning bite). LOTS of snaggers! The 'Bratva' was there in number...
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Samish River
By: rfnbry
Posted: 9/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Here is the picture from my other report. Some reason it did not upload.
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Samish River
By: rfnbry
Posted: 9/4/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Ok, so just let me start off by saying that I moved up here from Fort Hood, TX back in Jan 2013. Since that time I have tried all that Mother North West has to offer in the fishing industry. I mean fi...
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Samish River
By: litch25
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
drove up to the Samish River very early this morning but the wind was so strong that we didnt stay. we fished from 630 to 930 and saw several jumping around us but didnt get anything on our set ups. w...
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Samish River
By: woady
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well the Samish river is in Whatcom county, not Skagit per the report form mods! Spent the entire day on the river, wading from I-5 all the way to the big farm building. The fish have left the buil...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/21/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Another tough day on the river. Not many fins coming through but a few caught. I had only 1 bite on roe. Fished a jig and caught the sunken boat. :( Keith was the king of the river today with a...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Tough day on the river. Only saw 2 fish caught. The locals were saying they hadn't seen it that slow since early August. My feeling is the fish can feel the pressure change and once the rain starts...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Wasn't as hot as yesterday but another good day fishing. I floated roe. Foul hooked a flounder and then hooked a big king, but it spit the hook. My buddy landed a nice 16 lb hen. Biggest of the da...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/18/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Another great day on the Samish with over 100 fish caught during the tide. I got started pretty late so I ended up being grateful w/a small 5 lb jack king. Bigger than most of my humpies and far nic...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 1
What a totally amazing day! It was a slow start due to the rain, but man did they start hammering around 10am! Saw some HUGE ones pulled in. I caught a nice jack and super bright coho - my buddy ca...
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Samish River
By: mizm05
Posted: 9/14/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Samish for the first time today. Worked my way up and down river around the train tracks and the I-5 bridge. First cast at 6am, and fished until 11am...couldn't get a bite to save my life. ...
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Samish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/9/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the incoming tide this morning and packed out one 13lber, was the only hook up but the fish were coming in for sure!
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Samish River
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...
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Samish River
By: woady
Posted: 9/3/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Ugh. Fished the mouth of the Samish for 6 hours. What a crapfest. People, here's what you can look forward to if fishing the Samish mouth: Paying $5/20 to access Horrible mud Groups of grown men ...
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Samish River
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few clients who wanted to nail their first kings this week, so made 2 trips to the samish. WOW there are a lot of fish around, getting chrome is a different story. I saw chromers in the river, b...
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Samish River
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/30/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Did an evening fish on the samish with 3 clients today, it was a hoot! we were catching something different every bobber down! one time it would be a jack, next a chrome wild coho, next a dark adult ...
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Samish River
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/26/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After a week of coho fishing, finally got back out on the samish with 2 clients today on the upper river. MAN theres a lot of fish stacking up now! problem is, a lot of them are turning very dark, and...
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Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/26/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Kings were plentiful today and some silvers were starting to get caught too. This Asian family I see every day I'm there was just SLAYING it today! 2-3 on the line at a time. They walked out w/a d...
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Samish River
By: c_saeteurn
Posted: 9/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
just my luck. got down to the river at around 0430 and it was packed tides were great. lots of fish. managed to hook one but being skunked all year, i horsed it in. well, it made a few jumps, it was s...
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Samish River
By: schu7498
Posted: 9/21/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
On our way back home we stopped by the mouth of the samish to use up the last of our eggs. Lots of kings milling around. saw dark and bright ones jump and roll. Despite all the fish and people no one ...
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Samish River
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/15/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
upper samish has been getting slower and slower each day without rain. my buddy saw 100 fish hooked at mouth today, its stacked at mouth, but they arent moving because its SO low with no rain, hmm, n...
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Samish River
By: tallt187
Posted: 9/14/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had to go to Bham for work so I stopped by the Samish on the way home. It was high tide and only fished from 4:30 to 6:00. Fished at the bridge closes to the mouth. Lots jumping and even getting ...
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