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By: FISHINROB
Posted: 2/20/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WELL I MADE BACK TO THE SKOOK ,I MET MY NEIGHBOR MIKE THERE.I WAS THERE AT SUNRISE HE CAME A LITTLE LATER.I HOOKED AND REALEASED 2 SILVERS BEFORE HE GOT THERE, AND WHILE HE WAS THERE I GOT 4 AND ONE ...
By: FISHINROB
Posted: 2/21/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
TODAY WAS A PERSONAL BEST EVER STEELHEAD DAY .I GOT MY LIMIT AND HIT TWO SILVERS AND LOST ANOTHER STEELHEAD .I HADNT PLANNED ON FISHING ALOT JUST LOOKING AROUND AND UP RIVER BUT I FISHED ENOUGH .I HIT...
By: jens
Posted: 2/22/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the river right before 2p. Met up with Kinghunter and Alex, my son was with me as well. I was using pink corky and yarn and about 2 feet of leader. My son had one on as well but lost it right a...
By: dreamer0131
Posted: 2/22/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
after reading all the good reports i decided to hit up the skookumchuck 2day. BAD IDEA!!!!! fished below the dam at didn't see one steelhead caught all day!! did see a few nasty half dead silvers thou...
By: Toni
Posted: 2/26/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Since it snowed last night and then froze I decided to do errands first then go fishing. I got to the river to fish just after noon. I saw several old salmon going up and down the river but didn't ho...
By: FISHINROB
Posted: 2/26/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
MADE IT TO THE SKOOK AGAIN ,GOT THERE BEFORE LIGHT AND MY FISHING BUDDY CRABLEGS WAS ALONG .WE FISHED THREE HOURS AND NO FISH ,HE HAD TO LEAVE AND I FISHED ON.I FISHED ANOTHER TWO HOURS AND FINALLY H...
By: jens
Posted: 1/4/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Jerry around 6:30am. We both struggled to find the river with the New Years festivities from the night prior (actually til the wee hours). We talked earlier in the evening and had every ...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/22/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Bobber down! That is the first time my bobber has gone down due to a fish in a river. Ok...it was a trout (about 8 inches). The river had people all over. They started at the openings upriver from ...
By: Toni
Posted: 2/14/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I left home as the rain was letting up and it looked very nice when I got to the river. Leaving my rain coat in the vehicle with the moon roof open I headed out to fish. There weren’t a lot of peopl...
By: salmonslayer117
Posted: 2/17/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skook about 6:30 in the morning hopin' for some steelie action. Saw a few jumpers. Had a decent hit early but lost it when I didn't set the hook soon enough. Caught a little one only about 11 ...
By: DoubleR
Posted: 3/15/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the mouth of the Skookumchuck and caught about 9# hatchery buck steelie at about 11 AM. Skookumchuck and Chehalis were both dirty and high from earlier rain, but dropping rapidly. Becau...
By: Toni
Posted: 3/23/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I drove down to go fishing at the Skook and what did I see on my way...9 turkeys and then 36 elk with at least 2 spikes in the group. I get to the end of the road and there is only 1 truck parked ther...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/23/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Killer day on skookumchuck river loaded with fish everywhere. bright coho stacked up in deep holes still. tight linez bobber and eggs
12lb buck
By: natetreat
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With the runs around here being less than super exciting, I've been moving my operations down south to fish on the Skookumchuck. This is going to be a good year for this river again! In between Coho a...
By: trepanier
Posted: 12/30/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Seen lots of zombie silvers still some nice ones though, seen two steelhead caught, lot of fish jumping! We were by the skook hatchery, could see about one foot in water, see you tomorow!
By: gonnahookit
Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the afternoon fishing/scouting the Skookumchuck up by the hatchery. Nice sunny afternoon, low water level with bright green water. Lots of boot coho all over the place, but no luck catching any...
By: KRH
Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been at the skook all day every day all week and there is no fish to be had. Talked to almost everyone and same story, no fish. Went to multiple other rivers closer to the ocean and the port and seen ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 1/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Had an amazing day on the Skookumchuck! Started up by the salmon hatchery but only caught coho and never saw a steelhead pulled out. Met a fellow Washington Laker and went down to the fields. We found...
By: gonnahookit
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
On the river from about 10a.m. till 4:30, only heard of two steelhead out of the river all day. I did manage to go 3 for 4 on some moldy coho though.
Started at the cable crossing, and worked my w...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Skookumchuck for the first time this year on the way home from a trip to the coast. Still very early for skookumchuck steelhead but ive got some pretty sweet holding spots miles and miles downr...
By: KRH
Posted: 1/27/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been to the skook on average a couple times a week since late December and have yet to see, catch, or even get a nibble from the winter steel. Fishing with Corky, eggs, jig, spinner, you name it and s...
By: the piranha
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I only had time to fish shaffer park. I was the only car when I parked, but guys started piling in right after I got there. No fish for anybody. One guy said he had fishing almost every day for the...
By: natetreat
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well I can confirm the reports from others, the Skookumchuck is slow. After that first pushing of early fish came through, they seem to have got stuck in the Chehalis. I'd like to thank Salmon Barry a...
By: Dana Johnson
Posted: 2/1/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/30/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Was at tailout of the skook where it dumps in the chehalis fished for 2 hrs 1 nice hen. Across the chehalis seen 20 ormore fish jumpin like crazy
By: gonnahookit
Posted: 2/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skook around 11:30 to 4:00. Started in the fields and worked my way down, then fished back up to the corner hole. Had two takedowns and missed them both, at least I got to feel some headshak...
