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Skagit River Fishing Reports

By: rfnbry
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I knew I had to get to the hole early before many people showed up, but I got there at 0515 and there were already 10 pole rods in the dirt. Really everyone?? I dont blame you though. I set mine up on...
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Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went and fished the Skagit looking for some Coho. Being a lazy fisherman, I always head to the same spot whether the fishing will be good there or not because I can walk to it. That being said, I we...
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Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got up before the crack of dawn and drove out to our spot, The Rusty Hole, on the Skagit to do some plunking for Cohos. After a marvelous season of Pinks, our confidence was high. Got on the river and...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/12/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well the coho fishing is still good on the lower skagit. Boated 13 silvers this week. Mid week was a little slow on the couple days I got out with the nets being in. But today picked back up and manag...
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Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Newsflash… Twitching Jigs work for Coho. Fished the lower Skagit the last couple days. Fishing slow water backwaters etc., and had limited success with eggs spiinners spoons. But twitching Jigs, Fish ...
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Posted: 10/8/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tons of Skagit Coho still moving through the system. All the rain is making things great on the drop, but keeping us off the river every once and a while. The hatchery fish bound for the cascade are s...
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Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished above rockport today and it paid off! I got there with one of my buddies around 12 ish and had my limit of coho before 2. Caught many pinks as well, but all were very.......very gross. My fr...
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By: LastCast
Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fish sunday on the upper Skagit and Cascade rivers with Danny from riverchromeguide services. First of all I gotta give props to Danny for the excellent services he has provided for the two trips we h...
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By: litch25
Posted: 10/6/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Played the Skagit yesterday. spent the first pat of the morning playing with spoons right off the bridge in Sedro-Wooley but after an hour and a half of no luck we decided to leave and go down Penn rd...
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By: primetime
Posted: 10/5/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river. Started out a little slow but we found a nice slot and hammered on some coho. I caught 3 hens and 1 buck and lost 4 others. One was a big coho. Already stalking up eggs for win...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/5/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It feels great to be able to fish the skagit again and today did not dissapoint. Launched in Mount Vernon and decided to try something that I have never done before, troll plugs. My buddy and I each g...
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Posted: 10/4/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, finally able to get back on the skagit. The heavy rain last weekend has kept it unfishable for a week, but it was finally dropped enough to try today. Last week I was stuck on the cascade, and ...
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By: fish_guru
Posted: 9/28/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Let me start by saying it was a great fishing day on the bank of the Skagit, right around were the water splits before it goes into the sound from about 7am to 12pm. This was my first time "ever" fish...
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Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Epic as always. 40+ coho yesterday, 50+ coho today. Lower skagit in sedro, fish jumping everywhere, lots of coho. Hardware, been using KND custom tackle sprocket spinners. Fish every cast in a few slo...
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By: Tom H
Posted: 9/12/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
GREAT DAY ON THE WATER. WADING NEAR CONCRETE AND HOOKED 17 PINKS AND LANDED ONLY 7. PRETTY SURE I HAD MY DRAG SET TOO TIGHT. HAD 2 MALES THAT WERE ABOUT 7LBS AND IN GREAT SHAPE. RETURNED ALL TO THE R...
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By: Tom H
Posted: 9/12/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
HIT THE RIVER ABOUT 8 AM AND HAD A NICE HEN ON ON MY SECOND CAST. FISHED 3 HOURS CAUGHT 4 TOTAL 3 HENS AROUND 4 LBS AND ONE MALE IN GREAT SHAPE THAT WAS ABOUT 6. ALSO CAUGHT A 4LB RAINBOW AND A 4LB BR...
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Posted: 9/10/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, fishing on the upper Skagit has been nothing short of amazing. I've been trying to stay away from the Samish as much as possible, and the Skagit has been a blast. We have been hammering 50 to 1...
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By: EFHutton
Posted: 9/7/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Managed to talk my 16 year old daughter into getting up at the crack of "going to bed" and headed up to the Skagit for some Humpy fishing. She was all for it as she really wants to catch one. Got to t...
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By: Tom H
Posted: 9/3/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 1
HIT THE RIVER ABOUT 9 AM. CAUGHT 2 NICE PINKS ON SPOONS WITHIN 1/2 HR THEN IT STARTED POURING RAIN SO I QUIT. WADING UP NEAR CONCRETE AND SAW LOTS OF FISH AND THE ONES I GOT WERE STILL NICE AND BRITE....
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By: mud shark
Posted: 9/2/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
EPIC DAY TODAY.....got to the river at daylight had 2 fish to the bank within the fist 15 min of fishing the wife and kids were going to meet me up at 10am so i started to release all fish caught i...
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By: Harj13
Posted: 9/2/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a late start this morning on the Skagit, got there around 10:00, off the South Skagit Hwy. Wasn't having any luck with spoons, so switched to drift fishing. I saw fish swimming past about 15 feet ...
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Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Fished the lower North Fork "Garbage Hole" above the bridge on Fir Island. It was an outgoing tide which didn't make much difference as the pinks are everywhere. The location requires a Discovery Pass...
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By: Jimbo
Posted: 8/29/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What an end to this weeks fishing for us. Ran up the South fork about 09:00 in fog here and there. Rounded the fork and headed down the North side. Fish on all over in boat. Come to our spot and there...
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Posted: 8/29/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to Lyman at about 630 and launched at the old ferry. Headed downstream a little ways and anchored up by a current seam. dropped pink jigs behind the boat tipped with a little bit of shrimp. ...
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By: Norm
Posted: 8/29/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finally made it out again, three days off the river and I start to go crazy. My buddy decided since it was pouring this morning that he would forget about fishing. A couple phone calls later I convinc...
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