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Skagit River Fishing Reports

Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the skagit around Mt Vernon, Drifted from Gardener Launch down to Mt Vernon. This report is for 2 different days, mixed into one. Drifted/slow reeled pink dick nites, the middle size and hoo...
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By: Jimbo
Posted: 8/8/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
All this noise about fish in the Skagit pulled me there after work. Hook in the water about 1:00. Launched at Conway South fork, talked to some guys pulling out. There rig was busted into and every t...
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By: colin
Posted: 8/3/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Good times like usual out on our property in pink seasons. Fished Aug 1st and Aug 2nd. Limits both days. Have photos but I can't upload from my phone. I'll e-mail to my pc then re-post my pics.
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By: Jimbo
Posted: 10/31/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A good buddy of mine and I made our annual fishing trip to the upper Skagit area. First stop was the Cascade. I've been following the reports and knowing the river isn't like it was back in the day we...
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By: themick
Posted: 10/26/2010
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started at the Cascade for Silvers bright and early. Second cast, bobber down looked to be about a 12lb buck that I ended up breaking off. Fished all day with my buddy and he ended up landing 4 silv...
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By: Jimbo
Posted: 10/19/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I finnaly got my @$$ out fishing. This year has been a killer for me but now it's my time. Paid off the sled yesterday and called a buddy. Let's hit the South Fork of the Skagit, so today we met @ the...
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By: brutus234
Posted: 10/6/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After monday's success I decided to hit up the south fork last night and this morning. I went last night at high tide and trolled the same stuff that had got the one on monday but, only managed to...
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By: brutus234
Posted: 10/4/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out the 2nd,3rd, and 4th with varying success. On saturday I trolled the south fork in the late morning and evening for a couple of hours with no success even though they were jumping everywher...
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By: rseas
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at North Faber’s Landing today (between Concrete and Rockport) and fished the upper Skagit. Running a prop as far upstream and downstream as possible we fished every little eddy, backwater...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/3/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I am rating this a 5 because I finally was able to land a coho today after loosing a couple earlier in the season. I decided to go out and try my luck at fishing this afternoon after being fed up wit...
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By: dalecyr
Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on the Skagit, below Rockport, above Concrete. Tried everything: fast water, slow water, flys, lures (pink, green, silver, gold), deep water, shallow water, on the bottom, in the middle...
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By: burlee
Posted: 9/30/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day fishing the Skagit putting in at Rockport and twitchin jigs with some help from Nick Petosa. The early bite was definately the best, with 5 hookups and 3 in the boat by 8:30. All 3 coh...
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By: HACKEY
Posted: 9/30/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
fished skagit river today.had a nice day in the sun...no strikes at all. were at the forks .i've been fishing there for many years.i have never seen so many tribal nets crossing the river.also the riv...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/26/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
OK, where do I turn in my fishing license and Fisherman in Good Standings card? Friend Zack and I fished the lower Skagit yesterday. We launched at Mount Vernon, ran down to the mouth of the North For...
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Posted: 9/19/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
From 9/16 (little late) Thurs. was on the lower skagit, overcast with light rain. River was running pretty normal (8500cfm) , down from 10500cfm two days before. Water was green, not brown, about 1...
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By: rseas
Posted: 9/11/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday morning I volunteered to help a fellow WL member with his FF. He has the same basic unit I have and his wouldn’t draw arches so I agreed to help him out. We launched my boat on the Skagit in ...
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By: brutus234
Posted: 9/6/2010
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the river Saturday, Sunday, and Monday for a total of about 18 hour. Got one pull down Saturday and nothing after that but, my buddy next to me got one a little after he moved down to where I was ...
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By: Norm
Posted: 9/5/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the skagit early this morning in the mount vernon area. started drifting the boat and casting a green spoon. about 20min later I got a silver on and it was doing flips like crazy and ended up spit...
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By: rseas
Posted: 9/1/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
With the Stilly being the color of new born baby poop and in an attempt to save my afternoons fishing opportunity I ended up fishing the lower Skagit. Although the fish were less than cooperative it ...
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By: rseas
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I spent some time on the Skagit Saturday morning. I launched at Gardener and fished a variety of spots more as an exploratory trip than anything. Exploratory yes, but I did have a plan, my plan was to...
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By: joekacker
Posted: 7/2/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to the skagit just outside of hamilton early had the lines in at 5. no action,. At about 7 a pod of fish came through. only they werent steelhead. We hooked 2 sockeye. on spin n glow and sh...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/26/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Recent high water has slowed the bull trout fishing a bit, as the pink salmon smolt were swept downstream. Smaller baitfish patterns have been replaced with standard steelhead patterns. Larger black...
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Posted: 9/14/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up after work. Like most, saw a bunch of fish but had a tough time getting them to bite. After an hour, they changed their mind and started getting active. We finished with 5 caught and tons of...
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By: skeptile
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Pinks on the Skagit in Mount Vernon seem to like the florescent orange spin and glow with reflective wings. Use a sliding weight set up with a 18-24" length of line on it. Hook up a 24-36" leader wit...
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By: fishermom
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing again at the same spot on the Skagit. Showed up at 7:30AM and the place was full. Got lots of bites, some snags, but no fish. My neighbor landed a nice size humpy. Also he hooked 2 that got aw...
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