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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: schu7498
Posted: 10/18/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Just a Skookumchuck update for those of you that are curious. We were "sort of" in the area so come evening we wanted to check on the river. USGS had the river running at 98cfs. Pretty low. We walked ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 11/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Took a trip down to the skook to see if the silvers were showing up yet. Parked across from the hatchery and saw quite a few people leaving and no one with a fish. We watched the river to see if anyth...
By: schu7498
Posted: 11/9/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had to pick up a car part in Rainier, and the skookumchuck happens to be a short ride over the hills. Soooo we made a fishing stop. On the way there along the WDFW access we drove past the proudest la...
By: KRH
Posted: 11/24/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at first light with a couple buddies to do some salmon fishing and what a day! Although its probably the tail end of the run still saw lots of fish moving up the river. The water was ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 12/22/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Slayed the late coho today on the ol skookumchuck. Eggs under a bobber or drifted. Talked to a hatchery volunteer that said this late run of coho is supposed to be one of the best returns the hatchery...
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: Dirty Mike
Posted: 3/6/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got down to the river about 6:30 as i live local thought id beat the crowd boy was i wrong packed house up by dam. Started fishing below bloody run since no room above after about 2 hrs of not seeing ...
Posted: 3/15/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Contrary to popular belief, there are fish in the river...if you bought a license, you paid for the right to catch 'em ...go get 'em.
By: mrdiecky
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So i went out to the skook yesterday. There was a ton of people there but nobody catching fish. As i went to cross the river i was reading the water amd i saw that a bunch of steel were holding next...
By: mrdiecky
Posted: 3/29/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After the success i had on Saturday i headed back out sunday with my friend when he got off work. We started out just above trolley car. We worked our way up to the hatchery and into some fish. I st...
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: tele_maniac
Posted: 3/23/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finally made it back to the Skookumchuck with my brother yesterday. Arrived at the river a little later than intended. Fished all day. It was a cold and sunny most of the day. Later in the afternoon t...
By: Dana Johnson
Posted: 2/1/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/30/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Was at tailout of the skook where it dumps in the chehalis fished for 2 hrs 1 nice hen. Across the chehalis seen 20 ormore fish jumpin like crazy
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 3/16/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Skookumchuck River yesterday afternoon with my buddy Robb. It was a beautiful sunny day with some high scattered clouds. The water was pretty murky from the previous rain. Over all th...
By: mizm05
Posted: 3/3/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the fields hard on Sunday. From the "top" of the fields by the cable crossing, down to the power lines. No fish, and same story for the 4-5 guys I bumped into throughout the day.
Water w...
Posted: 4/1/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived around 7:30 at the hole with the big rock cliff area. Nothing biting so we moved up by the hatchery. Worked our way up to the deadline with no action but tons of river otters spooking the stee...
By: stretch
Posted: 3/24/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Made it to the red gate parking area around 6:30 this morning. Not too crowded, but was getting busy by 8 or so. Started just below the red gate fishing seams and holes. Saw fish moving through the...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the torrential rain that was in the forecast, I headed down to the Skookumchuck on Saturday to see if I could find some willing biters. I was really on the fence about going, given how low the...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Rearranging my work schedule a bit so I could get down to the river today, I took full advantage of the rain that came through yesterday and caused the river level to spike. My hope was that with the ...
By: fishindude
Posted: 11/29/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
wanted to get out and fish on my birthday and thats just what I did. Conditions were not ideal but went for it anyway. Fought the snow, and high colored up water and scratched out a birthday salmon. L...
