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By: Dave
Posted: 1/1/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
What a way to start the new year. We arrived at Howard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport at 8:00 am. It was snowing heavily with about 15 inches of new snow overnight. Air temp was 32 degrees. There w...
By: sportfishing
Posted: 9/12/2007
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from about 9am-3pm. Caught 3 nice fish 2 were pink salmons from 18" and 21" and the other was 18" silver. All were caught using pink corky and sandshrimp. Had a real good time. Just rem...
By: derick
Posted: 3/30/2008
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Skagit. Did not even get a bite but it was fun and also cold.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/26/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Recent high water has slowed the bull trout fishing a bit, as the pink salmon smolt were swept downstream. Smaller baitfish patterns have been replaced with standard steelhead patterns. Larger black...
By: joekacker
Posted: 7/2/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to the skagit just outside of hamilton early had the lines in at 5. no action,. At about 7 a pod of fish came through. only they werent steelhead. We hooked 2 sockeye. on spin n glow and sh...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 7/31/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With everything being a little spread out and slow right now, I havent really been fishing one place in particular. Had a good few weeks up on the skagit fishing for Bull Trout on the fly, picked up s...
By: Jimbo
Posted: 11/16/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Missed the Coho run, and I know I Missed a Good One. Work, Work, Work, but I said not today and went to a place I've gone for over 20 years. Tad early for Steel but I was lucky...
By: Rippasher06
Posted: 12/11/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Saw a few fish tailing out on the river but no takers, but the Dollies always seem to be willing. #3 Blue Fox Vibe single hooks seem to be their favorite.
By: Rippasher06
Posted: 12/18/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
went down to the river for a few hours of fishing. Nothing on my line to start but two ther people were and the gal got a nice bright Steelhead. I left got my bigger rod and within a half hour I nail...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 11/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
I have never floated the skagit before so after doing some research i decided to float from Marblemount to Rockport.
We mostly pulled plugs threw a few slots, a "mcrib" tadpolly and a blue brads w...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well with the low clear water and slow fishing of the rivers ive been fishing, i know a guy who had caught some fish on the skagit so i decided to try it, nothing special, but side drifting eggs has t...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Little update for everyone on the steelhead, been fishing the skagit, but not only there, some on the stillaguamish, skykomish and cascade as well, low water and low numbers so fishing is far from on ...
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 12/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, although November was a rough one to start the steelhead season, we are finally seeing our first decent pushes of local hatchery steelhead. I am hoping it just gets better from here on out. Ive ...
By: trixy408
Posted: 1/16/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing nota no fish. all the guys on boats look pist and there where no other bank anglers. the water was great moving a little fast but super clear and a great day but ya only saw one jump week day....
By: RiverChromeGS
Posted: 11/30/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well my last coastal salmon days have come to an end. Its nice to have some time off, it was a crazy busy fall! Ive been getting out on the Skagit a little bit with some clients who just want to get o...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 1/7/2017
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the frozen north today to try and scare up some chrome.
Fishing with Pnemonia? A guy can only be kept indoors for so long.
It is cold and there's a foot of snow up there, the creeks are ...
By: Blackstarfishing
Posted: 4/19/2019
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Our group had the opportunity to fish the mighty Skagit river and a certain very distinct tributary of it for a few days earlier this week before the big spring rains came and knocked it out shape. Th...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skagit at first light both Saturday and Sunday. Using live sand shrimp behind a spin-n-glo (my lucky one is chrome with pink tiger stripes and pink wings) we plunked on a popular bar with ...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/23/2019
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished both Saturday 6/22 and Sunday 6/23 for Skagit sockeye in Mt. Vernon from our boat. Followed the great tips in this thread from several years ago (thanks Steelheading360). http://www.northwest...
By: NathanT
Posted: 7/15/2019
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to the Skagit for the second to the last day of Sockeye. Plunked the Baker Street River Access for a couple hours in the afternoon, but no luck there for me and the 4-5 or so anglers there. ...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/27/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I had been excited about this fishery for weeks, and the delay was killing me. The fish counts at Baker Lake were getting pretty decent, so I thought there would be more fish in the river. More than...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 7/2/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, I would not have thought it would be slower today than last week, especially after the fish counts at the baker river. One fish caught on the bar all morning between 17 rods, no others on. I ho...
By: skagking26
Posted: 7/3/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well after fishing 13 of 14 days straight last year with zero success, my excitement to target the elusive sockeye on the river was lacking. So after watching the opener come and go, I decided it was ...
By: Dave M
Posted: 7/8/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Found out why there are so few reports for the Skagit, nothing biting. Started at the Gardner boat launch, my son had one legit bite and that was it for the day. Headed back to the soccer fields which...
By: fishbiker
Posted: 7/10/2012
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
well hit the skagit early mon morning. there was nothing open for bait or tackle. the parking lot was full and under water. there was a couple teachers fishing that were nice enough to give me some s...
