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By: Ian Horning
Posted: 12/14/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report comes in a couple days late... Dec. 10th was the day I fished.
December is that magical time of year when the weather cools down, roads freeze, and the holiday spirit runs rampant throu...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 12/15/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Good results today but had to work for it.
I began fishing at daybreak on the upper reaches of the sky. Even away from Reiter their were a couple dozen anglers on this cold morning. I saw no action...
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...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/2/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
took the day off and went to Reiter Ponds for my first time summer Steelheading.
Got in line at 5:45, already 10 ish cars in front of me. 6:00 cars move, the drivers in front have their buddies j...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to go solo in my canoe from Lewis street bridge to 522 bridge. what could go wrong with an idea like that?
Fished Blue Fox spinner and drifted home cured eggs. took the right side of th...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 7/11/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Report from July 8,9,10 on the Sky: Not my year. Not yet.
So far, my fishing adventures this year haven't been that good. Many have been in excess of bad as well. There has been good days too, but ...
By: Cobra747
Posted: 7/14/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Usually fly fish for summer run steelhead but decided to try jigs. Caught this buck fairly late around 5 pm; bottom of ninth. Fished preferred spot # 1 for a couple of hours. Finally got the chance ...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 7/17/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hard work equals rewards.
River at less than 1400 CFS and dropping, very clear water. Summer is finally here y'all.
After last weekend's effort shattered and shut me down, I decided to leave m...
By: bkawafishin
Posted: 7/31/2016
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/27/2016
Hot Spots: 0
First time out this year for summer run steelhead. I noticed there haven't been a lot of reports for this river compared to previous years, but was still surprised by how few people were there. I wa...
By: coughie
Posted: 6/20/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got up early this morning and decided to go target Dolly Varden. I've never caught one before so I packed my light gear, a few spinners and headed to the river. I was tossing a vintage 1/4oz Bolo spin...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 6/23/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
If it was always easy, it wouldn't be rewarding. If anyone could do it, it wouldn't be special.
June 22nd- 5:10 AM- 1:30PM
Upon catching my first steelhead just a couple day ago, I find myself p...
By: john maher
Posted: 9/5/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my hole from 430 to 730. Tried dicknites. Nothing until I changed to a pink/white size 1. Next cast produced a nice 14-plus inch Rainbow that was promptly released. After that no luck. Switch o...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 9/6/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a combo report for the day targeting two different species.
First I departed to Reiter hatchery and searched around for some steelhead. There was plenty of people there, only a couple caugh...
By: john maher
Posted: 9/6/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
6 for 9 tonight with jigs in two hours of fishing tonight. All were darker pinks so I let them go. A seventh fish was foul hooked so didn't count. Lost two large ones right before dark. Two fish on th...
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Heard from the news that the skykomish is closed to all fishing. After doing my research I found out its open to fish from the Gold Bar/Big Eddy Access (Hwy. 2 Bridge) upstream to the confluence of th...
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished reiter hatchery this morning. Got to the restriction sign at 5:40am. Waited 20 mins before entering when got to the parking lot, notice few cars aready there and aready on the water O'well. Whe...
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished reiter pond for an hour with no luck, few others fishing here no luck also. after reiter I than droved to high bridge area parked my truck on the side of the road I walked up river and found a ...
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/26/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start fishing today. Got to the river at 1pm fished till 4pm. Parking lot was fulled. Day started out slow, ended pretty quick when bite turned on.today was just another lucky day:)
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 7/27/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the skykomish before work. Limited out before noon. Lost two fish and 2 missed on hook set. Water is still low. I solded 4 jigs to some dude, he limited out on 2 beautiful chromer. This be my...
By: kevin14
Posted: 2/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! First fish was an absolute tank of a wild steelhead. I hooked him on a yarnie and he started thrashing on the surface and jumped a few times before taking off down river where he took abou...
By: tframe
Posted: 1/21/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to highway side of reiter this morning with only one other car there. Not many people out which was nice. Just one other guy fishing highway side and probably a dozen or so on the hatchery side....
By: Snoop
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After getting my first summer of the year after work June 1, I figured I would try again and do a quick trip in the evening today. The water seemed much more clear. There was a few guys around the h...
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...
By: ilvcassidylake
Posted: 10/10/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Saw lots of fish rolling and going up river on the other side of the river. Got lots of bites, almost every cast. C&R 5 nice chrome bright coho in two hours before it started raining very hard.I left ...
By: Ian Horning
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...
