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Posted: 3/23/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Saw the skookumchuck was dropping back into shape, so I headed down for the afternoon to try and find some steelhead. There are a lot of dark fish in the river ...a few bright ones too...ended up taki...
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: AJFishdude
Posted: 3/2/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Skookumchuck for the second time this season on Saturday morning, still in pursuit of my first "real" Steelhead for 2015. After becoming somewhat convinced over the past two months that m...
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: tframe
Posted: 3/25/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the fields all day and caught one native probably around 10lbs. Fought like crazy and wrapped herself around a submerged log but was able to wade out and unwrap it. Caught her on a nightmare ...
By: AllWaysTryin
Posted: 1/21/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
got out on a Saturday with my son and scored this beauty. Thanks to the guy who got wet with the net for me.
By: Dirty Mike
Posted: 10/16/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/16/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to hit the opener to see what there is to see. Surprised there was quite a few people. Got there about 3:30 fished until 6 hooked one dark king and let it go. Didnt see one brite fish loaded w...
By: Davidwoff1977
Posted: 11/6/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Skookumchuck River it's been about 10 years been fighting depression been going through a lot finally got my life right and my mind right it's a great day on the river a lot of fire t...
By: dawgdrvr
Posted: 12/1/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Arrived just before daybreak. The water is still like chocolate milk. I was fishing just on the dam side of the red gate. I decided plunking was about the only option . So I soaked cured prawns on a h...
By: ilikefish
Posted: 10/30/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished The upper river. At first light you could see the Kings charging up the shallows. I knew I was to early for the coho, but decided to give it a go. After all it is a long drive. Used a 3.0 magli...
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...
By: Ijordan317
Posted: 12/4/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Caught two huge hogs below the dam up river on my fly rod. Dead drifting anything that is the color of pink was the method of success for the day. You can make out all the fish in the water schooling ...
By: gonnahookit
Posted: 10/28/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the river today looking for coho. Saw one shiny fish come out of some riffles and make a couple leaps so got my gearout and setup shop. Got the boys gear in the water first, hoping to find a cutt ...
By: sinkerswim
Posted: 11/8/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Work graveyard shift and decided since this morning was my Friday afternoon I'd go do some exploring. Never have fished the Skookumchuck. When I was a kid we used to ride horses off of Johnson Creek R...
By: KIDKOKANEE
Posted: 1/27/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up early Sunday Morning Not happening 29 degrees Freezing Fog n ice waited until 10 am and arrived across from Hatchery after one lil stop on the way at crispy creams a doz coffee n hot chocolat ...
By: king killer
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the skookumchuck all day yesterday. Didnt see anybody sniff a fish other than our 1 hook up yesterday. Fishing is really slow.
By: natetreat
Posted: 12/23/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on the skookumchuck with my brother. Had a blast, the river was up, visibility was down and the fish were in. Went yesterday morning, as I had business in Olympia, and broke off a BIG b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/7/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing their for the first time it was so great.The river was murking so a put a blue fox spinner on gold with a single hook and pink worm on it.Toss it under lims in the water and caught 3 silv...
By: triple nickel
Posted: 11/10/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the last 2 days on the skook not much to write home about however I did have a red on until he spit the hook at me...I would have released him anyway...As compared to yesterday the weather was i...
By: rseas
Posted: 10/19/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
On Saturday I had to drop a kid off in Grand Mound for the day so instead of driving back and forth from Skagit County I decided to spend the day exploring the area and pestering the local fish popula...
By: NITRO 175
Posted: 10/24/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I got up early this morning to go fishing at skookumchuck. Got there at 630am the area was already full of cars and trucks I managed to find a parking space across from the hatchery. The fi...
By: jtrapier
Posted: 11/2/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to the Skook after a COMPLETELY WASTED drive to Minter Creek, and it was well worth the drive. My buddy caught a 25# king on his first cast, and throughout the next 4 hours I landed 3 kings...
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 ...
