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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: 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: 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: Greenthorn nwp
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today and the past two trips in the last week have resulted in gross uter failer, i think im done with this river unless the fishgates open the hell up!!!...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/1/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed for the Sky, hoping to get the New Year off to a rousing start! Got very, very cold! Temp at arrival, at 7:30 AM, was 25 degrees. On the river fishing, a bit before 8:00... fished just upstream...
By: RyanJamesHung
Posted: 12/30/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped at the Sultan. Fished the Sultan. Stopped at the Wallace. Left the Wallace. Stopped at the Sky...
Started with jigs (got bored). Fished drift gear (snagged). Threw on my favorite spoon ...
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: riverbound
Posted: 12/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been a while since I've posted a report. Mostly because I've been skunked on most outings and have a hard time admitting I'm not as good of a fisherman as I would like to think I am. Been trying for m...
By: RyanJamesHung
Posted: 12/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky with my brother-in-law from 8:30 - 11:30 AM; ate way to many protein bars the night before... Not fun being sick on the river :( Oh well...
Hit the first Steelie on a 1/2 ounce, silv...
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: 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: 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: douglas007
Posted: 12/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Gold Bar area of river. Guys everywhere so bounced around for a while until I could find some water. Hit 1st fish about 10am on a pearl/pink corkie my all time favorite. 2nd fish around 11am on...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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...
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: 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 ...
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: 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: joechiro30
Posted: 12/11/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
this may be a far fetch but I left a custom made rod 11'6" pacbay rod that said " joe the slayer hong" on it with a shimano curado...also a fetha styx 9'6" spinning with a shimano reel...I left it at ...
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: 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...