yup, slow as hell the entire run... that is unless your a net........

I was out on Young's Bar in the morning of 7/1. Of the 15 or so anglers on the bank, there were only two fish caught. A lot of people there were blaming it on the nets. Rumor has it that the nets are pulled out for the time being so hopefully fishing picks up.

A lot of ppl blame the nets for poor fishing. I personally see it differently. With only a few hundred passing by in a day it would be luck and not skill that puts fish in the box. I caught sockeye on the skagit every year it has opened but every time I consider myself lucky as everyone was doing the exact same thing just happen to hit my lure instead of others. I can't stress enough that these fish do not hold in the river. They are shooting straight to the lake so while the trap numbers are high I wouldn't consider the numbers in the river being high epically with only a few schools passing by in a day. With a little under two weeks of fishing left in the river I would start looking into taking a trip to baker. They seem to bite better as they have slowed down tremendously now that they've reach their destination.