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skookumchuck river
« on: December 21, 2010, 04:24:57 PM »
any reports of steelies in the river yet? i know its still high but the guys on the satsop are hitting it hard.

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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2010, 04:48:14 PM »
Nah, I think it's to soon yet.
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2010, 04:51:06 PM »
Should be able to catch a couple between Christmas and New Years somewhere between the dam and the park.




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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2010, 08:48:23 PM »
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.
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2010, 05:27:03 PM »
I seen a report on another website. Looks like there are a few being caught and some bright coho still also.

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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2010, 07:05:27 PM »
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.
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2010, 07:17:46 PM »
it wasnt from Gamefishin. The guy had pictures, not saying he wasnt telling fish stories  :P but it sounded honest.

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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2010, 07:24:53 PM »
Never trust a gamefisher... Ever...
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2010, 04:50:32 AM »
I saw some nasty silvers up there the other day......and a couple chrome steelies.




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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2010, 04:51:08 PM »
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. :bdid:
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2010, 08:48:05 PM »
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. :bdid:
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I always thought about doing that, except the fallen trees might make it a little to interesting of a float :o

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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2010, 10:20:56 AM »
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. 
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2010, 05:55:45 PM »
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.
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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2010, 03:08:30 PM »
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?

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Re: skookumchuck river
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2010, 07:43:48 PM »
Too small in many guys opinions.




 


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