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By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 12/7/2012
Species: Whitefish
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to where the Sky and Wallace meet and caught this beauty. Fought it for all of two minutes before I could muscle it ashore. Took me an equal amount of time to plyer my secret whitefish-killer ...
By: Alextron
Posted: 12/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My report today will come in three parts, a fishing report, a story, and a little rant. I'll make it clear which section is which so you can target your reading.
Fishing report:
Got up on super ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 12/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out to do our first winter steelhead fishing trip of the season. The weather did not disappoint. It rained, hailed, sleeted, and snowed. The fishing on the other hand.. We started the morn...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got the offer to get off the bank and on the water for the day. We launched at Sultan and worked the river from there on up a ways past the Wallace. We got to the launch before light and it was rain...
By: deaddogduke
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Sky near Reiter starting around noon and tossed a number of setups into the river without any luck. The only fish I saw caught was in a guy's hand walking past me on my way to the River. Was...
By: disamatic17
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well decided to fish the old slot at the Lewis st. Bridge area, what a day! We got there at abot 530 AM. Started out throwing a fire orange triple teaser, 3rd cast fish on! With the nasty current in t...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give it a go this morning on the highway side of Reiter. Arrived before daybreak to a parking lot with a light coating of snow but manageable wind and rain. I usually head down to the cable...
By: atmiller2008
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Watched the water levels all week hoping they would come down for the weekend. Got up Saturday saw the levels were just under 7K CF/s we decided to make the trip up to Reiter. Hit the river later than...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Reward for a weekend of hard work – Monday morning fishing!
Decided to continue to try to unlock the Skykomish Reiter Ponds Hwy side. The river is dropping today is in stellar shape. Flow was 4,30...
By: joechiro30
Posted: 12/11/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
this may be a far fetch but I left a custom made rod 11'6" pacbay rod that said " joe the slayer hong" on it with a shimano curado...also a fetha styx 9'6" spinning with a shimano reel...I left it at ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 12/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning Wednesday at the snoqualmie, saw a total of three pulled out, one at the big eddy and two down around the corner at the tailout. Fished 8am to 1pm.
Today we got to the sky aroun...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
As a buddy said this morning... "I've fished in rain, sleet, snow & wind. Now I can say I've fished it all at the same time!" On the river an hour before daylight. The time spent waiting for light w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Long underwear – check
Raingear – check
Bait – check
Flashlight – check
Fish – ummm, uncheck
Another tough day at Reiter, however, I was happy to arrive early to a light snow which got heavier ...
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well this is my first post on Washingtonlakes and as fortune would have it I can report a successful day. I made it up to the highway side of Reiter and found a fresh blanket of snow and an empty par...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river around 9 AM after shoveling off my driveway and sending my wife off to work. Promptly high-sided my car in some deep snow left by the snowplows that had cleared Hwy 2. Great. I have A...
By: natetreat
Posted: 12/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skykomish. We did very well considering. We caught 4, limited by 10 am. And we got this monster of a fish, 15.75 pounds! The best bait of the day was a pink bunny fur jig under a float. We ...
By: luisdabeast206
Posted: 12/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river early, looking for Steelhead since I had the day off. Threw out bobber and jig, spinner, and spoons and did not get any bites. I only saw 1 fish caught, it was really slow. I did ...
By: ripsomelip
Posted: 12/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, not a huge day at Reiter, but there were a few taken today. got 2 small bucks on jig/prawn. a good rain will pack the river. theyre in there but take some coaxing with clarity being so good.
By: Snoop
Posted: 12/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Second car in line at Reiter this morning with my dad. Fished from 6:00-9:45. About 8 I had only seen 2 fish pulled out, and figured that If we didnt see any more caught by 8:30 we would leave. Righ...
By: douglas007
Posted: 12/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Gold Bar area of river. Guys everywhere so bounced around for a while until I could find some water. Hit 1st fish about 10am on a pearl/pink corkie my all time favorite. 2nd fish around 11am on...
By: Snoop
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to reiter a little late today (6:15). Still was able to fish the same spot as yesterday. Same thing, fished from 6:15 till about 8 and no fish. Around 8:45 saw a couple taken out of the highway ...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skykomish today near the high bridge. Originally intended to hit Reiter on the Highway side, but there were about 25 cars there when we arrived at 8 a.m. so we decided to go down stream a b...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 12/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Sky again with my brother today. Fished at the same spot below Reiter. Arrived at 8 am and stayed until about 3 pm. Seemed colder today because of the wind. Lots of people on the water. Th...
By: RyanJamesHung
Posted: 12/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky with my brother-in-law from 8:30 - 11:30 AM; ate way to many protein bars the night before... Not fun being sick on the river :( Oh well...
Hit the first Steelie on a 1/2 ounce, silv...
By: riverbound
Posted: 12/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been a while since I've posted a report. Mostly because I've been skunked on most outings and have a hard time admitting I'm not as good of a fisherman as I would like to think I am. Been trying for m...
