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By: ragibby
Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up late this morning at 7:30am and decided to hit Reese Road and try my luck for the 6th weekend in a row on some coho. The river was a lot higher than it has been all month long and was moving q...
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By: chwong
Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Met up and fished with Jonb a fellow WA Lakes member. We fished the Sky starting at around 8:30am. I hooked this nice little bright coho after about 10 casts jigging. Jonb had a number of hits fish...
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Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today with son and came home with no fish. Had a great time hanging with my son though. We through everything at them in our arsenal and only a couple of strikes. One on the eggs and one on a...
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Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Did some aventuring on my own today and found me a nice pool. fished for a couple hours and hooked 4 and kept two that were arlight in color and also hooked 6 large chum that were release. all fish we...
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Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/9/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Hit the lower Sky at day break this morning. A few Chum were rolling sucking air on the surface but no Silvers jumping. Had a nice takedown on the end of the drift while standing above the pool with a...
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Posted: 11/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I hired Nate Treat to guide me to fishing holes and teach me some skills to catch more fish. Due to the rain and high water, we abandoned our original plan to go to the Snohomish. Instead we hit the ...
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By: makscoot
Posted: 11/6/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/5/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I have fished at least twice a week for the last 10 weeks on the lower Skykomish. The last two days since the rain seems that either the fish are heads down pushing through or already gone to the upp...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for an hour before heading in to work. Lots of bright fish pushing in, the run is picking up again. Landed myself a chrome hatchery hen. Blessed day it was!
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Posted: 11/3/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
went to the skykomish river and fished the first hole and no luck. move up stream found a nice calm stretch of water. on this spot i landed a nice 8# wild steelhead put up a good fight and was release...
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Posted: 11/3/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started off going to the wallace first thing in the morning and on the way to my hole i realized that the water was so low that most of the river was land so we left right away. So we drove to monroe ...
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Posted: 11/2/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to check out the theory that heavy rain might make the fish less wary, so went out in high winds and torrential downpour to see if it might loosen up the locked jaws of a coho. The idea is th...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 11/2/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2 of fishing, same spot, same setup. The wind was ripping out there and I almost turned around to go home but the splashes in the river pursaded me to stay. I thought it was going to be extremely ...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 11/1/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
first day back on the water since I returned from sunshine Arizona. Did my usual Friday Fishing in Monroe. Went to my new spot with some nice deep holes. The good news is there are plenty fish to be c...
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Posted: 10/29/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM Location: Skykomish Method of Persuasion: Yarnball & Sand Shrimp Setup: Okuma Celilo 9'6" 4-8lb Rod, Shimano Sahara 2500 Reel, 10 lb Power Pro. Low and clear much? I fo...
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Posted: 10/29/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM Location: Skykomish Method of Persuasion: Eggs & Brass Teardrop Spoon The Summer Runs remaining in the river have been kind to me; consistently landing fish, 2-4 fish in 3-...
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By: jonb
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at daybreak with ilvlakecassidy from this website. he was using a jig under a float, I focused on using hardware, blue fox, Dick night, and twitching jigs. we hiked long and far, trud...
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Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started in Start up, fished the mouth of the Wallace with drift gear I hooked one nice Coho but lost it within seconds, I saw a lot of Pinks all rotten though. The whole Skykomish system is running lo...
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Posted: 10/25/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
All I gotta say is wow! Saw alot of fish rolling the surface, nothing was biting the egg. Switched to jig and sand shrimp immediately gets bite, hooked 4 fish kept only two and release a super dark re...
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By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 10/25/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
okay this trip is not worth making but for the sake of our fellow anglers willing to head out for a tough fishing moment i will try, Fishing is still tough lots of people still hopeful for a rain to h...
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Posted: 10/23/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today was “convoy” day as a group of WashingtonLakes anglers got together for a nice float from Sultan to Monroe. It was a chance to drift a different part of the river, shoot some video, and catch so...
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Posted: 10/23/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been hitting up the skykomish here and there. Egg bites good at first light, then I've been getting the rest of my fish on a jig. I've had some of these fish just HAMMER these jig im throwing. Had ...
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By: DjButler
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Let me first explain that I rated this post a 5 simply because it was an amazing adventure. I found a new stretch of water out in the sticks. It took a good 20-25 min to hike into. There were a few...
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Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started off fishing at the snohomish at thomas eddy on saturday morning with no luck for me but my uncle got one and a guy next to me got 4, yeah not legal. Later we headed up to the wallace and there...
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Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
fished the same hole again this morning with a friend. I hooked one the first 25mins 5-6lb.an hour latter my buddy hooked one and got off. It was slow saw a few surfacing got a few more hits toward t...
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By: bugmasta
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
hit the sky early friday morning with some fresh cured eggs. got to our hole and ho one was there. figured with the extra room we would free drift a couple runs with eggs. 3 drifts down and nothing...
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