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By: pinks101
Posted: 8/10/2011
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well decided to try the lower sky today, to see if anything was showing up yet. Got to my favorite spot around 8:00 am and after about 45 min got a hard hit, but wasn’t able to set the hook. From then...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/5/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After talking to tons of folks I finally found the cable hole. I was using a pink jig and got 2 steely. Not big but strong fights and leapers. we seen a few on the other side of reeter caught. lon...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/31/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Reiter this weekend. The fish were biting better today than yesterday, cloudy with a little rain. I landed a small one with my new pole. :) I'm still learning how to drift fish, but I like i...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got up a bit late this morning but decided to take a stroll behind the cabin and check out the Sky and see if there were any Steel biting or not. Saw one green drift boat slowly working the holes upri...
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Posted: 7/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to reiter a little late in the morning (alarm user malfunction). Went down low and threw some hardware first and got nothing. Moved up as the day progressed and got a native to the shore before it...
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By: colin
Posted: 7/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished reiter at day break till 10. Lost three due to my ignorance... lmao floated jigs and bounced corky and yarn. Lost them off the jig. Orange and white. Seen only one banked. So I decided it was t...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/21/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well I made an early morning of it today. Up at 3:30 to be at the river an hour before sunrise, trying to get one last shot at the Kings before it closes saturday. Only ended up with one mini-jack at ...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/18/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So I wasn't even going to go fishing today, but since we got off early around noon I don't know what the hek happened, but before I knew it I was fishing down by the river again. This time showed up t...
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Posted: 7/18/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the upper sky between high bridge to sultan. We started off with a crisis. We lost one of the oars just after big eddy and spent about 30 minutes trying to paddle with one oar to reach the on...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started out fishing at 6:00 am but found out one of my holes was occupied by another gent who had already got one Chinook and was around 16 lbs. He left an hour later with then 2 Kings in his pack, an...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing to write home about, but got this smaller Chinook using a Mepps Spinner this evening with a #2 Gamakatsu hook. The smoker won't be complaining =) Good luck everyone !
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Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well went to check out the river this morning didn't hook up to nothing but 1tiny rainbow trout the guy next to me caught 2 nice sized chinooks can anyone take a picture of the whole setup and I'll co...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Caught this small hatchery buck near Ben Howard this morning, but my first one ever using a spoon ! A cheap silver and dark blue stripe one that is 1/2 oz in weight. I couldn't believe it since I neve...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/15/2011
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from first light at the Sultan on the highway side all the way to Reiter. It was a full day of it. I hiked through the jungle at the farm in the morning. That was a kick. I swear I'm buyi...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/14/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I know, I know, ya don't wanna hear it... ! Lmao... =) Well Monday morning quiet from the crowds and near Sultan, I was able to land this smaller Chinook using my all time favorite #3 Mepps Aglia copp...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
yeah its crowded but be patient guys. got one on a pink jig then put on corky yarn sand shrimp jelly and got my limit.
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/13/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to my fishing hole on the Sky and lost a few but did manage to land this Chinook. Also released a small 16" Dolly after a good little fight with her. Another awesome day on the river =) Live...
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By: J-MICHAEL
Posted: 7/12/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went down for the afternoon on the Sky near Sultan and scored on this Chinook using a Mepps Spinner. Found a good spot which seems to hold some fish =)
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Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
All I can say is if your going to fish Reiter on the weekend right now, get there at the buttcrack of dawn, pick the best lookin spot you can find and don't move cuz the crowd is a comin. The water is...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/8/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Managed to make the late morning show at Reiter today. Didn't want to wake up for dawn, so I slept in, left about 6:45 dunno when I got there, I've got to set the clock in my rig. The water has dr...
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Posted: 7/5/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing the Sky from the bank and it wasn't a success. We hit the river for a few hours this afternoon about a mile east of Zeke's Drive In. My friend worked a pink jig under a float and I ...
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By: js7
Posted: 7/5/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Got to reiter at around 5:30 when it opened and fished till noon.Only 1 fish for the 45+ fishermen on both sides of the river.Only had 1 or 2 hits the whole time.I guess i`ll try again later.
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By: chengpu
Posted: 6/29/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the madness that was the opening day at Reiter. Fishing was below average. Water is super high, fast, and cloudy. There were 60+ cars in the parking lot by 8 am. Guys had to hack down the bushes j...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 6/29/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Planned on hitting the reiter opener, but got a call from a friend who wanted to tag along, that turned into 3 friends, so decided to hit the mouth of the wallace for the extra room. Saw about 5 fish...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
after reading natetreats report. me and my uncle went up to lewis st. we both dont have waders so we was castin as far as we could with cannonballs and biger 3/0 hooks and yarn. with shrimp scent. ...
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