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North Fork Stillaguamish River Fishing Reports

By: DannyL
Posted: 12/18/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river about 9:30am which is a late start for me. Started throwing plugs in our usual hole, hit a few firetrucks and a dime bright coho. After about 2 hours I moved to another hole. Fishing ...
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Posted: 1/20/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the northfork today looking to catch any trout or possibly steelhead. we started at about 10am. got a couple really nice chrome silvers ranging 4 to 10 lbs. but unfortunately you can't keep salmon...
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By: primetime
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the north fork really hard over the last three weeks. Fishing was tough overall but I managed to scrape out a few. I primarily caught steel bobber dogging eggs but got a few on jigs. Not all ...
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By: bigemann
Posted: 12/28/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2013
Hot Spots: 1
So I have been steelhead fishing since I was 4 and I am 45 now, but have never steelheaded in Washington until today. I got to just up river from C Post road around 1130. Started with a Pink Worm... N...
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Posted: 12/17/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fortson at first light, there was about 3 guys on the hwy side four on the other,decided to avoid the crowds and hike upstream and find some nice holding water,wasn't much to fish but went up a...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/9/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a fun fishery. I had the chance to take some folks up to the North Fork of the Stilly and fling some bugs for summer steel. This was a blast! It's great to get out of the waders and swing so...
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Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/21/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Got to float the Stilli with Gringo Pescador and Nate Treat, which is always a fun day. Our pontoon convoy trips are always a good time. Started the morning looking for the put in. Can you say "rou...
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Posted: 1/8/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
well went out again to my normal spot but with the river up another foot my area was unfishable dew to the fast current but i tried anyway after a hour i went up to the forston hole and 3rd cast bam b...
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Posted: 1/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/7/2013
Hot Spots: 1
well today was a ok day i arrived at about 7am and waited till around 730ish to head down to the river on my 3rd cast bam bobber down huge 12 plus pound bright steelhead jumped like 3 times and fough...
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By: schu7498
Posted: 1/6/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Stilliguamish for the first time, this evening a couple miles down from fortson. Had my one chance at a nice steelhead on a bobber and a cloudy red bead. I was in the middle of mending my line...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A quick report on the North Fork: There are fish in it. We fished below fortson today, and pulled in a lot of coho, and nailed 3 steelhead in the first 15 minutes. Every cast would have a thousand whi...
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Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
well i have been to the fortson hole quite a bit in the last month and done pretty good but today was non stop catching even though it was not all my target species still was a great day i was actuall...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took the girlfriend on a drive since it was sunny and she returns to school at the end of the week. I have not been to Fortson hole since I was a kid with my grandpa. Threw a jig under a float at a ...
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Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Drove over from Spokane to fish with Danny (owner of River Chrome Guide Service) and was again blessed with a limit of our target fish (steelhead) very early in the day. I cannot say enough about his ...
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By: primetime
Posted: 12/31/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a 5 lb summer run hen. Super slow fishing right now. Water is really low and clear. I caught the only fish of the morning.
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By: primetime
Posted: 12/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day! First steelhead in a very long time. Saw a couple others caught but it wasn't red hot. The water was really low and clear. Floating eggs seem to do the trick.
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Posted: 12/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Did a little night fishing with some Fire cure shrimp and some glow stick floats for steelhead. Got on the river at 6pm and left at 9pm. 2 fish to the bank , 2 that came undone, and 1 that turned on t...
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Posted: 12/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/5/2012
Hot Spots: 1
My fishing buddy and I set out to do a 3 river fishing day ( fish the skagit,cascade, and stilly) and after looking at the water levels decided to hit Fortson on the swede haven side first. The water ...
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Posted: 7/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had one hit. After 3 hours of fishing. Was told by a Few that they got a cpl stealhead. In Afternoon on black stone fly
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well we've spent the last two days on the Stilliguamish fly fishing for steelhead, and man are these fish fun. We've been nymphing attractors with flashabou and orange bunny fur, and swinging smolt pa...
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Posted: 1/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit folstonhole first light just me and my buddy.lost three landed a 6#hen. Then the crowds came around 8. We were there at 6. Heard they did real good at hazel hole and c-post. She was squirting egg'...
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Posted: 1/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Fortson hole around 7:30. The place was a complete zoo. I walked around a little bit trying to find a hole, but there just too many people, and not enough river. Packed up and went downs...
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Posted: 12/31/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished N.Fork Stilly yesterday morning. Weather was bad, and river was blown out so I didn't expect anyone to be out. I actually was debating turning around for a day of video games after seeing how...
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Posted: 12/28/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started off at the Fortsen hole on the mill pond side before first light, light up some glow jigs under a float. Second drift and my buddy hooks up! nice 7 pound hatch fish. daylight came and so did t...
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Posted: 12/5/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My bro and I fished the N.Fork Stilly today. Started around 9am at the Cicero bridge with water temp around 40 degrees. Couldn't hook any fish, so we went up high to Cpost. Fish were surfacing when...
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