Skykomish; how high is too high?

schu7498 · Post by **schu7498** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 3:30 pm

Got to reiter yesterday and it was packed! No room to fish below the intake. so we fished above, lots of guys fishing and not a fish hooked. So we went down off the ben howard road and found a sweet slot that looked to hold fish. Got asked by some boaters if we had seen any fish roll in that slot, sounded like we chose a good spot. nothing for us, not even the 3 guides drifting past had anything. Beautiful day, felt good to fish though.

gonnahookit · Post by **gonnahookit** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 3:43 pm

More or less same story this morning. Cleared out quick though, between the rude POS (read my report Grrrr) and the lack of fish.

It was packed shortly after I got to the water, with everyone asking the same thing. With all the rain there had been, where were all the fish?

By 11 there were only a handful of people left on the hatchery side that I could see, most all about a hundred yards down from the intake. The rest (about a dozen cars or so total) must have dispersed farther out.

fear_no_fish · Post by **fear_no_fish** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:14 pm

anyone been fishing downriver at all? Whats the water color looking like?
I get to go tomorrow but havent decided to go high or low.

natetreat · Post by **natetreat** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:48 pm

Low was not working today. Hit the around the hatcheries for your best shot. High water cleaned them out and sent them to the trap.

chrome_chasin · Post by **chrome_chasin** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:01 pm

Spent the day fishing the stretch around the rock. Saw 6 fish hooked 5 landed. 3 hatchery side and 2 hwy side. I went 0-1 threw jigs and spoons. No love for me today.

fear_no_fish · Post by **fear_no_fish** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:58 pm

slim pickings huh? probably pick around the bone itself then and hit the pit

gonnahookit · Post by **gonnahookit** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:31 pm

chrome_chasin wrote:Spent the day fishing the stretch around the rock. Saw 6 fish hooked 5 landed. 3 hatchery side and 2 hwy side. I went 0-1 threw jigs and spoons. No love for me today.

Was that you with the angry fish that ran down to near the rapids (from above the intake)?

That bugger was runnin for the border!

gonnahookit · Post by **gonnahookit** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:33 pm

fear_no_fish wrote:slim pickings huh? probably pick around the bone itself then and hit the pit

They are in there by the hatchery, I could see them from time to time once the sun got up a ways. They just weren't hungry much today.

fear_no_fish · Post by **fear_no_fish** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:45 pm

Hopefully the eggs i got from this old timer will get them.

chrome_chasin · Post by **chrome_chasin** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:48 am

gonnahookit wrote:
chrome_chasin wrote:Spent the day fishing the stretch around the rock. Saw 6 fish hooked 5 landed. 3 hatchery side and 2 hwy side. I went 0-1 threw jigs and spoons. No love for me today.
Was that you with the angry fish that ran down to near the rapids (from above the intake)?

That bugger was runnin for the border!

Nope. I was three guys down from him. That fish was high teens and dime bright. Dude was throwing 8 lb line and couldn't turn it

fishindude · Post by **fishindude** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:51 pm

Fished the high bridge and up to the bend today. Saw one fish caught from a drift boat right in front of me. Slow.

Post by **Mordalphus** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:57 pm

I fished in sultan from the bank and saw 2 fish caught before 6am. A bright chrome hen from the bank and the second one was a nice chinook from a drift boat. Then nothing.

I still have not caught a single fish out of a river. I'm starting to develop an eye twitch.

fishindude · Post by **fishindude** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:19 pm

I know how you feel Mordalphus. Never caught anything from a river. Spent alot trying to. Frustrating!

Post by **Mordalphus** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:56 pm

I figure I'll just keep going every sunday at 4 in the morning and eventually I'll hook up the dumbest fish in the river. Might take me a few years, but it'll happen.

fishindude · Post by **fishindude** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:50 am

Can't catch em sitting in front of the boob tube, thats for sure!

fear_no_fish · Post by **fear_no_fish** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:05 am

This isnt the easiest time to catch fish out of the sky, wait till august when the humpies are in. You will feel like a pro.

Post by **racfish** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:06 am

When the fish cooperate and do hit its worth every moment you spent on the river. I only have Sundays to fish pretty much anymore. I make the best out of it. Any time spent fishing is better then chores at home.

HOOKEDONFISHING · Post by **HOOKEDONFISHING** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:42 pm

I took my girlfriend out for the first time this season and her 2nd time ever fishing and she caught a native Steel Sat. She is hooked now.

Post by **Mordalphus** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:53 pm

Sorry man, but now I hate your girlfriend.

Haha

HOOKEDONFISHING · Post by **HOOKEDONFISHING** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:02 pm

Mordalphus wrote:Sorry man, but now I hate your girlfriend.

Haha

LMAO . Her catching her first Steel is going to work out good for me. Looks like we are going to be doing a lot more fishing this year ....

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