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By: fishermom
Posted: 8/27/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great humpy fishing again today on the Skagit. I don't know why some people don't want to eat them - grilled our catch yesterday, and they were delicious!
My son and I caught and landed 4 pinks - 3...
By: fishermom
Posted: 8/27/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well my mom (fishermom) came up from So Cal to visit so I figured we would try to get into some pinks. After trying a few different spots and different lures/baits for three unsuccessful days we final...
By: Steelheadrod
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Releasrd 40+ fish over 4 hours, lots of Big Pinks and 1 Coho that broke my old medium trout pole, Got the Coho up to boat but not into net, continued fishing with backup pole.
Two poles are NOT an...
By: linesider33
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
was a the skagit river this morning at 6:30 and had my limit of humpies by 10:00 only due to the 12 i couldnt land on shore. one was 6 pounds. awesome fishing there. oh, i was fishing at the sand bar ...
By: fishermom
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing for humpies again this morning. Been so tired that we didn't get there till 9:30AM, which is pretty late. But the bite was on, and lasted until 2:00PM which is unusual. Hooked 7, but only...
Posted: 8/30/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
today we figured out the pinks better me and my dad caught are limits. they were not as thick as yesterday, I think the native americans have their nets set.
By: Steelheadrod
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got to river about 12:30 caught 1st fish in 5 min.released lots of fish ( 50+) over next 3 hours went in @ 3:30 rookie caught 1st 14 salmon ever today ! Hooked 1st 12 or so on Willie ( spoon with drop...
By: fishsurgeon
Posted: 9/8/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to Sedro Woollie with the chicken ranchers (my boys 10, 6, and 3 yo). We put our boat in and went up river to below the pipes. We anchored and put poles out both sides with spoons and spin f...
By: fishermom
Posted: 9/12/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing for pinks this AM on the Skagit out toward Fir Island, just about a mile past Blake's resort. I've never seen so many fish jumping in my life. It was absolutely stunning to see. There wer...
By: fishermom
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing again at the same spot on the Skagit. Showed up at 7:30AM and the place was full. Got lots of bites, some snags, but no fish. My neighbor landed a nice size humpy. Also he hooked 2 that got aw...
By: skeptile
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Pinks on the Skagit in Mount Vernon seem to like the florescent orange spin and glow with reflective wings. Use a sliding weight set up with a 18-24" length of line on it. Hook up a 24-36" leader wit...
By: fishingrealtor
Posted: 9/14/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up after work. Like most, saw a bunch of fish but had a tough time getting them to bite. After an hour, they changed their mind and started getting active. We finished with 5 caught and tons of...
By: dalecyr
Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on the Skagit, below Rockport, above Concrete.
Tried everything: fast water, slow water, flys, lures (pink, green, silver, gold), deep water, shallow water, on the bottom, in the middle...
By: kjtemp
Posted: 8/29/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at the fork by the spud plant in the morning and left mid afternoon. We had four people on the boat so we fished with four poles. Two poles we did sand shrimp and almost right away we g...
By: burlee
Posted: 8/31/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another good morning on the river with Nick Petosa. At least 20 hook-ups between the 3 of us fishing. Many were still bright fish, some still had sea lice on them.
Pink jigs between Burlington and Se...
By: Norm
Posted: 9/1/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was way to bored sitting at home yesturday so this morning I had to get out on the river and catch some more fish. Took the girlfriend out today for 3 hours and we could not keep the humpys off our ...
By: elmer fudd
Posted: 9/4/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First time posting...defintiely learned a lot from y'all...thanks. took the kids out in our 10' hewscraft...8 hp yamaha putted us up the river from the riverfront park launch. Anchored up next to th...
By: colin
Posted: 8/3/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Good times like usual out on our property in pink seasons. Fished Aug 1st and Aug 2nd. Limits both days. Have photos but I can't upload from my phone. I'll e-mail to my pc then re-post my pics.
By: Jimbo
Posted: 8/8/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
All this noise about fish in the Skagit pulled me there after work. Hook in the water about 1:00. Launched at Conway South fork, talked to some guys pulling out. There rig was busted into and every t...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the skagit around Mt Vernon, Drifted from Gardener Launch down to Mt Vernon. This report is for 2 different days, mixed into one. Drifted/slow reeled pink dick nites, the middle size and hoo...
By: fishfiend
Posted: 8/12/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Skagit River at about 7:30 pm and saw tons of fish jumping and rolling. Caught 3 between the three of us by 8:30 pm. Used Pink buzz bombs and wasn't sure what kind of tackle that would be cla...
By: Jimbo
Posted: 8/12/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 09:00 @ the Garder launch, NICE..... Went down up up down, down below free way looking trying looking and ZIP DOG NATA. See 2 roll 4 hooked out of many folks.
You people say there...
By: Jimbo
Posted: 8/13/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Man this is becoming a drag, launched in Conway and ran up scouting to to the forks. Planted my butt just down the N/F. Seen on above on jig. I moved down around the corner and parked inside bend. Boa...
By: Steelheader_1977
Posted: 8/14/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the skagit on friday just below the I-5 bridge in MT. Vernon. My buddies and I were plunking spin in glos and sand shrimp, I also had some pink yarn on my setups that I applied shrimp smelly je...
By: Flaybob
Posted: 8/15/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by the river late AM. Went to the usual (crowded) places. 30+ people at the bar above I5 and only 3 fish landed. Everyone was plunking so no room for drift fishing. Moved on to a spot all by m...
