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Posted: 11/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
3 of us fished the pond area, both sides. Got 4 on shrimp between us. Nice day, rain and all!
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By: makscoot
Posted: 12/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from 2-5pm near the Reformatory Channel. I was the only guy there. drifted bober and eggs left over from the silver season. No major take dwns in the big water. I few trout stealing ba...
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Posted: 12/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to hit the river this morning. Went with Kzoo and we weren't expecting much as the forecasts called for high winds and rain and the river was supposed to be on the rise. Got to the rive...
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By: Cozmo4196
Posted: 12/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Cable Hole from about 8am to noon. My buddy landed one Coho but other than that we got skunked. Floated jigs, roe and tossed spoons. The guys on the highway side of the hole seemed to have ...
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Posted: 12/4/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7:30am to around 11am on the highway side of Reiter. Conditions were less than optimal - rain (and getting heavier as the morning progressed) and a rising river. Despite that, Nate managed...
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By: Flytrap
Posted: 6/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Fishing Big Ben right below Reiter Ponds on 6/3/2013. I had plenty of bites on a black & purple jig after fishing for a couple of hours I hooked a 22lb. Steelhead that took about 15 minutes to reel i...
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Posted: 6/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
No meetings scheduled this morning, so decided to hit Reiter. I arrived around 5:40 and was like the 6th or 7th car in line at the entrance. By the time 5:55 rolled around I would guess there were a...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 6/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Reiter about 5:30. At 6:00am about 10 cars drove on down. Right away a guy at the inlet mouth hooked up. On ym first cast, bobber down and the fight was on. Brought in a beautiful Native abo...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 6/6/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another early morning at Reiter. Same story, as yesterday, except double or more the amount of guys, and a little slower fishing. About ten fish caught that I saw again today, but over a longer perio...
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By: Djjohnson
Posted: 6/6/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Float fished most of the morning with no luck. Seen a few caught on the hatchery side tho. So I switched to drift fishing and nailed MY FIRST STEELHEAD EVER!!! Wow, well that's why this is a 5star day...
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By: wbroekhof
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got to Rieter on the opener on June 1st at 10am after checking out the slow action for King's down in Sultan. The parking lot was crowded and most of the holes were taken. Went down to cable hole an...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 6/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Third day in a row at reiter. Super slow today. Saw 4 fish caught. I hooked up about 8:30 with a super skinny, dark, red stripped, barley any life left in him, native. A quick release and he swam of...
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Posted: 6/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Opening day was amazing... Limited on Brass Spoons and Silver Teardrops. The bite started at 5:00 AM and didn't stop for a long time. First picture was from this Steelie that gave me hell on Tuesd...
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Posted: 6/8/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/8/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Was third in line at Reiter at 5:30am. Raced down to the water when it opened at 6:00am and was fishing by 6:05am. Literally saw someone hook a fish on the first cast of the day (in a hole that I ha...
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Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the skykomish up in the Startup area. Was throwing jigs under a float tipped with a single cranberry. I was told this old trick from a old timer that used to fish the Lewis street bridge spot i...
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Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Fish the Skykomish hard from noon till about 8:00 PM. Had essentially no luck with four of us fishing hard from a jet boat. Sounded like just about everybody else on the river had the same experience...
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By: wbroekhof
Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Reiter on the highway side and fished cable hole in the morning mostly with a float and jig. The day was very slow with one fish taken on the hatchery side. Tried spoon fishing for a while with...
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Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to get a steelhead today, went through a container of eggs and only got one take, but wasn't able to set the hook. I saw one guy get a fish, looked like he was using bobber and red jig. ...
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By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Camped at Money Creek and got an early start on the Skykomish on Friday morning. I landed my first native steelhead at 8am...a beautiful fish that my buddy and I figured was a late winter run in the ...
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Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Reiter this AM as a fathersday present from my 9 yr old son , best fathersday ever ..
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Posted: 6/19/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Sky on Tuesday with my fly rod in hand and the Steelhead were good and grabby. Once they located my fly they smothered it in love. Hit 3, landed 2, released all to swim again.... In all the us...
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By: Fisher83
Posted: 6/19/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Did okay for a slow fish day...water was down and so maybe that was why less fish in the water. I guess I and 2 other were the only lucky bait casters today. Not much fish in. Try really hard with bob...
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Posted: 6/21/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the hatchery around 10:30 and fished on the left of the creek because the right side was packed. Fished there without any luck for around an hour so we left to the cable hole. The water was ver...
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Posted: 6/22/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a day at Reiter. Got in line bright and early this morning, only to wach some guy run like the devil was on his heels as soon as he parked. Never saw him catch anything, for his efforts...
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Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat in Monroe at the Lewis street launch, and fished down river. Free Drifted most of the day and spent a half hour back trolling and caught a nice 24" dolly. Fished with my wife and kid...
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