Skykomish -Opening Day

Sort of a mixed report from the Skykomish today. Talked with some of the bank fishermen that fished below the deadline at Reiter Ponds and heard that there were a few fish caught there. It was a mix of colored winter fish and some dime bright summer runs. From what we heard there was perhaps a fish for every 4 -5 fishermen. The section of the river below the Wallace was predominated with sleds that were targeting Chinook. Shawn said that he saw a few 10 - 12 kings caught amongst the boat fishermen, the fish that were landed were some really nice fish in the mid to upper teens. He also mentioned that there were a couple of steelhead also caught, smaller 4 -5 pound dime bright summer runs. Shawn mentioned that the river was on the rise and starting to color up this afternoon. Hopefully, we will see a couple of days of fishable water before we get hit with the warm weather and the snow melt.