Sky opening day pics

[DannyL]

0 fer on both kings and winter run steel. Heard of 3 at the hatch including primes Nate. Then one hatch king by the bridge. Not alot of action either way you look at it. Thinking reiter in the morning before work. Then Monday and Tuesday I have no idea where I'll be, maybe Skagit and reiter

[primetime]

Prime me and my buddy talked to you on your way out.

Always nice to meet another wa laker!!

[rcthepirate]

0 fer on both kings and winter run steel. Heard of 3 at the hatch including primes Nate. Then one hatch king by the bridge. Not alot of action either way you look at it. Thinking reiter in the morning before work. Then Monday and Tuesday I have no idea where I'll be, maybe Skagit and reiter

Talk about a letdown compared to the cascade opener last year! They're probably all still down in the skagit waiting for some high water. Good luck out there tomorrow, hope you knock 'em dead!

[DannyL]

3 boats anchored and about 5 bankers at the scade mouth when we left. Was a bit of a letdown. No fish even in the hatchery creek

[ripsomelip]

Ok. went to reiter at 430, of course it was lined up as usual with a ton of cars waitin, so i decided to go hit a spot i havent been in like YEARS, further downstream. Well. here it is. second of my hook spits today. Guess ill have to finish the job tommorow. arrrrrrrrrrrrrg.

[kzoo]

Got my two at Reiter. Big crowds on both sides. Saw the bone heads on Reiter side before 6AM. They were slaying them, no gamewarden like always.

[ripsomelip]

i saw the sherrif headed up when i got there at 445 before i left. did he not come down?

[rcthepirate]

No he turned around and headed out

[ripsomelip]

ok, well i dont know if im gonna hit hatchery side or not, probably hwy side. but if he shows again, somebody please tell them to boot those dbags out .

[The Quadfather]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrg.

The look on your face was priceless...

[fear_no_fish]

Okay so there were a few fish to be had, Wheres danny and nate?? How did you guys do?
Sounds like the pit put out a few fish this morning??

[bugmasta]

was on the sky this morning with my neighbor and his buddy. had a great time and landed some nice fish. here is 1 of the 2 kings that i got. we ended up with 3 kings total as a boat.

[ripsomelip]

that is pure goodness. well done!!!!!!!

[FishingThePacNW]

Cant go till school gets out, looks like there wont be any fish left haha, what were yall catchin the metal and kings on?

[ripsomelip]

, what were yall catchin the metal and kings on?

plastic frogs.



hehehe, the usual assortment of drift gear for me.

[FishingThePacNW]

Lol love that topwater frog bit with them steelhead! Ok thanks!

[fear_no_fish]

I see a go pro, wheres the fight video? dont hold out on us!!

[goodtimesfishing]

Ok. went to reiter at 430, of course it was lined up as usual with a ton of cars waitin, so i decided to go hit a spot i havent been in like YEARS, further downstream. Well. here it is. second of my hook spits today. Guess ill have to finish the job tommorow. arrrrrrrrrrrrrg.

I don't want to come across harsh, just a piece of advice. Set your drag and leave it. Let your reel do it's job. There is the rare occasion when you might have to adjust it. However when I see people tighten and then loosen and then tighten and then loosen, the next thing I usually see is the line go slack.....fish gone.

Again I am only saying this in hopes to help, not to be an a****** and not trying to be over critical, but when the line gets tight and then extra loose and then tight and you add to that barbless hooks. Well you are going to lose fish. Also with your drag tightened down properly you will get a better hookset.

[bugmasta]

I see a go pro, wheres the fight video? dont hold out on us!!

i will work on getting it posted tomorrow. was about a 20 minute fight so i need to trim it down a bit. was running super light tackle so it took a while. landed it on 8# line and #4 hook! that fish kicked my ass and had my rod doubled over for the entire time. my arm/shoulder were dead. here are the pair of kings i took today.

[fear_no_fish]

Awesome man! kings on light gear is so much fun! Im major jealous!