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Skagit River Fishing Reports

By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/27/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I had been excited about this fishery for weeks, and the delay was killing me. The fish counts at Baker Lake were getting pretty decent, so I thought there would be more fish in the river. More than...
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Posted: 11/30/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well my last coastal salmon days have come to an end. Its nice to have some time off, it was a crazy busy fall! Ive been getting out on the Skagit a little bit with some clients who just want to get o...
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By: RedRum
Posted: 11/27/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Swift Creek section of the Skagit. Fought the howling wind and listened to trees come down until the waiting time for casting in between gusts was too long for my patience! Was swinging fli...
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Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I just started to dial in the Coho on the Green and now it's closed. Oh well, can't eat the seed if you want the plant to grow. I decided to drive up to the Upper Skagit. I had read a few promis...
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By: mowerman
Posted: 10/17/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 3
UNREAL just an FYI the wdfw along with tribal authorities have closed the Skagit and the Stilly effective Monday for all salmon. The Skagit river has tons of coho in it and they say there aren't enoug...
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By: mowerman
Posted: 10/15/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2015
Hot Spots: 3
WOW what a great time to go fishing! There are a ton of silvers in the Skagit right now river clarity is really good and the fish are biting. I have been doing really good East of Sedro Woolley fishin...
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Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2015
Hot Spots: 2
We fished the upper Skagit today with River Chrome Guide Service, in Dany’s drift boat, floating from Marblemount to the takeout at Swift Creek. The recent rains had brought the river up – a lot – and...
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By: rseas
Posted: 9/27/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Occupational loose ends tied up so I had a couple hours unaccounted for. I headed upriver to commune with my aquatic friends. I love this time of the year, crisp fall weather, the river is choked with...
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Posted: 9/26/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skagit early morning, up near Lyman/Hamilton hoping for some silvers but it seems like it's still too early. Absolutely no silvers. Lots of tapped-out, tired pinks. Drove down toward and tried...
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Posted: 9/24/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Slow night on the Skagit. Got to the bar by the soccer fields around 6:00 and fished until dusk. Saw one roller the whole time; not one hit. A few other anglers on the beach were also coming up empty,...
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Posted: 9/14/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out early Sunday morning before the hawks game launched the boat and ran up river to our spot anchored up and dropped the gear at daylight fishing was slow to start but then got a double on get t...
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Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! Limited in thirty minutes and even lost three at the boat during that time. Almost every cast was a hook up. Spent more time putting the boat in the water and boating up river than fishing. D...
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By: shambaj
Posted: 9/5/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Started fishing on the Skagit River near Burlington rail Bridge and bamm, fish on. The was to be the last fish of the morning for us. Several folks next to us were catching them, but overall so day f...
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Posted: 9/4/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Been Skunking out hard on this river, partially due to the dirty water.... Last time I fished was in the storm and I saw one fish jump for two hours, caught nothing. Has any been in the Skagit lately...
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Posted: 8/28/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started out launching at Mt. Vernon Park Launch and headed to the forks. Fishing started out slow and I had one hook up, but lost it. We Plunked spoons for about an hour and nothing not even a bite. W...
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By: Jerome716
Posted: 8/25/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another day out on the Skagit. Took the boy and a friend out. Got there around 830am on the MV sandbar. We passed by all the shrimpers on the way to the money hole and saw no fish on the bank. I start...
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Posted: 8/21/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day fishing, no one else was fishing at Lions Park in Mt. Vernon, caught two a buck (the bigger one) and a hen.
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By: Jerome716
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
At it again for the old humpy run fun. This time I decided to get out there at first light so I left the family at home still snoozin. Got out to the sand bar in MV around 5:30am, walked well away...
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By: fishinfun
Posted: 8/15/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Saw no fish jump. Tried FSTs, Dick Nites, Buzz Bombs, and drowning Sand Shrimp. Had one hit on the Sand Shrimp, but couldn't get the slack in as the fish was heading towards me. Water was cloudy. Shou...
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By: Jerome716
Posted: 8/15/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take the family out for a little Humpy fun on the Skagit this morning. Of course with kids it took us a while to get out there on the river but we made it out to the Mount Vernon sand bar j...
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Posted: 8/12/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I tried. Went to the skagit at first light and fished the sand bar at gardner launch. 3 hours and 10 guys near me scratching their heads. Saw 2 fish roll the whole time. No bites. Got a tip...
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Posted: 8/12/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for four hours, saw one really small pink or trout get caught on another boat. We caught nothing. Will be going back up north to the Skagit this Saturday or Sunday, Will keep you posted on how ...
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Posted: 8/12/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The river is still low and slow. Fished six hours just south of mt Vernon, hooked one small one, lost it at the boat. One other boat caught one. No one else caught.
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By: Lingking
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Launched at Blake's Resort on the Northfork. Saw a few fish rolling right away but the we're traveling pretty fast and not interested in my jig. Spent the rest of the day traveling up river and hittin...
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By: Jimbo
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Giving this a 4 because we haven't had a change to get the boat wet all season. Home from camping early we shot for Conway to launch. Just after hight tide so I was hoping there was water to get the s...
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