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Skagit River Fishing Reports

Posted: 6/14/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Two friends and I decided to get out and fish the Skagit for the Sockeye opener today. In short, we got skunked. Read on if you want more detail. We spent the morning plunking in the stretch just d...
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Posted: 1/19/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
fished for dollies today on the skagit since steelhead are slow. got one bite on big silver rapala and landed one small one on a dick night that was quickly released. good day on upper sakgit. Trying ...
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By: trixy408
Posted: 1/16/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing nota no fish. all the guys on boats look pist and there where no other bank anglers. the water was great moving a little fast but super clear and a great day but ya only saw one jump week day....
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Posted: 12/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, although November was a rough one to start the steelhead season, we are finally seeing our first decent pushes of local hatchery steelhead. I am hoping it just gets better from here on out. Ive ...
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By: Norm
Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well had some time to kill this morning and figured it would be a good time to call a couple buddies and go down to the river to have a fire, drink some cold ones and do some plunkin. Ended up to be a...
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By: Norm
Posted: 11/6/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It feels good to be back on the river. The wife said I fish too much so I have been trying to keep her happy. She has been complaining about the eggs just sitting in the fridge for the last month so I...
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Posted: 11/5/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty slow day on the lower skagit yesterday. Fished mostly in Burlington. Got the only fish of the day about 15 minutes after I got there, but it was a chromer! Nice to see some fresh, bright fish ...
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Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty good day an the skagit around lymon twitching pink and purple jig had one silver on broken off because I had too light of line then started jumping right in front of me that was a full pink jig...
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By: rfnbry
Posted: 11/1/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Never fished the Spud Bar so thought I would give it a try. Got down there around 0650. Set up by 0725. Line in the water by 0735. First silver puling down the line and jumping at 0745. Didn't reel in...
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Posted: 10/30/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had the opportunity to get out on a river boat for the first time ever today with a couple friends from work. Launched at the steelhead park in rockport and fished down river from there. It was a pr...
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By: xDarrenx
Posted: 10/26/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning hoping to get me some coho's, but had no luck. I was out there for 2 1/2 hours. Saw very little caught, but a ton of boats were out there. Hopefully the fishing gets better these...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/26/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well it looks like its slim pickings on the lower river until we get some rain. Yesterday we trolled around in Mount Vernon and got fellow WAlaker Kaveman into his first river silver. Today a buddy an...
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By: kaveman
Posted: 10/25/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Caught my first ever river Silver. That's why a 4. Thanks Norm for getting me into this fish. I've enjoyed and appreciated fishing with you this season.
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/23/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my dad out again today with hopes of getting him into some more fish. Made 4 passes and did not touch a fish so im thinking its going to be another slow day. I decided to switch up and try a flat...
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By: rseas
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Yea, two weekends in a row! Well sort of anyway, we were able to get out for an hour or so. We launched at Gardner on the Skagit in Burlington and set up for an uphill troll just upstream of the RR B...
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By: rappuhd
Posted: 10/21/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skagit both Saturday and Sunday. First time every fishing this river so was not real sure where to start. Decided to troll brad's plugs and just watch the finder looking for some productive...
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By: aladennis
Posted: 10/21/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Cast and drifted an old orange guppy (kinda like a flatfish} 2 poles had 9 strikes and we boated 4 . had a single siwash hook on the guppy that the fish had a hard time sticking to. next 3 days fishe...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Slept in this morning and had to wait for my dad to get out of church. My buddy went out this morning with another guy and he was keeping me updated on how the fishing was going. The updates were not ...
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Posted: 10/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Drove 125 miles to fish the Skagit thinking it would be a sure bet. Nope. It's as dead as the dang Puyallup. Nobody was catching anything on the big sand bar. We were using 50/50 Dicknites, and th...
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By: burlee
Posted: 10/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up early, planning to go fishing, but I was very tired, and it was dark and foggy. To heck with it, I'm going back to bed. Get up an hour or so later, have some breakfast and coffee with my sweet...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Good day today after yesterdays tough day. My buddy and I went up to the hole I pulled one out of yesterday and started trolling. 4 passes and 4 wild fish. the biggest was pushing 15lbs. Today the gre...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/18/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Made it out again this morning with a buddy and we expected easy limits after my luck yesterday. Today was tough tho. Spend many hours trolling my usual spots but there just were not any fish. Moved d...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/17/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well I took a couple days off from fishing to rest up and keep the wife happy. Back at it today with a late start so I could sleep in. Went up to my troll and made three passes and kept two wild fish ...
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Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
No luck today=[ Decided to try the lower river and try a new technique I have not tried yet...plunking! Was plunking some eggs I got a week ago cured with pautskies fire cure but no takers. Only fi...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day on the lower river. A buddy and his girlfriend wanted to tag allong this morning to get thier first silvers of the season before heading to work. Ended up getting 5 trolling plugs. An...
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