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By: Garrett123
Posted: 8/20/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Samish River at around noon. Lots of jumpers where I was fishing. Caught one that was 10lbs at around 145 of off red yarn. Also my buddie that I was fishing with lost one as well.
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: carl
Posted: 11/22/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Lost six landed three the fish were actually holding instead of blowing right through
not a bad day untill the wind picked up. Might start seeing some steelhead now
good luck happy TurkeyDay
By: fishfiend
Posted: 8/4/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Tried the Samish yesterday just to see what was in it. Last year there were restrictions on parking/fishing on the Eastern side of the river and looks like this year it's even more. Now you can't pa...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/3/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Not much to tell, wife lost one about 9lbs at the bank, looked like a chinook with a little color to it. Fished the high tide with spinners as usual. Lots of fish showing so I imagine the snaggers had...
By: litch25
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
drove up to the Samish River very early this morning but the wind was so strong that we didnt stay. we fished from 630 to 930 and saw several jumping around us but didnt get anything on our set ups. w...
By: rfnbry
Posted: 9/4/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Ok, so just let me start off by saying that I moved up here from Fort Hood, TX back in Jan 2013. Since that time I have tried all that Mother North West has to offer in the fishing industry. I mean fi...
By: rfnbry
Posted: 9/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Here is the picture from my other report. Some reason it did not upload.
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of kings still coming in. Saw several times when there was 3-4 online at the same time. I hooked 2 in the first 3 casts (morning bite).
LOTS of snaggers! The 'Bratva' was there in number...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Another crazy good day on the river. Ran into a few friends I only see during fishing season.
I didn't have any luck w/the glow scampi - fished from an hour before to an hour after with little luck....
By: irishfisher420
Posted: 10/4/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2014
Hot Spots: 2
What a great time today out on the samish, lots of people but tons of fish. Hooked into about eight fish all mouth hooked and landed a nice bright 18 pound king,while my buddy landed an even brighter ...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 1
This is a combined report from yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday, 10/5). Yesterday was good but not as good as Friday - lots of fish being caught but definitely a notch lower than Friday.
Toda...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/6/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
2 bites 2 fish, can't complain about that. I can complain about the amount of trash being obviously left behind by "fishermen"! Pack it out people, unless you're just too physically weak and lazy to c...
By: kyamukun
Posted: 10/8/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So I decided to give Samish River a shot, even after watching YouTube videos and learning that it's "combat" fishing. Figured I'd give it a go before the Chinook completely turn. Fortunately no crowds...
By: rfnbry
Posted: 11/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
These obviously weren't all taken on the same day. I just had a really great year so far (at least for me seeing as though I have already caught more fish, especially giants, then I caught all last ye...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/31/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day on the river - saw 3 fish pulled out total. I didn't get any bites but had one bump my line. I DID get wet :(
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/4/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got up at 2:30 this morning and out the door before 4am to hit pre-sunrise at the Samish river mouth. I was stunned to see a lot full of early-birds wanting to hit morning bite. I can't actually eve...
By: mjcruz0205
Posted: 9/10/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Let start about by saying this would of been a 5 but unfortunately my buddy's brother flew 1900 miles to try to hook in to a salmon, but after 3 days of trying not a single hook up.
Got to the park...
