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By: tele_maniac
Posted: 3/30/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ventured down to the Skookumchuck today with my buddy Joe in hopes of hooking up some steelhead. Fishing was very flat. Guess that's to be expected after the heavy rain the past couple of days. The ri...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few free hours, and of course the sunny day was too nice to pass up. So we drove to the river. Only had a couple of hours, but we saw some guys with fish and a few with limits. That blast of rai...
By: birdhunter
Posted: 4/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skookumchuck on Saturday. The water was high and running really fast. I looked for a spot where there was an eddy that might hold some fish. I parked at the gate and walked to the first tur...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The few hours we were there it was sunny, then it snowed, hailed, and rained. But the fishing was great! I caught two right away and my bf had one on for a bit. Only kept one so I could keep fishing. ...
By: jrmarks101
Posted: 4/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to go take a drive to the skookumchuck River with my buddy Chris. He showed me how to get my nait ready. I lost some bait and liter due to a rock. Darn rock. I was using a pink corky and pink ...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 4/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day at the Skookumchuck River. The water has dropped about 2-3 feet from last Friday although it is still a little murky. My buddy Joe and I both caught our first Steelhead today! Wh...
By: Fish-Freak23
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day to be out and on the water (anywhere, might I add). Got to the river just before sunrise and headed to just below the corner hole. First cast: bouncing bottom, bouncing bottom, bouncin...
By: losaturn
Posted: 4/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With all the reports the last few weeks, I decided to take a drive down there to see how the fishing was. Got to the river around 11AM, and ran into a fellow board member. Fished the corner hole by th...
By: rickcc13
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a nice 11lb hen on the big deep hole just below the dam. Was drifting pink corkys and yarn from the hatchery up and never had a hit. Saw fish in the river. Switched to float with eggs and was t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I got to fished all day on the Skook with Nate. After hitting Cabelas for some gear, we arrived around 11ish with the plan to fish the afternoon into the evening. Nate took me hiking into some very co...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took the long trip down to the Skook today. Arrived at 7:45 and was suprised to see only a few cars in the lot. The water looked perfect to me so I started below the salmon hatchery with bobber n eggs...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/12/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got skunked at the skook! Didnt even get a hit! Did see quite a few fish with the water being so low. I saw a guy next to us hook up using a small pink jig and float. The fish looked pretty bright whe...
By: schu7498
Posted: 4/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day to be at the river! I didnt do too well myself. I didnt get a hit til the sun went down. The fish I saw get caught were really bright. One guy with bobber and jig did well. I used bobber...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the delay posting. Had a great day fishing the Skookumchuck on Monday, 4/16 with my buddy Kyle. We arrived at the river about 9 am. The river was in great shape and the weather was perfect f...
By: losaturn
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at around 7AM, with hardly anyone fishing. Fished up and down the river, and only hooked one briefly. Water seemed like a foot higher than the last time I hit it, with good visibility...
By: natetreat
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the afternoon on the Skookumchuck, learning how to drift fish with yarn balls. The water was low, and the fish were not as cooperative as they have been in the past, but when the rain started th...
By: derick
Posted: 2/2/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got here at 6 am and i did not got one fish. my friend got one fish . seen 3 other fish cought all day. it is real slow. we were usein roe.
By: Toni
Posted: 1/17/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the Skokumchck River this morning for a fishing clinic on steelhead. I have never been to this river before and I didn’t catch anything but I am going back. The color of the river was br...
By: FISHINROB
Posted: 1/30/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WENT DOWN TO TRY MY LUCK AND SEE WHAT SHAPE THE SKOOK IS IN .ITS STILL A LITTLE HIGH AND MUDDY BUT FISHABLE .I USED BOBBER AND JIGS WITH NO RESULTS AND THEN I PLUNKED WITH SANDSHRIMP AND THEN WITH EGG...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/31/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river and there were quite a few people. Found a place to fish and 0 fish for me but up the river a ways a guy hooked one but it got away. The river was dirty. Maybe a half inch visibilit...
By: FISHINROB
Posted: 2/6/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
HIT THE SKOOKUMCHUCK TODAY FISHED FROM THE MORNING TILL 3PM .I FISHED HALF THE DAY WITH FELLOW MEMBER TONI .WE FISHED THE LOWER PART THEN WENT UP RIVER .WE FISHED JIGS AND SPINNERS GOT NOTHING .GUY B...
By: Toni
Posted: 2/6/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river around 9am and fished one area with FISHINROB. We didn’t see or feel anything so we moved upriver. Fished just above where I did the last two times I was there. Rob brought in a t...
By: kinghunter
Posted: 2/9/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 11am-3pm. Mainly drift with corky and yarn, did try floating with jig and shrimp, but the river was too muddy I think for that, visibility was almost zero where I was at. At ...
By: FISHINROB
Posted: 2/14/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
GOOD TO BE BACK OUT FISHING.I GOT THERE EARLY AND ON MY WAY IN THE SECOND TO THE LAST PARKING LOT THERE WAS A LONE DOE MUNCHING AWAY I THOUGHT GOOD SIGHN .I PARKED AT THE END OF THE ROAD AND WALKED IN...
By: Toni
Posted: 2/14/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got there around 9 and there was parking! This must mean that a lot of the fisher-guys are taking there sweethearts out for Valentines Day. Nitro with a young man and FISHINROB were already ther...
