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By: FishWhisperer
Posted: 1/14/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was a very slow day at Reiter. Saw one fish caught. Yet, such a beautiful day on the river. Fished floats and a variety of jigs tipped with prawn, no takers. Probably 6 or 7 fisherman on either sid...
By: Bank drifter
Posted: 1/15/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Weather cooperated, despite the recent cold it was not bad. Arrived 10:30, saw a couple people leaving with fish, saw one fish caught on highway side of Reiter. while we were there. We put in 3 hours...
By: Mouchias
Posted: 1/20/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the river yesterday. After a couple of casts fish on! Lost that one but landed another hatchery buck 2 casts later. Dealt with him, rigged up again and 2 casts later Fish On! All in al...
By: RyanJamesHung
Posted: 12/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit High Bridge today with my friend Jim; he was swinging flies and I stuck with gear. Nothing there, saw Sean though! Headed up higher on the river; worked drift gear and was STOKED when I hooked up...
By: Snoop
Posted: 1/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I knew the weather was going to be bad, but today was my only chance this week to get on the river. We had the hatchery side at reiter all to ourselves untill about 7:30? By 9 am there was 5 of us o...
By: FishWhisperer
Posted: 1/8/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day bright, well not so bright, and early and headed to the Wallace mouth on the sky. No cars parked at the parking lot so a little promising to find a good spot. Worked a few holes, float...
By: bankfisher
Posted: 1/10/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Second time out this year and it was a blast. Fished the HWY side of Reiter and was not turned away by the snow falling. River was going down and it was a good choice. Running about 7 feet high wit...
By: schu7498
Posted: 12/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning Wednesday at the snoqualmie, saw a total of three pulled out, one at the big eddy and two down around the corner at the tailout. Fished 8am to 1pm.
Today we got to the sky aroun...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
As a buddy said this morning... "I've fished in rain, sleet, snow & wind. Now I can say I've fished it all at the same time!" On the river an hour before daylight. The time spent waiting for light w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Long underwear – check
Raingear – check
Bait – check
Flashlight – check
Fish – ummm, uncheck
Another tough day at Reiter, however, I was happy to arrive early to a light snow which got heavier ...
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well this is my first post on Washingtonlakes and as fortune would have it I can report a successful day. I made it up to the highway side of Reiter and found a fresh blanket of snow and an empty par...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river around 9 AM after shoveling off my driveway and sending my wife off to work. Promptly high-sided my car in some deep snow left by the snowplows that had cleared Hwy 2. Great. I have A...
By: natetreat
Posted: 12/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skykomish. We did very well considering. We caught 4, limited by 10 am. And we got this monster of a fish, 15.75 pounds! The best bait of the day was a pink bunny fur jig under a float. We ...
By: luisdabeast206
Posted: 12/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river early, looking for Steelhead since I had the day off. Threw out bobber and jig, spinner, and spoons and did not get any bites. I only saw 1 fish caught, it was really slow. I did ...
By: ripsomelip
Posted: 12/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, not a huge day at Reiter, but there were a few taken today. got 2 small bucks on jig/prawn. a good rain will pack the river. theyre in there but take some coaxing with clarity being so good.
By: Snoop
Posted: 12/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Second car in line at Reiter this morning with my dad. Fished from 6:00-9:45. About 8 I had only seen 2 fish pulled out, and figured that If we didnt see any more caught by 8:30 we would leave. Righ...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give it a go this morning on the highway side of Reiter. Arrived before daybreak to a parking lot with a light coating of snow but manageable wind and rain. I usually head down to the cable...
By: atmiller2008
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Watched the water levels all week hoping they would come down for the weekend. Got up Saturday saw the levels were just under 7K CF/s we decided to make the trip up to Reiter. Hit the river later than...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Reward for a weekend of hard work – Monday morning fishing!
Decided to continue to try to unlock the Skykomish Reiter Ponds Hwy side. The river is dropping today is in stellar shape. Flow was 4,30...
By: Snoop
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to reiter a little late today (6:15). Still was able to fish the same spot as yesterday. Same thing, fished from 6:15 till about 8 and no fish. Around 8:45 saw a couple taken out of the highway ...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skykomish today near the high bridge. Originally intended to hit Reiter on the Highway side, but there were about 25 cars there when we arrived at 8 a.m. so we decided to go down stream a b...
By: tele_maniac
Posted: 12/28/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the Sky again with my brother today. Fished at the same spot below Reiter. Arrived at 8 am and stayed until about 3 pm. Seemed colder today because of the wind. Lots of people on the water. Th...
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...
By: bkawafishin
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...
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...
