skookumchuck river

[grousetracker]

any reports of steelies in the river yet? i know its still high but the guys on the satsop are hitting it hard.

[Martinhunter]

Nah, I think it's to soon yet.

[billythekidrock]

Should be able to catch a couple between Christmas and New Years somewhere between the dam and the park.

[BigGoonTuna]

less than a month away from having 50-100 cars parked along the road up towards the dam...i really miss fishing it when i was just out of high school, and there would be virtually no one there during the week.  that wasn't even 10 years ago!

in my experience the biggest fish always seem to come in during the first couple weeks of january.  just not a ton of them, the skook is a march river.

[jab89]

I seen a report on another website. Looks like there are a few being caught and some bright coho still also.

[TheHunt]

Be careful of Gamefishin....   There is a ton of false reports there.  The report is to spur you to go out and report back that you caught nothing or something.  Smart little *censored*s over there.

[jab89]

it wasnt from Gamefishin. The guy had pictures, not saying he wasnt telling fish stories  but it sounded honest.

[Button Nubbs]

Never trust a gamefisher... Ever...

[billythekidrock]

I saw some nasty silvers up there the other day......and a couple chrome steelies.

[Buckrub]

less than a month away from having 50-100 cars parked along the road up towards the dam...i really miss fishing it when i was just out of high school, and there would be virtually no one there during the week.  that wasn't even 10 years ago!

in my experience the biggest fish always seem to come in during the first couple weeks of january.  just not a ton of them, the skook is a march river.

We used to launch the drift boat at the dam and drift down to xmas tree field.... one would be shot nowadays.

[Wanttohuntmore]

less than a month away from having 50-100 cars parked along the road up towards the dam...i really miss fishing it when i was just out of high school, and there would be virtually no one there during the week.  that wasn't even 10 years ago!

in my experience the biggest fish always seem to come in during the first couple weeks of january.  just not a ton of them, the skook is a march river.

We used to launch the drift boat at the dam and drift down to xmas tree field.... one would be shot nowadays.
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I always thought about doing that, except the fallen trees might make it a little to interesting of a float

[TheHunt]

I think if you had a float tube or something like that is light weight so you can move around the crap would be a better solution. 

[BigGoonTuna]

i've seen guys put pontoon rafts in up at the deadline and float down.  bet the plunkers that camp out in what used to by my favorite drift every single day would love that.

[bowtech721]

Ive never fished it but was kinda wondering if there were any parts of it that a guy could float down. I have a real small drift boat like 12-13 ft. Is it just too snaggy and small or too many people or what?

[billythekidrock]

Too small in many guys opinions.

[Wanttohuntmore]

I agree with BTKR, too small for floating, but have wondered about using one man pontoons to get some better access down in the areas where there's private land.  Any hazards between the game fields and the mouth of the river?  I would think there could be some log obstructions.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I know in the summer I see a lot of "Tubers" going by at Riverside, and up at Shaefer, dont know how much of the river they float.....

[Antlershed]

Too small in many guys opinions.

Except for the guys who take their driftboats down it 

[fishcrazy]

Too small in many guys opinions.

Except for the guys who take their driftboats down it 

Nobody floats that river anymore. To many trees across it and it's all private land with no places to pull out and no fish to catch.

When we going Brent? I think we should make a run for it in yer cuzins sled.

Kris

[Antlershed]

Too small in many guys opinions.

Except for the guys who take their driftboats down it 

Nobody floats that river anymore. To many trees across it and it's all private land with no places to pull out and no fish to catch.

When we going Brent? I think we should make a run for it in yer cuzins sled.

Kris

He won't let me drive anymore... 

[Jeremiah P]

Too small in many guys opinions.

Except for the guys who take their driftboats down it 

Nobody floats that river anymore. To many trees across it and it's all private land with no places to pull out and no fish to catch.

When we going Brent? I think we should make a run for it in yer cuzins sled.

Kris

He won't let me drive anymore... 

Werrd, I wonder why? Go ahead tell him the story. LMAO

[fishcrazy]

does he need to stand on a stool to reach the tiller handle and see over the bow?

come on lets spill the beans guys.

Kris

[Antlershed]

Something about launching at Oakville and running up during low water. We only got a couple rocks in the grate.