Post by: ridgefire on January 30, 2024, 02:03:00 PM
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 30, 2024, 03:17:51 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on January 30, 2024, 03:21:14 PM
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=sew&gage=sakw1
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 30, 2024, 03:28:12 PM
Post by: 7mmfan on January 30, 2024, 04:14:15 PM
Post by: boneaddict on January 30, 2024, 04:18:41 PM
Post by: X-Force on January 30, 2024, 05:46:06 PM
Last year swinging flies I was 0 for 30+ days… watched a bunch of other guys be successful. Previously 2100-3200 cfs was my sweet spot with water between 37-42 degrees.
Every day you will have a bunch of people on the river if it’s not blown out… last year I counted 22 boats between hippie hole and the skagit while I was wading between 10 am and dark.
Post by: ridgefire on January 31, 2024, 09:33:19 AM
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Post by: ridgefire on February 08, 2024, 06:49:52 PM
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Post by: ridgefire on February 17, 2024, 06:18:46 AM
Post by: Knocker of rocks on February 17, 2024, 03:17:31 PM
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Post by: ridgefire on February 17, 2024, 05:50:36 PM
Post by: Jake Dogfish on February 17, 2024, 10:35:13 PM
We ended up going 1-4. 2 were hooked on spoons, one on a jig and one on a worm. Darrington to the 530 bridge was a really easy float if anyone was wondering. Good times.Thanks for the report. :tup:
Post by: ridgefire on February 29, 2024, 08:49:28 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on February 29, 2024, 11:49:20 AM
Post by: ridgefire on March 02, 2024, 07:14:10 PM
Post by: 7mmfan on March 02, 2024, 10:18:39 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on March 03, 2024, 09:17:01 AM
Anybody else make it out? We landed 2 Steelhead and one Dolly between the three of us. Good times.
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Pics?
Post by: ridgefire on March 03, 2024, 11:34:06 AM
Post by: ridgefire on March 03, 2024, 11:35:25 AM
Post by: ridgefire on March 03, 2024, 11:37:07 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on March 03, 2024, 07:02:11 PM
LOTS of boats. We were 1st boat in, 2nd boat heading downstream, and got passed by 12 boats in the first 2 hours. We did a short float and sat back and let them roll by.
Post by: Taco280AI on March 03, 2024, 07:21:12 PM
Post by: pd on March 03, 2024, 10:12:04 PM
Boy, I miss steel heading.
Post by: Jake Dogfish on March 04, 2024, 02:18:13 AM
You can thank salmosalar and others who have fought to keep this fishery open.
Post by: nwwanderer on March 04, 2024, 05:02:21 AM
Post by: ridgefire on March 04, 2024, 07:59:49 AM
Post by: cavemann on March 04, 2024, 08:08:38 AM
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Post by: ridgefire on March 04, 2024, 09:09:44 AM
Post by: Dan-o on March 04, 2024, 09:15:54 AM
Beautiful pics.
Post by: Huckleberry on March 04, 2024, 09:25:31 AM
Post by: JBG on March 04, 2024, 11:58:52 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on March 04, 2024, 03:27:25 PM
7mm. Did you catch your fish before or after the first couple of hours? We have been waiting for the masses to go and then have been picking the water apart behind them. A person should almost start showing up and launching around 10am to let some of the pressure die down and you would have most of the river to yourself.
I'm a strong believer in the late morning float. That wasn't in the schedule yesterday so we were in the thick of it. We caught both of those fish before 9 am but then definitely had a sense that we were just too close to back of the line of boats and the fish were either sore or spooky.
I believe it's open until April 15 this year. Saturday - Wednesday. Closed Thursday/Friday.
Post by: WSU on March 04, 2024, 03:49:44 PM
Post by: ridgefire on March 04, 2024, 09:11:36 PM
Post by: ridgefire on March 04, 2024, 09:12:31 PM
Post by: HntnFsh on March 05, 2024, 06:28:04 AM
Post by: 2MANY on March 05, 2024, 10:19:20 AM
January 16, 2024
Action: Opens Catch and Release steelhead fishing in an area of the Sauk River.
Effective date: Feb. 3 through April 17, 2024.
Species affected: Steelhead.
Location: Sauk River (Skagit/Snohomish Co.), from the mouth to the Darrington Bridge (Sauk Prairie Road Bridge).
Steelhead Rules:
Open Saturdays through Wednesdays only, closed Thursdays and Fridays. Fishing for all other species remains closed 7 days per week.
Catch and release, except up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained. Wild steelhead must be released immediately and may not be removed from the water.
Selective Gear Rules (SGR) in effect. Night Closure in effect.
Fishing is prohibited from a vessel equipped with a motor.
Fishing for all species other than steelhead remains closed.
Reason for action: The Skagit River steelhead preseason forecast is 5,215 steelhead. In accordance with the Skagit steelhead Resource Management Plan, when the preseason forecast is 4,001 to 6,000 Skagit steelhead, there are enough steelhead impacts available to safely provide some catch and release opportunity. The fishery will be five days per week, Saturdays through Wednesdays. The two day per week closure is a conservation measure to provide steelhead some daylight hours, without fishing effort, for movement and migration to spawning areas.
Additional information: The fishery will be monitored by WDFW to estimate impacts to Skagit winter steelhead as well as all incidental catch of other fish species. Anglers are asked to cooperate with creel personnel collecting catch information.
Information contact: Mill Creek Regional Office, 425 775-1311
Fishers must have a current Washington fishing license, appropriate to the fishery. Check the WDFW "Fishing in Washington" rules pamphlet for details on definitions and regulations. Fishing rules are subject to change. Check the WDFW Fishing hotline for the latest rule information at 360-902-2500, press 2 for recreational rules. For the Shellfish Rule Change hotline call toll free 866-880-5431.
Post by: pd on March 05, 2024, 11:57:07 AM
My buddy hooked a couple more today. He’s getting them dialed in. He said the buck was pushing twenty pounds.
Holy Cow, Ridgefire. That is one impressive bruin. Beautiful. We are so lucky to have such fish here.
Post by: snit on March 05, 2024, 01:41:06 PM
We are so lucky to have such fish here.
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Glad some folks are still enjoying this iteration of a late Washington winter steelhead opportunity.
From a guy who caught his 1st steelhead in 1975 @ the age of 4yo (of course, all the credit goes to the old man..I just reeled), I personally feel it's a travesty that the steelhead runs were managed into the dirt by WDFW. Lots of contributing factors, but every stakeholder involved has honed their skills by now to deflect blame away from their group and instead present excuses/reasons to justify why it really wasn't "their doing". Instead, they hit the hot topics..."climate change", deforestation, population growth,...when, instead Ray Charles could see these fish were phuked by the 90's. WDFW just wanted to keep selling licenses....
Post by: metlhead on March 05, 2024, 06:48:10 PM
Post by: rschmelzle on March 09, 2024, 06:56:52 PM
Bob
Post by: ridgefire on March 12, 2024, 10:50:40 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on March 12, 2024, 12:13:25 PM
I banked on Sunday for a few hours, hooked 2.
Post by: elkrack on March 29, 2024, 10:09:46 AM
Post by: 7mmfan on March 29, 2024, 01:02:22 PM
My two teenage sons and I are Gonna be checking the Sauk off the checklist of rivers to fish tomorrow. Don’t have a way to float it so we will be hitting the bank. Hopefully there’s it’s a successful day :tup:
I'll be there as well tomorrow, along with 100 of our best friends I'm sure. Good luck!
:fishin:
Post by: trophyhunt on March 29, 2024, 01:27:18 PM
Post by: elkrack on March 29, 2024, 01:46:39 PM
My two teenage sons and I are Gonna be checking the Sauk off the checklist of rivers to fish tomorrow. Don’t have a way to float it so we will be hitting the bank. Hopefully there’s it’s a successful day :tup:
I'll be there as well tomorrow, along with 100 of our best friends I'm sure. Good luck!
:fishin:
:rockin:
Right back at ya