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By: Norm
Posted: 8/3/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 2
My buddy and I decided to head out to the river this morning to get limits. Started to work a sandbar just below Mount Vernon, Hooked 3 fish there. We then moved down to the north fork where we got ou...
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By: NimmunDay
Posted: 8/3/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I fished at some bar in Burlington near the railroad bridge that crosses the Skagit River. At first when I got there at 6:45 a Russian guy was fighting a fish and shortly landed it after I setup sh...
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Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the boat launch in burlington. Fish rolling everywhere and everyone i saw including me got there limit fairly easy. Get out there and fish on. Plunking sand shrimp was the hot ticket. Tig...
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By: Norm
Posted: 8/1/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well Sickbayer and I hit up the lower skagit this morning for humpies. We started out plunking sandshrimp bellow Mount vernon and got one right away. Did not see anything else so we headed down and an...
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Posted: 7/31/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With everything being a little spread out and slow right now, I havent really been fishing one place in particular. Had a good few weeks up on the skagit fishing for Bull Trout on the fly, picked up s...
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Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I was Fishing For trout with spinners and Then I caught a jack Chinook. It was about 5 pounds. Theirs some in there And I cant wait for the pinks!
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Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Little update for everyone on the steelhead, been fishing the skagit, but not only there, some on the stillaguamish, skykomish and cascade as well, low water and low numbers so fishing is far from on ...
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Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well with the low clear water and slow fishing of the rivers ive been fishing, i know a guy who had caught some fish on the skagit so i decided to try it, nothing special, but side drifting eggs has t...
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Posted: 11/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
I have never floated the skagit before so after doing some research i decided to float from Marblemount to Rockport. We mostly pulled plugs threw a few slots, a "mcrib" tadpolly and a blue brads w...
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Posted: 10/28/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Skagit river below city at the morning, Gilligan Creek afternoon. Two jumps at all of the time, no single bite. Tried everything. At least weather was good, warm, no rain. Found key set on a g...
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Posted: 10/27/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well after hitting the cascade in the morning and having lockjaw dark coho all over, we decided to shoot down to my secret little late season holding water in marblemount for coho on the skagit, it wa...
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Posted: 10/26/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished two holes this morning, hooked up on the second spot (above skyou) . Worked the river at the tail end of the hole casting up stream 25' off the bank in 6' of water. All in all a good day .......
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Posted: 10/26/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fishin out of the sled today! launched in town and ran up to one of my favorite chum and silver spots for side drifting. Did a few passes in the boat and didnt get any hook ups but seen fishing rolli...
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Posted: 10/21/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Plunked sandshrimp with a glow/redspot wingbobber and played two chum to the bank (Released). Used spoons and jigs also. The picture is the first of the two, I would guess 6-7lb. A lot of nice brig...
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Posted: 10/21/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on the upper skagit today and hooked lots of fish landed five. the couple guys with me all caught their limits also. All were pretty bright, one buck that we caught was the biggest ive seen s...
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Posted: 10/13/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well the rain DID IT! hooked 36 coho today with my buddies, 15-20 were CHROME and the rest are showing some color from being stuck in the low water, but the chromers are still pushing in from the salt...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/13/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the river today with high hopes after last weekend. Went to burlington again and it was just a tough day. Only managed to get one today, a nice hen that couldnt resist a homemade spinner. Talked t...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 10/9/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, a little bit late but the site was down while we were fishing! We fished the Skagit starting at first light, drifted roe, through corkies and dick nights, bobber and jigs. The first hour of dayl...
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Posted: 10/9/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the upper skagit this morning after work, got to the hole right at daylight. Took about 20 minutes for the bitting to start and died down about 9 am or so. Had 7 fish on but only landed 3, let ...
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Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
3 DAYS REPORT: Well I finally had to work a little bit for my fish these last few days up the skagit, the cold nights dropped the water even more and the bite has been a bit tougher, but i think some ...
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By: Norm
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
There are tons of fish in. Fished the lower river and 3 of us managed 5 and lost 4. Bite died around 10:30. Lots of people out, most werent catchin any. Got the fish plunkin and driftin. drifting is t...
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Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the skagit with my dad and my friend along with our 2 short hair pups in the drift boat from friday to sunday and had a blast. I had limited out everyday while my friend and dad only got 1 each...
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Posted: 10/5/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Skagit for the 1st time today with Danny from River Chrome Guide Service and what a great day!!! I drove over from Spokane and met up with Danny in the AM hopped in his truck and away we went...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 10/3/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After a morning on the Stilli, hopped over the mountains to the Skagit and found the fish to be cooperating. Floated eggs and drifted egg beads, and the egg beads won. We caught 5 in two hours, and th...
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Posted: 10/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
At this point, this is officially my most effective year on the skagit for coho EVER, honestly, i think the low water is helping me out, the fish are pooling up in the deep holes and taking eggs early...
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