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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
There's something about this freakishly low and warm water that's making the steels chase metal. This past month has been pretty productive for hatchery fish, even during the downriver closure. Today ...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Dead humpies everywhere. After not being able to hit any salmon for three weeks I got deliverance. Today I walked well over a mile of the upper river in waders, LITERALLY crawling over, under and betw...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after years of trying I got my first ever coho. A 6 pound native hen took a Mepps Aglia on the upper Sky above Reiter. The fish seriously inhaled the spinner, hooking itself in the tongue deep i...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 9/15/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It's getting a little late in the pink season, but most of the fish still aren't moldy and there are still plenty of biters! Today I caught two decent pinks on spinners up by Index. If anyone ever say...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/28/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We launched my inflatable raft off Picnic Point at about 10:30 am. Horizontal jigging pink rotators (w/pink hoochies), we hooked up immediately and brought a nice 4 lb pink buck into the boat. We had ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/25/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I'd have to say the bulk of our pink run is already in Puget Sound. We arrived at Fort Casey at around 12:30 pm. As we were walking in we saw a guy with a nice 7 pound coho. We also saw another coho ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/23/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I'm only rating this day a 3/5 because of the amount of fish I saw caught by other people. I fished at Picnic Point this morning, casting a 2.5 in pink BB with a pink mini hoochie and of course, got n...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We fished high and low today. At around 1 pm we hiked a good distance along a creek and found our way to a giant pool with an almost perfect depth to flow ratio; some of the absolute best water I've e...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 7/28/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today I fished the upper Skykomish system in hopes of catching a couple decent sized trout and maybe a dolly. I used a size 2 Mepps spinner, fishing every piece of good holding water I came across. Af...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I spinner fished the Skykomish for trout, starting at the Wallace River confluence. Great spot, but it's usually pretty crowded. I used a size 2 Mepps and got literally the smallest dolly I've ever se...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: fisherben
Posted: 6/19/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I took a trip to the Snohomish up by Bob Heirman Park. We were swinging size 2 Mepps Aglia spinners through the runs and riffles. I hit a section of slow, shallow-ish water and got a dec...
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Foss River
Foss River
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This morning we headed out to fish the Foss River. At first, we tried fishing on the west fork of the river. The water here was calm, slow, and shallow, with minimal holding water. I spotted hundreds ...
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Icicle Creek
Icicle Creek
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I tried doing some dry fly fishing from Lower Johnny Creek Campground on Icicle Creek. I was using a damselfly pattern and dead-drifting it; aiming for the slack water behind rocks and boulders, In fa...
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Colchuck
Colchuck
By: fisherben
Posted: 8/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After fly fishing at Icicle Creek with great success, I hiked up to Colchuck Lake with some friends. For a good part of the hike the trail follows Mountaineer Creek, which flows out of Stuart Lake. Ri...
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