Pinks in the upper Skagit

[jeepasaurusrex]

I had heard that fishing for pinks (humpies) was closed above the Dalles bridge. I went by parts of the river today and there were tons of people fishing. Is the upper Skagit open or closed? I want to take the kids up to Dad's place on the river and let them hook into a few pinks.

[fish vacuum]

The upper river opened Sept 1st.

[jeepasaurusrex]

That is what is suspected. I'll relay that info to Dad and let the fish slaying begin!

[skagitsteel]

The upper river opened Sept 1st.

nope.

  River opens above the Dalles to the cascade sept 16th for salmon, tommorow  Aug 16th it opened from gilligan to the dalles.  It is open for steelhead in the upper river so make sure you release them

[fish vacuum]

Normally the upper would open sept 16th. If you check the regs you'll see that it opened sept 1st this year.