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Skykomish River Fishing Reports

Skykomish River
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished reiter pond for an hour with no luck, few others fishing here no luck also. after reiter I than droved to high bridge area parked my truck on the side of the road I walked up river and found a ...
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Skykomish River
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished reiter hatchery this morning. Got to the restriction sign at 5:40am. Waited 20 mins before entering when got to the parking lot, notice few cars aready there and aready on the water O'well. Whe...
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Skykomish River
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Heard from the news that the skykomish is closed to all fishing. After doing my research I found out its open to fish from the Gold Bar/Big Eddy Access (Hwy. 2 Bridge) upstream to the confluence of th...
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Skykomish River
By: tframe
Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Quick report here. Went out to the upper sky again, this time with a couple buddies who wanted to give steelhead a shot. Started at 6am and only caught one measuring 24" on my float rod this time....
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Skykomish River
By: tframe
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Been to long since I have gone after steel and wanted to see just how low the water actually was. I went into this not quite sure what to expect to be honest. My plan was to scout and hike the ...
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Skykomish River
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 6/23/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
If it was always easy, it wouldn't be rewarding. If anyone could do it, it wouldn't be special. June 22nd- 5:10 AM- 1:30PM Upon catching my first steelhead just a couple day ago, I find myself p...
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Skykomish River
By: coughie
Posted: 6/20/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got up early this morning and decided to go target Dolly Varden. I've never caught one before so I packed my light gear, a few spinners and headed to the river. I was tossing a vintage 1/4oz Bolo spin...
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Skykomish River
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
If it was always easy, it wouldn't be rewarding. If everyone could do it, it wouldn't be special. It's the constant challenge that drives this machine and keeps me coming back for more. 5:10 ...
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Skykomish River
By: FishingTenor
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I finally made it out to the Sky in search of Steelhead. My goal was to explore every facet of the Skykomish from Big Eddie to Reiter Highway side. I wasn't sure how far this was, but somehow I found...
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Skykomish River
By: Reel Priorities
Posted: 6/8/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Time: 4:00 AM Approach: Float Fishing Location: Skykomish River Line: 15# Test P-Line Hydrofloat, 10# Izorline Platinum Monofilament Rod & Reel: Shimano Clarus 11'3", 6#-10# Test Rating, Shimano ...
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Skykomish River
By: Taxfiddler
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started Drift Fishing at 530am, launched from Ben Howard launch and pulled out about 230pm at Lewis. Water was very low, we both side drifted eggs and plugged where we could, unfortunately not a good...
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Skykomish River
By: Bank drifter
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Entertaining hour or two on the lower river. Decided to go out and toss some hardware in the lower Sky near Monroe . Saw many cars parked, found out none of them were fishing. Nice folks pounding b...
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Skykomish River
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today I learned the true nature of the Reiter Hatchery hole. Got to the hatchery at sunrise and got onto the water, only a couple guys fishing. And looking 5 feet from the shore in small, deeper po...
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Skykomish River
By: ripsomelip
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went 1 for 2. Many fish rolling. Found the slot they were in. Surprised at how much movement with the relentless pounding they got from the overload of crap thrown at em. First bobber down was a run a...
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Skykomish River
By: Snoop
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After getting my first summer of the year after work June 1, I figured I would try again and do a quick trip in the evening today. The water seemed much more clear. There was a few guys around the h...
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Skykomish River
By: Snoop
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Its been a tradition to fish the June 1st opener at reiter with my dad the last few years. This year however, I could not be there in the morning. I headed up after work and started fishing about 4...
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Skykomish River
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to go to Reiter as I have never been there in Summer (and only once in winter) got to the hatchery side at 6 fished till 10. about 35 fishermen total - counting both sides. saw a total of...
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Skykomish River
By: Bank drifter
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Ok folks, not a big poster, but share experiences when appropriate. I toured the river from Cable on Hatch side up through intake on Monday and Tuesday and fished Proctor Creek area Monday. Let me fi...
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Skykomish River
By: tframe
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Good start to the summer steelhead season. Got to the river at first light and within 45 minutes had my first one on the bank. Caught on a 1/8oz pink/white aerojig. Fought good and jumped several t...
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Skykomish River
By: riverhunter
Posted: 6/2/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 345am to start hiking down to river. Got to my rock around 400 and started fishing as soon I could see (around 430) missed a few in the first few hours and seen around 10 solid hookups with...
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Skykomish River
By: fisherman92
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the hwy side of reiter and there were cars lines down the hwy. I parked and walked quite a ways down river to find a small spot with no luck. There were so many people fishing. Im not 100% on n...
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Skykomish River
By: mountainman25
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Opening day! Got to Tualco at 6am, walked up river to the top of the run and worked my way through swinging an intruder, had no takes to that fly. I changed my leader for a sink tip and put a size 5 t...
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Skykomish River
By: kevin14
Posted: 2/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! First fish was an absolute tank of a wild steelhead. I hooked him on a yarnie and he started thrashing on the surface and jumped a few times before taking off down river where he took abou...
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Skykomish River
By: Banksidedrifter
Posted: 2/12/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/29/2015
Hot Spots: 1
After many trips to the sky this season I decided to take a day off work and go up again. The weather had broke and it was shaping up to be a nice day. My Son and I started out at Big Eddy. While I f...
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Skykomish River
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 1/30/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to chase some steel today. The hatchery side of Reiter wasn't crowded at all, and the highway wasn't busy either, and it soon appeared why this was the case. To say the fishing was sl...
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