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By: NITRO 175
Posted: 10/24/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I got up early this morning to go fishing at skookumchuck. Got there at 630am the area was already full of cars and trucks I managed to find a parking space across from the hatchery. The fi...
By: jtrapier
Posted: 11/2/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to the Skook after a COMPLETELY WASTED drive to Minter Creek, and it was well worth the drive. My buddy caught a 25# king on his first cast, and throughout the next 4 hours I landed 3 kings...
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: derick
Posted: 2/2/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got here at 6 am and i did not got one fish. my friend got one fish . seen 3 other fish cought all day. it is real slow. we were usein roe.
By: Toni
Posted: 1/17/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the Skokumchck River this morning for a fishing clinic on steelhead. I have never been to this river before and I didn’t catch anything but I am going back. The color of the river was br...
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: 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...
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: 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: 3/17/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day on the Skookumchuck today. Looked at the gauge in the morning and saw it was about to flood, went back to bed. Woke up later and saw that it was dropping, and decided to go for the afte...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 3/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Skookumchuck the other night for glowballing to see if this would work. It worked pretty dang well. We caught a limit and released some. Kept 3 chromers and a 17 pound Dark Buck. Plunkin with ...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 3/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the next morning at the Skook also and did well. Caught another pig and limited easy and got a native and did well. JIgs and Eggs near the hatchery nothin to it. VERY VERY VERY VERY CROWDED hun...
By: bkawafishin
Posted: 2/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I caught some online reports saying the skook was hot, while others were giving contradictory reports(I'm sure a lot of you guys saw them too).
Since I had some time on my hands today, I decided to...
By: Ghanilorn666
Posted: 2/11/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished The Skook from 3pm till 6pm, Didnt catch anything. However i did see a couple half dead salmon haha. Mainly used Pink corky and orange yarn but didnt have any luck. Lots of cars on the side of ...
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 ...
