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Skykomish River Fishing Reports

Skykomish River
By: woody_george
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I booked an 8 hour fishing trip with guide and instructor Nate Treat. We started at the mouth of the Wallace, and got a good take down, but 0 for 1 - poor hook set. Nate says it is all about the set!...
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Skykomish River
By: djw0414
Posted: 7/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My 4th of July week was filling in so I decided to hit the Sky this morning while the crowds were light. Arrived at the river around 5 AM after driving through some of the hardest rain I had seen for ...
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Skykomish River
By: schu7498
Posted: 7/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to to Reiter for the evening bite. Tried different colored corkies. Guys around us were hooking up so I thought it was only a matter of time for me. Beautiful evening, and the water looked "fishy...
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Skykomish River
By: blurock
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well we woke up late after a long day on the water yesterday and decided we were too late for Sockeye on the Skagit as planned. So we sat around the house, watched NW Wild Country and ate some breakf...
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Skykomish River
By: natetreat
Posted: 6/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on the water on the Sky and man, was it gorgeous out there. Started in the lower river throwing floats with roe and shrimp tails, and it was slow at first, but once we got the hang of it...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
got to the river and noticed it was moving a little fast ( just over 8000cfs). the color was good.Fished the highway side at reiter.six or seven guys on my side and twelve to fifeteen on the hatchery ...
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Skykomish River
By: djw0414
Posted: 6/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to hit the Sky on Monday because the levels were dropping and I expected lighter crowds than weekend fishing. Arrived at the river around 5:15 with 1 other car in the lot. Perfect. I passed ...
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Skykomish River
By: schu7498
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Reiter in the morning with nothing. Didnt see anyone else with a fish either. Then fished below reiter by the bridge. Then went to the hwy side and fished every nook and cranny. Did see a guy w...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day. Fish caught were in Random areas, be productive if you can cover a lot of water.
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Skykomish River
By: HOOKEDONFISHING
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
River was high water was fast. I through every jig and every color combination of yarn and corky I had. After 6 hours of stop and go rain and couple thousand casts I was telling myself 10 more casts a...
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Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was able to sneak out for a few hours in the afternoon to wet a line. Looking at the graphs, the river was high, but not climbing (at the moment). On the drive out the weather was overcast and the t...
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Skykomish River
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Skykomish today despite the high water and weather report. Had a beautiful morning on the river. Arrived about 7 am. Tried several spots. After doing some walking I found a nice quite hole...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I took advantage of the good weather forecast and hit the river about 8:30 AM with the sled. I quickly caught a foot long cutt, released it and then whitefish. Switching over to float and jig I landed...
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Skykomish River
By: djw0414
Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Gringo Pescador and I decided yesterday would be the day to hit the Skykomish as it was dropping into shape from the recent rains. We were concerned the warm weather would cause the river to rise late...
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Skykomish River
By: NWRH
Posted: 6/20/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got lucky today and landed a nice fish about 8:30am. Saw one other fish landed, but I didnt hang around too much longer after I got my fish. Beautiful morning on the river, good luck out there!!!
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Skykomish River
By: rcthepirate
Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Reiter right when it opened, with high hopes in spite of less than desirable conditions. The river was extremely high, and as a result of the consistent rain throughout most of the morning, it ...
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Skykomish River
By: chengpu
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After taking the whole winter steelhead season off i had to get my steelhead fix in so i hit the Sky for my 1st steelhedd trip of the year. Didnt find anything in the way of steelhead and that seemed ...
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Skykomish River
By: bbordeau
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the river at the crack of...9 am. Fished above and below the Lewis St Bridge. Found some kings halfway to the confluence but no steelies. The Kings were caught side drifting eggs (Ray's Bait in bo...
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Skykomish River
By: highwater
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Unreal... Must have been 50+ cars at the hatchery! Combat fishing in every hole, I didn't see one fish at the hatchery hole, I heard a guy say he saw one caught. Slow fishin, big crowds and tweeker...
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Skykomish River
By: Sthao92
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up late and barely got my cousin to school on time and then dropped my grandma off at the farm but then had to go back home to get all my gear and was fishing by 9:20. Talked to 1 other fisherman...
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Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday was my birthday, so I took today off and met up with another WaLaker on the river at 5:30am. By 6:30 he had a nice bright hatchery hen on the bank. An hour later I hooked a little native...
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Skykomish River
By: luisdabeast206
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had to run some errands in the Woodinville area, so I figured I would stop by the sky. I was debating weather or not I should after looking at the river level online (knew it was high). I figured,...
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Skykomish River
By: rcthepirate
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Reiter right when it opened this morning. The water was super high, but there weren't very many people there so it wasn't shoulder to shoulder. Saw one guy land a pig of a hatchery fish (about ...
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Skykomish River
By: Sthao92
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First had to drop off my cousin at school then drop my grandma off at the farm and then finally headed to the river. started fishing about 9 and there was 1 other guy at the spot I went to and he had ...
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Skykomish River
By: Snoop
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Not much to say. One of the first into reiter (execpt the few cars already in before 6) Floated jigs and drifted corky and yarn. Water was high but clear. Fished for 3 hours and called it a day. Sa...
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