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Nooksack River Fishing Reports

By: motley
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Nooksack behind my wife's grandparents farm in Ferndale Sat and Sun. The two days of rain brought the river up and it was really muddy! Saw a lot of fish jumping but nothing would hit! Thre...
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By: rfnbry
Posted: 12/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well decided to try my luck with these elusive stellheads on the Nooksack today. Got there around 1250 and noticed that half the river was frozen over. Tossed out a yarn ball on a float for about 20 m...
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Posted: 12/3/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished up around deming today for a couple hours hoping for some bright chums possibly. Left with only this ugly dude. Fishing was nonstop though! CnR'd 15-20 chums while I was there. Unfortunatel...
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Posted: 10/24/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well they were tight lipped little buggers yesterday evening. Went to the same spot and saw about the same amount of fish rolling, but my buddy was the only one able to get one in. It was on a brads...
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Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After having no luck on the Skagit the past two weeks I decided to stay close to home for a change. Couple of my fishing buddies were saying the coho were pretty thick in the nooksack so we hit up th...
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Posted: 9/1/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got out to the river around 6:30 on river road. Got one pink about an hour later, but I foul hooked it so it was released. Probably wouldn't have kept it though because it was pretty nasty looking. ...
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By: gfjohn77
Posted: 8/23/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great day fishing up by Lynden and then down by Slater Bridge but no fishing caught. A few bites though.
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Posted: 8/6/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 3 days in a row with no luck. This is a new fishery for me so I realize that there definately is a learning curve. On my last day fishing I had gotten some pointers from some guys that were h...
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Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Instead of trying down by the slater bridge a buddy and myself decided to try up around lynden and happy to say it paid off!! We went last night around 6 and got 2 pinks and then went this morning an...
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Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below the slater road bridge. There were two other guys besides myself fishing off a river bar there and neither of us bagged a pink. I hooked into 3 though just wasn't able to get the job do...
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By: colel311
Posted: 1/23/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent 1-4:30 at the nooksack near Deming, fished a couple of streamer patterns and some other flies but didn't get any bites. Saw 3 fish surface but not much activity. One other person on the river ab...
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Posted: 10/28/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to see if I could wrestle some of these big bad chums. Heard they were running bigger this year. To the report: No fish landed while I was there. I saw three hook ups, and all of them were ...
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By: schu7498
Posted: 9/21/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my guy wanted to explore some access spots on the nooksack and see if the fish were in. Started up by deming under the bridge. We fished a slot between two nets, and below the net down river th...
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By: Norm
Posted: 9/16/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
decided to get up to the nooksack this morning before the indians had there way with the lower river. Quite a difference when the indians are off the water. Got there early and fished the start of the...
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By: rseas
Posted: 9/10/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had a few hours Sunday morning so I decided to scout the Nooksack. I hiked into various places on the South Fork and the river is loaded with coho, the opener should be a good one. I also checked ou...
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By: Splitshot
Posted: 2/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We put the boat in the water before sun up and took off down river. There were about a half dozen boats and quite a few plunkers sitting on the gravel bars. We fished about a mile and a half of river ...
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By: rustnhere
Posted: 9/15/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit the Nooksack at Hovander Park this afternoon to see if I could scare up any fish. Nothing biting yet, but did see a couple rollers. Hopefully within the next week or two they will be in...
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Posted: 1/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had to do it. Sunny and warm. The nooksack is fairly known as a low productivity system. Holds true today. Went for an hour or so on the middle fork (20 min. hike). didn't see anything, or hear ...
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Posted: 10/29/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Just a quick heads ups for any "northerners" looking for some chum. They are definitely "IN" the nooky-sack. Still only a few, but was on the river 20 min. and saw a decent 7lber landed on corky/yar...
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Posted: 10/24/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hey all- Fished the Nooksack the other day at the Mosquito Lake Bridge.....all in all a slow day. Seems to be that way most of the time, but still worthwhile. Didn't see much action as far as fis...
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By: slow73
Posted: 10/15/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out at daybreak. Very cold but I was determined. Didn't see any fish jumping. Two hours not a bite. Several friends said they went out last week and got some kings and saw some silvers. Wassup? I...
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Posted: 9/26/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the nooksack for a couple hours (dusk). Flow was average, with semi-clear water (2 ft secchi disk). Wow, the river is in great shape, just no fish upstream yet. didn't see any surface, or caugh...
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Posted: 6/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
A little north fork Nooksack action this evening. one small native cutty (8") above N. falls. #10 black gnat. first fish from the river this year on the fly rod, hit about 9pm (got off before i cou...
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Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
It wasn't actually the nooksack, but a trib to. had to get out and do some exploring, and when you come across a pool like this, you can't resist. fooled one decent native cutt with a rapala, he was...
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