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By: Toni
Posted: 1/31/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river and there were quite a few people. Found a place to fish and 0 fish for me but up the river a ways a guy hooked one but it got away. The river was dirty. Maybe a half inch visibilit...
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: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/22/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skookumchuck from about 12:30 to 5:30 or so in the evening. Tried numerous spots down in the fields, mostly bobber and jig, but I also drifted some corkies and yarn where the current was a ...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/27/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started the morning fishing the Cowlitz by the Blue Creek launch, but after no luck there we packed up and moved to the Skookumchuck. Started fishing there about 11:30am up at the corner hole. The two...
By: AllWaysTryin
Posted: 1/21/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
got out on a Saturday with my son and scored this beauty. Thanks to the guy who got wet with the net for me.
By: ilikefish
Posted: 10/30/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished The upper river. At first light you could see the Kings charging up the shallows. I knew I was to early for the coho, but decided to give it a go. After all it is a long drive. Used a 3.0 magli...
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: Ijordan317
Posted: 12/4/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Caught two huge hogs below the dam up river on my fly rod. Dead drifting anything that is the color of pink was the method of success for the day. You can make out all the fish in the water schooling ...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Skookumchuck for the second time this season on Saturday morning, still in pursuit of my first "real" Steelhead for 2015. After becoming somewhat convinced over the past two months that m...
Posted: 4/1/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Not one for typing up reports but here's another one anyways.
Went out for one of our last trips out to the Chuck this season. Got to the river around 9 PM fished jigs with shrimp down stream from ...
By: tframe
Posted: 3/25/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the fields all day and caught one native probably around 10lbs. Fought like crazy and wrapped herself around a submerged log but was able to wade out and unwrap it. Caught her on a nightmare ...
By: DannyL
Posted: 2/25/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7:30 to 12:00 from the deadline to the tailout of the corner hole with no takedowns. Saw a guy pull a 10lb hatch out of the corner hole. Very slow day for fishing. Water still up and muddy...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Skookumchuck for the first time today. Pulled into the parking lot in the fields around 8am and was fishing by about 8:30 or so. I fished until around 2:15pm. I tried drifting corkies...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So wanted to keep the mojo going and had someone I have been promising to take out to the Skookumchuck so we hit the fields at daylight and worked our way all the way down to the power lines without a...
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: 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: 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: 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...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So we were planning on floating the Nooch today but at the last minute, my friends truck wouldn't start so we called an audible and went to plan B which was to hit the Skook. Got to the river at dayb...
By: JohnnyBME
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the field and hole hopped with no success. I did hook a sore back but lost it. I saw one small fish caught but it was dark and dark fish was the general consensus of the people I talked to in ...
By: jollymon
Posted: 3/25/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 7:00 and was done at 8:10 am. The first and biggest came on a jig and bobber the next came on a spoon.
