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By: Fish-Freak23
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took off from work 1.5 hours early and said "why not?!" I haven't been fishing in about 2.5 months and the "itch" was getting to where I needed to scratch it. Got to the Skook right around 4:10 pm. ...
By: natetreat
Posted: 3/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Skookumchuck for the afternoon bite today. Started at 2pm and fished until dark. We wandered a bit in the lonely fields before heading up top to play with the rest boys.
Saw fish ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another day at the Skookumchuck! Arrived after noon to a bunch of empty handed fisherman leaving and mumbling goodluck. Talked to a guy who said no one touched a fish that morning. My bf and I rigged ...
By: Fish-Freak23
Posted: 3/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Second time in as many weeks, got off work early and headed to the Skook. It was rainy today and the water was running at about 365 cfs, maybe a lil more. Fished below the corner hole and there were...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 3/30/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ventured down to the Skookumchuck today with my buddy Joe in hopes of hooking up some steelhead. Fishing was very flat. Guess that's to be expected after the heavy rain the past couple of days. The ri...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few free hours, and of course the sunny day was too nice to pass up. So we drove to the river. Only had a couple of hours, but we saw some guys with fish and a few with limits. That blast of rai...
By: birdhunter
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skookumchuck on Saturday. The water was high and running really fast. I looked for a spot where there was an eddy that might hold some fish. I parked at the gate and walked to the first tur...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The few hours we were there it was sunny, then it snowed, hailed, and rained. But the fishing was great! I caught two right away and my bf had one on for a bit. Only kept one so I could keep fishing. ...
By: jrmarks101
Posted: 4/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to go take a drive to the skookumchuck River with my buddy Chris. He showed me how to get my nait ready. I lost some bait and liter due to a rock. Darn rock. I was using a pink corky and pink ...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 4/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day at the Skookumchuck River. The water has dropped about 2-3 feet from last Friday although it is still a little murky. My buddy Joe and I both caught our first Steelhead today! Wh...
By: Fish-Freak23
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day to be out and on the water (anywhere, might I add). Got to the river just before sunrise and headed to just below the corner hole. First cast: bouncing bottom, bouncing bottom, bouncin...
By: losaturn
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With all the reports the last few weeks, I decided to take a drive down there to see how the fishing was. Got to the river around 11AM, and ran into a fellow board member. Fished the corner hole by th...
By: rickcc13
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a nice 11lb hen on the big deep hole just below the dam. Was drifting pink corkys and yarn from the hatchery up and never had a hit. Saw fish in the river. Switched to float with eggs and was t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I got to fished all day on the Skook with Nate. After hitting Cabelas for some gear, we arrived around 11ish with the plan to fish the afternoon into the evening. Nate took me hiking into some very co...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the long trip down to the Skook today. Arrived at 7:45 and was suprised to see only a few cars in the lot. The water looked perfect to me so I started below the salmon hatchery with bobber n eggs...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/12/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got skunked at the skook! Didnt even get a hit! Did see quite a few fish with the water being so low. I saw a guy next to us hook up using a small pink jig and float. The fish looked pretty bright whe...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day to be at the river! I didnt do too well myself. I didnt get a hit til the sun went down. The fish I saw get caught were really bright. One guy with bobber and jig did well. I used bobber...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the delay posting. Had a great day fishing the Skookumchuck on Monday, 4/16 with my buddy Kyle. We arrived at the river about 9 am. The river was in great shape and the weather was perfect f...
By: losaturn
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at around 7AM, with hardly anyone fishing. Fished up and down the river, and only hooked one briefly. Water seemed like a foot higher than the last time I hit it, with good visibility...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the afternoon on the Skookumchuck, learning how to drift fish with yarn balls. The water was low, and the fish were not as cooperative as they have been in the past, but when the rain started th...
By: schu7498
Posted: 10/18/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Just a Skookumchuck update for those of you that are curious. We were "sort of" in the area so come evening we wanted to check on the river. USGS had the river running at 98cfs. Pretty low. We walked ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 11/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Took a trip down to the skook to see if the silvers were showing up yet. Parked across from the hatchery and saw quite a few people leaving and no one with a fish. We watched the river to see if anyth...
By: schu7498
Posted: 11/9/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had to pick up a car part in Rainier, and the skookumchuck happens to be a short ride over the hills. Soooo we made a fishing stop. On the way there along the WDFW access we drove past the proudest la...
By: KRH
Posted: 11/24/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at first light with a couple buddies to do some salmon fishing and what a day! Although its probably the tail end of the run still saw lots of fish moving up the river. The water was ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 12/22/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Slayed the late coho today on the ol skookumchuck. Eggs under a bobber or drifted. Talked to a hatchery volunteer that said this late run of coho is supposed to be one of the best returns the hatchery...
