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Posted: 6/25/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My nice boss (also a fisherman) let me leave work when we got our permit. I was up at Reiter by a 12:45 and fished until about 8pm. I did see a couple fish caught, but it was pretty slow. I'm guessing...
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Posted: 3/16/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I know this may be from a while ago but I felt the need to share this experience with fellow anglers. As I prepared for the day ahead of me on the river I gathered all of the weapons in my ars...
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By: whoodare
Posted: 1/11/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
On Saturday the 9th I floated the lower River, sultan to monroe. River very blown out, I thought by now the sediment would have settled, I did want to get a look at how the floods changed it. Sunday I...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/10/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Since the fishing is so poor at Tokul Creek /Snoqualmie area, I decided to try Reiter (only been there once) fished from 7:30 till about noon. about 15 people fishing. Talked to one guy who said he...
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Posted: 1/9/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at 0650 to the parking area, walked in and was on the river by 0710. The parking area seemed less full than the river. I attempted a maribu pink jig, jig head with pink worm, silver spoon,...
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By: Donc67
Posted: 1/7/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Got to the Reiter ponds around 12:30, nice to see some spots that I could move into without bothering people around me. Folks that were there were very cool, and great day fishing just from that simpl...
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Posted: 1/6/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I made it out for my first hunt for the luminous Steelhead. Reports seemed promising, and 2015 had been a very successful year of fishing for me. Hoping for even better in 2016... Location: Hwy side ...
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Posted: 1/5/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Just a quick report. My final day of Fishing the Sky River until I go back to school for the next quarter. Bidding this beautiful river system farewell for one season, to be returned to once warm J...
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By: whoodare
Posted: 1/3/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/2/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Skykomish River drift, nice and cold morning! Wind was howling , pushing the drift boats around making casting a challenge. River is fairly low and very clear above the clay banks. Started out with be...
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Posted: 1/3/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ugh. An early start. I hate early starts. When the alarm went off in the cold darkness, I immediately had a bad feeling, but I quickly realized that I wasn't waking for work. Today was a fishing day. ...
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Posted: 12/31/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Ending 2015 with a bang and a couple bobber downs. Skykomish River 7:30AM-3:50PM Okuma SST 10'6" ML Okuma Celilo 8' UL This has been the most amazing year of my fishing career thus far. I gai...
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Posted: 12/28/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rough, Rowdy, Extraordinary. Skykomish River 7:10AM-3:50PM Lamiglas SI-IH 9'3" Okuma Celilo 8' The thing about chasing steelhead that differs from all other northwest fish species is the ru...
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By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 12/21/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to try and get to the river before what is forecast to be a few days of rain/snow. The river was in good shape and not running too high, with visibility not bad either. The wind was making ...
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Posted: 12/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Redemption. Skykomish River December 19th, 2015 7:20AM-12:00PM Cabela's WLGUL 8'2" Pro Guide After an agonizing several days without fishing due to my injured knee, The desire to get back out...
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Posted: 12/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Time: 10:00 River: Skykomish Rod: St. Croix IPC 13' Reel: Islander Steelheader Though seemingly innocuous, the waking chime of a cell phone alarm holds the gavel over the land of slumber, especi...
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By: tframe
Posted: 12/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to try steelhead for the 2nd time this year. Duck hunting has taken over this winter but trying to make some more time to chase steel. Got these two floating jigs. The one was spawned out ...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 12/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Poor fishing at Reiter this morning. Typical large crowd, and only saw 3 fish caught on the hatchery side from 6-9am. One on the highway side. I used a few different jig patterns, floated eggs, and a ...
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Posted: 11/30/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Used my day off to brave the chill and try for some Steelies after hearing the river has cleared up. Tied up some jigs under a float and started around 7A.M. water was too quick for a float down river...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 11/24/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Finally able to hit the river for the first time this winter season. Saw some familiar faces that report here often. About first light the guy below me hooked up on a jig. A few cast later a nice buck...
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By: racfish
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/21/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Two of us were plunking the Skykomish rive. The river wasn't bad other then it was still muddy. I was fishing about 10 feet of shore. All morning was nothing. At 1:30 I start packing it in when my bel...
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Posted: 10/20/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
got to the river about 3:45 pm about 3/4 to sultan from Monroe. posted up just down from a guy floating eggs from the looks of it. he said he just got there. tried jigs and spinners. got nothing. saw ...
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Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got the Ok to take off my arm brace from shoulder surgery. Still need to be carefull but Doc didn't say I couldn't fish. Just to keep shoulder safe. So I couldnt wait to try. So in my hurry I ...
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Posted: 10/18/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below Lewis St this morning. Floated eggs, twitched jigs, and got one hen about 5-6 lbs on a purple spinner with hoochie. Didn't see any other fish hooked or landed, fished about 7:30 - noon...
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By: 66kma
Posted: 10/17/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Morning was good, except sun,horrible! Later on found my hole. Wish I could have fun longer, but limit came too fast! One of the best on my fishing days on the river this year!
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By: LarryRS
Posted: 10/17/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a few firsts for me. I had never tied my own jigs, I had never fished the Skykomish, and I had never fished with eggs. Might have been others, but let's start with that. So, after a few y...
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