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Skykomish River Fishing Reports

By: alex s13
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
went to the skykomish with lots of hope after being dissapointed fishing in the columbia last week. started at about 10am out fishing just before the sultan bridge and not a fish in sight. so we went ...
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By: Hank
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Cracker bar to test out the fly rod. Wasn't expecting any fish and didn't get any, but the Echo Ion with my Lamson #3 did not disappoint.
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Posted: 9/1/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
launched at the sultan river at first light today with the drift boat and there was fish jumping everywere!! kings, silvers, and a ton of jack chinook. there was already people near the mouth of ...
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Posted: 9/1/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So i got to the ranch hole in sultan by 630am and was done by 730am..Went 3-5 on a spinner, all girls. I usually use gold or silver spinners but these Ho's luv the green =)
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By: Cozmo4196
Posted: 8/30/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I was in the Monroe area, have have been scouting the Skykomish for a few weeks now and finally decided to give it a try. Fished under the Sultan bridge for about an hour floating a pink 1/8 oz jig un...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 8/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well Lady and I had a few hours to ourselves and headed up to the Upper Skykomish, and I'm glad we did. Just when you thought the river couldn't get any lower it does, but it still has fish. We wa...
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By: Guzdaman
Posted: 8/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Saw 4 of them hanging out below the railroad bridge at the Gold Bar big eddie access. Threw everything I had at them (Eggs, sand shrimp, trout beads, yarn flies, and a vibrax) couldnt get them to bite...
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By: NimmunDay
Posted: 8/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried drifting a jig and shrimp under a dink float, to no avail. Then i tried a 3/8 oz Chartruse jig, no float. I got a follow from foot long whitefish. Casted about 25 more times and a 10lb or so kin...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, we did okay today. A quick afternoon trip turned out alright, we got one fish into shore. Just when you thought the river couldn't drop anymore it went down another foot. Using six pound test le...
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By: NimmunDay
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day today, even though i didnt catch any fish. Arived at the Sultan river mouth at about 6:30. Didnt get much action on pink corkies and yarn. So my dad tried a silver Krocodile spoon with...
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By: Sthao92
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the skykomish today not expecting to catch much but boy did i catch a surprise. Started out with a float and bait and caught a few smaller trout and even got a jack king, i let them all go...
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Posted: 8/16/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hi the Sky this morning for the last day of Chinook season with my son. It was foggy but the bit did'nt really happen until it burned off and my son got his King to end the season on the sky. It was...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/16/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Made one last effort at getting a king today. started with bobber &shrimp, then switched to a #4 copper vibrax and was surprised to get a 7" cutt. I think I'll just lay off the rivers until the rain c...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I've got good news and bad news. We have been finding fish in the Sky, but it's been tought to find willing takers. The Chinook run is cooling off, and the steelhead are spread out. With the riv...
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By: Sthao92
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the skykomish today in sultan to try to get a king but didn't happen and only got a couple small trout on sandshrimp. Definately was a nice day and with that came a lot of rafters. I don't mi...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, we've been having a good few days on the Skykomish. With the water low, we've been dropping down on our gear and it's been paying off. We put in our time and have found a nice amnount of fish. ...
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By: chrome127
Posted: 8/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Released one lost one, then lost my lure near Cable Hole. Decided to head to the mouth of the Wallce for Kings. When I got there. There were two cars with the windows busted. Blanking aholes.
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Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Sultan at about 5:30am. Just enough light to see a number of Kings rolling right out front. There were a few other driftboats and one sled (guide) that launched. From what I could see, all...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Please Read this & Beware of Thieves! This is not exactly a 5 fishing day! But a 5 to make all fishermen aware of the thief at Reiter pond are back. 8/5/12 between 6:30 - 7:00 PM, about 3 or 4 theif d...
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By: NimmunDay
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished just upstream of the Sultan mouth. Tried drifting corkies n' yarn n' sand shrimp, no luck. Then tried a pink jig tipped with a pink trout worm, no luck. Then i smothered my hands in anchovy sme...
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Posted: 8/2/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't posted in a while because it seems I'm always working. Or fishing. Not much face time with the computer anyway. The river has been tough the last 2 weeks. Not a single king yet this year. I've...
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By: fishbiker
Posted: 7/30/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the sky today, got there around 5:45 was pretty slow, landed one chinook around 9, was a wild so back she went. tryed alot of different taclke. saw a few good rollers but all n all was pretty slow...
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By: spoonman
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my drift boat at the big eddy for the first time on Friday. Made through that first corner no prob but the next set of rapids is tricky and I ended up getting Hung up and almost flipped her o...
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By: bbd
Posted: 7/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
i fished from about 3 till dark various spots on the river from reiter down to the sultan tried different methods plunking, corkie, float, slow day didnt see any other fish caught than mine untill jus...
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Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the Sky Friday and Thursday looking for Chrome. Fishing was slow, but I happned to find them both. I was able to go 1 for 2, both days. There is lots of people fishing the Sky but very little...
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