Skook Lately?

[gonnahookit]

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Eggs, prawns, about 15 different jigs, cured coon shrimp, cured sandshrimp (both left by the guy next to me, that caught his limit in 30 minutes) pink worms, yarn balls in different colors, power eggs, ez eggs, corkies, corkies and yarn, red beads, orange beads, spoons, spinners, drfiting, bobber dogging, heck even a couple of rags; nothing, nada, zip.

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Did you try a nice wiggly nightcrawler?

Yep, tried those too.

If fish had middle fingers I'm sure I would have been seeing a few.

[Brat Bonker]

one thing that works for me at the skook while sight fishing is scent. pink corky and yarn with lots of scent or a metallic pink corky and a small piece of dyed pink prawn.

[jd39]

Hope you have better luck than I did today. Bounced around all over up by the hatchery, until I found some fish.

Staring at a group of at LEAST 10 fish, some chrome, some dark, and they weren't biting ANYTHING I threw at them. Hit one right in the face with a jig and it didn't even budge.

Eggs, prawns, about 15 different jigs, cured coon shrimp, cured sandshrimp (both left by the guy next to me, that caught his limit in 30 minutes) pink worms, yarn balls in different colors, power eggs, ez eggs, corkies, corkies and yarn, red beads, orange beads, spoons, spinners, drfiting, bobber dogging, heck even a couple of rags; nothing, nada, zip.

Starting to think Nate wasn't really joking when he said I was bad luck.

Well I must be bad luck too! Fish snubbed me too, didn't like anything I threw at them yesterday. Still a fun day, wasn't crowded and got to chat with some good folks that were there.
Now a little venting:
The trash and line people have left around is really a disgrace, got to me for some reason yesterday, with it so peaceful around the water and the river looking great it sucked to turn around to see what fellow "sportsman/women" have done to the banks of a great steelhead stream. Unbelievable, I picked some up but who could tell. It was easily more depressing than not catching a fish. Wish there was a way to ban those people from all public lands, doubt they're more respectful anywhere else. Pathetic, just pathetic.

[chrome_chasin]

Just dont look under the big tree in the middle of the field by the boundary. You will loose all respect for the sporties up there. i know it is not all, probably only a small fraction of the sporties there, but its disgusting none the less.

[schu7498]

Haha ive avoided that big tree. Line of guys at it like a public restroom.

[chrome_chasin]

Haha ive avoided that big tree. Line of guys at it like a public restroom.

Avoid it like the plague and you will be much better off. Sadly I have found a bridge with the same results down lower on the river. Some guys just dont seem to care. Anywhere to pop a squat works for em I suppose.

[jd39]

Haha ive avoided that big tree. Line of guys at it like a public restroom.

Avoid it like the plague and you will be much better off. Sadly I have found a bridge with the same results down lower on the river. Some guys just dont seem to care. Anywhere to pop a squat works for em I suppose.

Not sure what tree you guys are referring too but I will make it a point to not go looking for it!

[Weekend-warrior17]

Whats up with the skook guys!!!!, im diein to go down there is it worth buggin some buddies for some bobber and jig action?( would rather not "false" steel head cuz theres so many other ways to get em) i'm also thinkin about floatin it from up at the hatchery down in a little ponntoon boat to somewhere down stream. where would you guys suggest i get out the river at also what would you guys suggest it. its killin me need to get out there.

[gonnahookit]

If you put in by the hatchery, you'll be doing lots of ducking and some climbing/tugging/heaving. At least 2 log jams within the first couple miles of river down from the hatchery, the second one is pretty big.

Not undoable, I saw a pair of guys do it in their smallish pontoons a few weeks ago (looked like 8-9 footers) but you will be getting a workout.

Any of the bridges downstream are relatively accessable from the road, although probably not the easiest of takeouts available, with Goebel road the lowest road/bridge I've personally seen: link

Good luck and tight lines!

[Weekend-warrior17]

Ahh yea I hear what your sayin how many hours you think it would take fromm first bridge down from the hatchery all the way done to the bridge closest to the free way? If I fished it

[Brat Bonker]

i hear locals have been float drift boats from the thompson creek bridge to the next one down but they use private boat ramps. The first bridge down from the fields (thompson ck) you can drag a toon down from the road into the water easily.

[king killer]

Heading out tommorw. Hopefully a few chome fish will be in there. Any advice in advance ?
Thanks, David

[HOOKEDONFISHING]

Went up Fri. got one around 8lb with a little color my buddy got one 15 to 17 range chrome real pretty fish. We talked to one of the hatchery workers and he said there was over $3,000 fish that returned so far and that is unheard of for this time of year .

[natetreat]

2,077 - according to the latest WDFW escapement numbers. I wish they'd have gotten through earlier, we wouldn't have to weed through so many darker fish for the CHROME! We're getting them though! Back at it again after easter dinner!

[natetreat]

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[HOOKEDONFISHING]

I must have heard him wrong.

[natetreat]

I must have heard him wrong.

Unless they got 1000 more fish within the time frame. But man, 2,000 aint shabby. It's actually fantastic.

[RiverChromeGS]

Chrommme. Nice nate

[natetreat]

I know right! Still pulling them in, this late. Lots like that lately!

[king killer]

Slow only hooked 3 and saw 5 landed all day. All dark except 1. Maybe just a slow day. Water was also veryyyyyy low.