J-MICHAEL
7/19/2011 6:50:00 AMYou bet ! And thank you... Honestly that one hole is either really good, or I'am now on the verge of it all being lucky ! But it also is all convenient as I have a cabin where the Skykomish is a 7 minute walk out the backdoor, walking distance to the Wallace mouth also, and only 7 miles to Reiter...Hehe =)
'OL GREY DOG
7/19/2011 6:54:00 AMaaaanother dead fish 'n only rated a 3 !!! lololol takes a LOT to make it a good enough day to rate it a 5 !!!!... nice fish
J-MICHAEL
7/19/2011 7:10:00 AMHaha Grey dog ! Yeah not sure what that rating stuff is all about yet... I saw I could have made it any number while filling out the report, but whatever. Lol =) Thank-you tho ! Funny thing, but this is the only Chinook I have caught so far where it did not leave the water surface and create such a havoc... Just wanted to hug the bottom and not leave that hole, but did make a few scary torpedo runs smokin' my reel. Ugh, not much line with 12lb test and a little Shimano 2000 that only holds 100 yds with 10 lb test ! There is a better picture under "my albums" of the fish, there must have been an error while trying to upload it to the report ;) Good luck to ya !
jerome iverson
7/19/2011 8:37:00 AMnice king man u have been on a roll lately so please do tell where abouts on the river you been fishing
kingfisher101
7/19/2011 10:27:00 AMhell yea man iim getting out there as soon as i can.man once i read that you were using a tiny rod and you hooked to a salmon the first thing that came to my mind was your line was gonna snap or the rod lol but nice fish
Gringo Pescador
7/19/2011 10:32:00 AMJ-M - nice job out there man! Thanks for the reports and pics been enjoying them. I am hoping this is my year for a keeper river king, we'll see. Problem is I spend too much time up river from you hunting steel.
Mr Lucky - SHhhh - he is on the Skykomish between Gold Bar and Monroe... don't tell anyone I told you though.. ;)
Mr Lucky - SHhhh - he is on the Skykomish between Gold Bar and Monroe... don't tell anyone I told you though.. ;)
Soldevi
7/19/2011 12:23:00 PMThis is painful to watch. I will someday catch a fish larger than 3lbs. Lmao. I wish I had a super secret squirrel spot. hehe.
lawdog
7/19/2011 1:31:00 PMdude your a great fisher, i have fished the sky for two years and have yet to catch a nice king salmon i wish i had better luck
J-MICHAEL
7/19/2011 8:05:00 PMGringo, always enjoy reading your Steel reports and from the other regulars since I've been here ;) Kingfisher, let us know how it goes this weekend ! I fished for about 6 hours today, but no luck. Kinda quiet out there today... Lawdog, keep putting in your time tho and you will ! I fish a lot, so gotta figure that in... Kinda like the person who keeps winning at the casino and then everyone seems to want to go then to win. Well how much money and time did that person put in at the casino to keep winning ?? Lol =) Fish everyday, let the hours add up, and I bet you would then. Hehe. Chengpu, You can't fish the Wallace for Kings, but you can on the lower portion for Steelhead tho... ;) I tried the lower Wallace to see if I could get into any Steelhead, but definately didn't seem promising as I tried a few weeks ago. Haha, the pics of the water could look different just because I use Photobucket to resize the pics and then the auto-fix feature can change the coloring of the pic just a bit. There is a water inlet source that dumps in nearby and that is where I usually clean the fish and possibly why they hang there =) Good luck out there !
kingfisher101
7/19/2011 8:23:00 PMok im on it if i catch one ill tell ya and report on the site toim going to take a wader so i can walk around the river and get to the place little better
chengpu
7/19/2011 8:36:00 PMbetter get em while ya can they are shutting it down for kings on the 23rd, returns have been weak and they are not meeting escapement.
kingfisher101
7/19/2011 9:26:00 PMactually i just read it closed on the 31st or the 30th something around there
chengpu
7/19/2011 10:46:00 PMthe 31st is the date listed in the rulebook, there is an emergency closure happening.
luisdabeast206
7/20/2011 12:26:00 AMNice bro, I have been fishing the sky, and I havent seemed to land them...I will be going to the Wallace this weeked, on Sat...I havent had any luck at Reiter, either seen only a few caught..
J-MICHAEL
7/20/2011 6:13:00 AMI have a relative who works for fish and game here and he hinted to me last week that they might do that. They already decided to close it on the 23rd since they only got around 600 returned at the hatchery so far... There goal was something over 3,000, but I've also heard the run is late also, so dunno. If they meet there goal, they would re-open it but I don't see that happening.
leviP
7/21/2011 12:12:00 AMdo salmon like kings go past the wallace, or do they all go to the wallace? and where should i fish? only place i havnt tried is ben howard. need to know good holes to fish season ends soon wanna be put on some good ol fish
kingfisher101
7/21/2011 2:21:00 PMdecided i should head out there on friday lets hope i catch a chinook
Gringo Pescador
7/21/2011 2:50:00 PMKings go past the wallace, but you cannot keep em up there. The last day to fish for them in the Sky is tomorrow (Friday 07/22), the WDFW is closing it early due to low returns. Better get on it tomorrow!
leviP
7/21/2011 3:05:00 PMgonna head up there tomorrow, tried all the spots i know of and nothing, so last try for me is ben howard hopefully can find some bank fishing there. otherwise im lost haha, at least i hooked into like 15 kings only caught 3, on the wallace, the one day the game wardens didnt come haha. good eats