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Skykomish River Fishing Reports

Skykomish River
By: chengpu
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tried fishing the Sky for the first time ever. Did a lot of research and decided to hit the area around Reiters (highway side), Big Eddy Park (upstream), and around the mouth of the Sultan River. Not ...
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Skykomish River
By: Matt
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ok so yesterday was just the warmup for todays outing. We hit the water late (tired from yesterday) and were fishing by 9. First pass I am fairly certain we hooked the SAME dolly varden from yester...
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Skykomish River
By: jerome iverson
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished the cracker bar for 2 hours without a bite man it was very crowded on the river today with boats and bank fishermen everywhere we moved down by the douglas bar fished there for 2 hours go...
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Skykomish River
By: natetreat
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning fishing the Wallace Flats. Man it was a bumper to bumper circus out there, everybody and their uncle. The Sky was dropping, the wallace was clear. Caught a bunch of suckers under the...
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Skykomish River
By: Matt
Posted: 6/25/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky today in the dropping water. Water level was around 9500 when we got there, 8400 when we left. Started the day below Lewis St. and saw a few fish moving as well as 1 landed. My buddy...
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Skykomish River
By: natetreat
Posted: 6/21/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The fish are locked up in the hatchery and down river. Worked a lot of river, all day, from sultan to just below reiter. Nothing. Did hook into something under the bridge at the big eddy. Turned i...
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Skykomish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Was allowed a few hours to fish today. Decided to go try the Sky for steel. Have only fished there once and that was years ago. Thought maybe the fishing gods would smile upon me being father's day...
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Skykomish River
By: Matt
Posted: 6/18/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky Friday targeting steel. Launched at Lewis around 11am. Made a run up to just below the Sultan and started drifting. First drift WhAM backed down on a log and busted off the prop........
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Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/17/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got the day off work, so hit the Sky to try for some summer steel. Slow slow slow... Started at about 7am fishing the cable hole and worked my way downstream. I was using float/jig in various colors...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
fished hwy side below reiter. hooked 5 landed 1 wayed 9 pounds. water dropping good. almost broke me ankles on the rocks runnin after my fish. seen over 15 fish caught up and down the river. migh...
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Skykomish River
By: Snoop
Posted: 6/16/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all the drifts of the sky leading down to the mouth of the wallace. Drifted eggs and a corky, used a jig a friend tied, and a 50/50 dick nite. No luck. Saw a nice bright steel caught on a bra...
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Skykomish River
By: Jim Harris
Posted: 6/15/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work early and was fishing Ben Howard Boat launch from 1:45 to 4:45. Nothin happening. Water is still pretty high but very fishable from the bank. Just need to get there earlier For sure. Weat...
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Skykomish River
By: salmonator_1228
Posted: 6/14/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I CAUGHT MY VERY FIRST STEELHEAD!!!!!! It was a wild summer run steelhead. It was 28 inches long, and it look like it weighed 9 or 10 pounds. I also hooked what looked like a jack chinook salmon.
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Skykomish River
By: Jim Harris
Posted: 6/10/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started off at the Lewis st. bridge in monroe, at 8:30am, for the 3rd time in eight days. After 2 hours I had had enough. Moved up to the Ben Howard boat launch. 1 go at plunking than switched to drif...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My grandson pried me to take him fishing in the evening after school. It has been years since I have fished for Steelhead. Things have just changed in my life so these old hands just can't tie knots...
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Skykomish River
By: natetreat
Posted: 6/1/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Sky for the opener. Tough fishing, it's early yet. I heard that guys on one boat went 2/2 but I didn't catch whether they were king or steel. Two wild steel were caught somewhere down...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I limited in 25 minutes. sorry no pictures but it was hot in the morning.
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Skykomish River
By: Wood
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A couple other WA Laker's and I decided to hit Reiter for one last time before it closes. We arrived at the Highway side before sunrise and fished our favorite hole. After a couple of hours, I d...
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Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 2/6/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the hwy side of Reiter this afternoon. Got there about noon, as I was gearing up a guy walking out said he tried spoons and float/jig, got no strikes and saw no fish caught - not a good sign. Go...
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Skykomish River
By: chromehunter
Posted: 1/25/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I fished at Reiter Ponds Monday with a buddy from 10am until 2:30pm. I hooked one fish (foul hooked) and released it. I'm not sure why MMHILL didn't think I released it but rest assured I did! The fis...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/23/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing was hot today, even-though the water was really high and a little murky. There were a couple dozen fishermen, but I have seen worse. I watched a guy string a foul hooked (right on th...
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Skykomish River
By: kzoo
Posted: 1/12/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had the day off and wanted to hit Reiter before the floods come for the weekend. Decided to hit the highway side. I let my wife drive my truck to get to work safely last night which left me with the...
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Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 1/10/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't posted a report in awhile, figure a bunch of "I got skunked again" reports would get pretty old.. Went to Reiter on Friday and again Sunday. Friday: Started at sunup on the hatchery sid...
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Skykomish River
By: jake_k
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
got to Reiter about 10 30 and stayed till one when it started snowing really hard. my friend on his forst 2 casts lost 2 of out 4 new jigs. after that he left to take some photos. I didnt catch any fi...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/9/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Reiter side from dawn to dusk. The water was high, all the way up to the tree line. Maybe 50 other fishermen, shoulder to shoulder It was more of a gathering than fishing. I didn't see any ...
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