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Skagit River Fishing Reports

By: lilswede1
Posted: 8/8/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Caught 3 Pinks, lost 3. 2 on large pink/white Wicked Willie -- 1 on sand shrimp 2 pinks caught in 12 - 14' or water Saw fish rising in 4 - 6' of water and caught last fish there. Fishing still sl...
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Posted: 8/1/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished morning with dad seen some fish jumping caught a couple all in all really good! good morning on the river smaller sized humpys but they are early!! fish on!!
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By: tleeMV
Posted: 7/28/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I were exploring some new spots on the upper skagit (catch & release) and hooked into a couple small dolly's and a white fish. My buddy released a very nice 23" dolly he caught on a fly. H...
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Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Youngs Bar around 4 pm give or take. Just a few minutes into fishing, someone downstream of me landed a nice sockeye and another group below him got one. I had no luck fishing with spin n g...
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Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 5:30am to 11:30am and didn't even have a nibble. Fished between I5 and the railroad bridge. Bummer...
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Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first attempt at Skagit Sockeye. I've been following reports and had an idea what to use. Paired an old eagle claw mooching rod with a penn 209 loaded with 20 lb mono. Tied on a three way...
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By: brown dog
Posted: 7/3/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the first three hours of legal fishing time behind the soccer fields in Burlington this morning. There were 15 anglers on the river. No hits. No fish.
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By: vlamb
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished the Burlington sand bar between I-5 and railroad bridge. Plunking with a pink squid and sand shrimp scent. No luck. Did see about 4 fish caught between 6 and 9 pm. Also fished this...
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Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We fished from 430 am until about 8 am. My buddy and i were both plunking, we only saw a couple caught on the bar. No complaints it was a relaxing and warm morning sitting by the river. COME ON PI...
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By: take down
Posted: 6/28/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at the pipelines in woolley at 7 am using sandshrimp an a wing bobber nothing till about 9 then a takedown missed it about 5 minutes later the second one hit landed a nice buck about f...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
just got back from fishing for Sockeye on the Skagit in Mount Vernon on the bar across from I-5. Arrived at the north lot at 5:10, it was full, so I went to the lower bar. Fished from 5:30 to 10:30....
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By: mowerman
Posted: 6/26/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the river East of Sedro about 630 went down upstream to Bensons bar there were a few boats there. I stopped and talked to a couple guys they didn't have any luck either, so I went down stream to t...
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By: Norm
Posted: 6/22/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2015
Hot Spots: 1
It was good times killin fish again. These fish are amazing! Great fighters and taste so delicious. Dont wait for the good reports, just get out there and kill some fish. And for all the newbs out the...
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Posted: 6/22/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the skagit this morning for a few hrs fished east end of the railroad bar and soccer field bar in 5ft of water using pink and sparkle spin & glow sandshrimp and dipping sauce caught 1 still pretty...
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By: take down
Posted: 6/21/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 8:00 am at the pipe line in woolley fished till noon , no sockeye did not see a fish caught sounds like burlington mt vernon was the place to be. went to the baker traps at about 4 ...
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By: lazy C
Posted: 6/18/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to spend a couple of hours after work on the Skagit, caught this nice hen. red hooks, hoochie , cured shrimp with a red smile blade and bead. Same set up I use at Baker lake with out the flasher....
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By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/16/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below the train bridge in Burlington today from dawn (4:30ish) to 8:30. Used live sand shrimp behind a #6 pink/chartreuse tiger stripe spin-n-glow (with the purple-ish mylar wings), rigged wit...
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Posted: 6/8/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well I was able to run a week or so of Skagit springer trips before I leave for Alaska. Figured id throw up a quick report and outlook for the fall salmon season as well! First off, Skagit springer...
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By: Osprey777
Posted: 11/26/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/19/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Barr Creek between Rockport and Marblemount. Waited weeks for the river to drop to walk the Barr Creek gravel bar. Water was crystal clear. The Chum were there thick, with about a dozen guys doing fl...
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Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another day, another Big Skunk O. This is getting old... Got to fish today with rseas. We launched out of Marblemount and motored down below the mouth of the Cascade to some very fishy holes. Ancho...
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By: jpjames14
Posted: 10/13/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I had the privilege of fishing with Danny from River Chrome Guide Service yesterday with my dad and father in law. I booked this trip early on in the season and had been looking forward to it ever si...
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By: HACKEY
Posted: 10/8/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
the river looks like a starbucks coffee..
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By: Andrew84
Posted: 10/7/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from 1:30pm to about 5:45pm off Burlington sand bar just below railroad bridge. Used Dick Nites until about 4:30, getting nothing the entire time. I shifted over to plunking an orange wing ...
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By: sigmund
Posted: 10/6/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Bank fished the Skagit near Concrete. No bites except a few excited Dolly's. This is my first year trying for river coho, so I'm working to get over the learning curve. Fished the first 4 hours with a...
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Posted: 10/6/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I started out early this morning in burlington. Then from there I went all the way up to rockport and tried a couple spots for a bit before going up to the cascade. Finished my trip by stopping upri...
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