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By: Jakefish
Posted: 7/27/2020
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers Thursday thru Sunday, July 23, 24, 25 and 26.
Thursday was my first time fishing Baker Lake, and it made me want to go back for more! Thanks to all the reports on here - I stu...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/23/2019
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished both Saturday 6/22 and Sunday 6/23 for Skagit sockeye in Mt. Vernon from our boat. Followed the great tips in this thread from several years ago (thanks Steelheading360). http://www.northwest...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I fished three weekends of this year's special spring chinook opening. Tried plunking with spin-n-glows with roe and plugs. Didn't hook a thing, didn't see any caught. Heard of a few caught over th...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/7/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I have been visiting Padden every week or so in the evening, and the bite from shore is slow but steady. I can't find any catfish yet this year, and there seem to be fewer perch and sunfish around, b...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skagit at first light both Saturday and Sunday. Using live sand shrimp behind a spin-n-glo (my lucky one is chrome with pink tiger stripes and pink wings) we plunked on a popular bar with ...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 5/20/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Still plenty of this year's stockers to be had. No holdovers to be seen. The fish seem to be holding in the middle of the water column, not really feeding on the surface today. Limited in a couple ...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 7/2/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, I would not have thought it would be slower today than last week, especially after the fish counts at the baker river. One fish caught on the bar all morning between 17 rods, no others on. I ho...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/27/2016
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I had been excited about this fishery for weeks, and the delay was killing me. The fish counts at Baker Lake were getting pretty decent, so I thought there would be more fish in the river. More than...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 6/16/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished below the train bridge in Burlington today from dawn (4:30ish) to 8:30. Used live sand shrimp behind a #6 pink/chartreuse tiger stripe spin-n-glow (with the purple-ish mylar wings), rigged wit...
By: Jakefish
Posted: 5/15/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Padden still has lots of trout. Fished from one of the docks with worms under a bobber, as usual. Using about a 4-6 foot drop under the bobber, I was surprised to catch a brown bullhead catfish. Th...