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Oh Great! Not only will the river be packed with fisherman, it will be loaded with Paparazzi. I can see the headlines now "Famous actor and his buddies set up with their deadly fishing rods and had the steelhead corralled in the hatchery, picking them off one by one". "This was'nt a fishing trip it was a slaughter!" More bad press for Skagit County outdoorsman.
No need to edit your post, this place is no secret. I was just being a Not too often 3 guys can pull off limits here in the North end rivers anymore.
Went up today. Water was really clear and coming back down. Saw one fish caught all day. Each of us hooked one but lost both of them. buddy got a nice dolly up by the bridge.