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By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished both incoming tides today a barely even saw a fish! Saw one small native jack caught and released and that was it in the morning. Came back in the evening and saw zero. Tribe started netting at...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/16/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I fished the Samish this afternoon. Not a lot of fish showing but I managed to land this one, dorsal hooked another one right at the bank and long line released him. Then I hooked a si...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/19/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Thought with the recent rains I would give the salmon one more shot. Unfortunately, so did two seals! Just swam back and forth shredding fish in front of me for two hours. The fish that were showin...
By: gillsnhorns
Posted: 8/22/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This fish also put up a great fight, caught it last year more towards end of August in Samish took me a good 7min to land...It was total adrenaline rush trying not to get it snagged on a log.
It was ...
By: carl
Posted: 9/17/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Big chrome wild king. 27lbs I've fished the Samish alot of years
and caught alot of nice kings, but this one will be memorable.
By: carl
Posted: 9/23/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Great day at the river. landed quite a few colored kings before I got my limit. Kept one about 2 lbs and another about twelve pounds. A few coho came up with the rain. A friend of mine got one as big ...
By: carl
Posted: 9/26/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Another picture perfect morning. Got to the river around 5:30, plenty of time to drink the first cup of coffee. Did pretty well right away hooked a few darker kings. Then proceeded to lose a beautiful...
By: carl
Posted: 10/8/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
A couple trips with no keepers this week, but did well today landed six total, 4 kings released and two coho retained,one really nice 12 lbs and another about 8. Definitely getting cooler now. Did see...
By: carl
Posted: 10/22/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river a little late today, around 9:00. The crowds are starting to thin only 4 cars at the bridge. Fishing was a little tough, the fish where only holding in select holes or undercut banks ...
By: carl
Posted: 10/27/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Happy halloween, Heading out today in search of some chum, Didn'T have much luck yesterday. Sure would like a couple more coho also. Good luck.
By: carl
Posted: 10/27/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Started out very slow today, searched a good mile of river without much sign. Found one hole with what seemed to be a good group of fish but could not draw a strike. Just spooked um into hiding. Worke...
By: carl
Posted: 10/29/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day at the river. The fish where very receptive to me today. landed around 8 and kept to very respectable fish, a Chum and a Coho almost hard to tell the difference. Most people there though...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/16/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished samish this morning after a light sprinkle last night. WOW it did some work on those fish waiting in the bay. over 500 fish moved past me today heading upriver. Anyways, secret spot on friend/f...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/18/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Samish again. Egg bite was good early morning. First cast got slammed by a 20 pound chromer under a logjam. Fun stuff. Anyway here are the pictures. Theyre loving eggs right now.
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 10/6/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing samish a bunch, catching mainly dark fish, but today was diffferent. Suprised for how well i did for it being so late in the chinook season, BUT i caught a LOAD of chromers with my buddie...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/3/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Samish by Boe rd on opening day starting about 6AM. I knew it was a long shot, but what if there happened to be some unpressured fish in there? ;). Anyways, I had some BIG, juicy (fire cure...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 8/31/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Guided for the first time this fall salmon season today, and it was a success, i was worried because the fish had just started, but it was nice and cool, about 45 degrees last night, and a great push ...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/3/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had an awesome couple come fishing with me today, it was a great day. We found some great holes with no people, and had lots of bobber downs, mostly jacks 3-5 lbs keeping them busy all morning! Then...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/10/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took some clients out to the samish today, we did great! Fished a couple of my secret holding holes, nothing has been moving the last few days, theyre starting to hunker down until we get some water, ...
By: Bro-Rando
Posted: 9/12/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the extreme pleasure of fishing with Danny from River Chrome Guide Service this morning on our own private stretch of the Samish. If you've never fished it before forget whatever you've heard an...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/13/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had the chance to get out fishing with NateTreat, local guide and WA lakes member today, we each somehow had a day off frm guiding, and WHAT do we do on our day off? Go fishin! Started in a cool priva...
By: tallt187
Posted: 9/14/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had to go to Bham for work so I stopped by the Samish on the way home. It was high tide and only fished from 4:30 to 6:00. Fished at the bridge closes to the mouth. Lots jumping and even getting ...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 9/15/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
upper samish has been getting slower and slower each day without rain. my buddy saw 100 fish hooked at mouth today, its stacked at mouth, but they arent moving because its SO low with no rain, hmm, n...
By: schu7498
Posted: 9/21/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
On our way back home we stopped by the mouth of the samish to use up the last of our eggs. Lots of kings milling around. saw dark and bright ones jump and roll. Despite all the fish and people no one ...
By: c_saeteurn
Posted: 9/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
just my luck. got down to the river at around 0430 and it was packed tides were great. lots of fish. managed to hook one but being skunked all year, i horsed it in. well, it made a few jumps, it was s...
