Or how about a video showing how plugged the hatchery is with fish please
@melvinguevara24327 күн бұрын
Hey bill hope u doing good any news for the sky or Wallace over for summer kings ?
@davidfillinger72308 күн бұрын
Bill August 10 closed all the rivers closed. Where can I fish? I’m from West Virginia.
@Deezy_yt10 күн бұрын
Is the Skykomish River open to fishing right now? I’m reading conflicting reports.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi842210 күн бұрын
No, it’s not and probably won’t be this year
@briankelly6113Ай бұрын
Well....that's 26 seconds of my life that I'll never get back....
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422Ай бұрын
No, it’s gone forever
@gustavocuadros3467Ай бұрын
Get them billy! Good to see you still active brother
@petersonnguyenАй бұрын
How do you get here?
@brianfarmer6223Ай бұрын
Hike
@MyExRebirthАй бұрын
When WDFW closes the fishing season and your plans are ruined, it's exactly like a train runs you over!
@wafflesnfalafel1Ай бұрын
Empire Builder
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422Ай бұрын
Yes, it is
@NathanCampbellGuitaristАй бұрын
I know they are not letting us fish right now, but see anything while you were out there?
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422Ай бұрын
No, not a thing
@mattstachelek3410Ай бұрын
Remembering peeing on dinner train with mike Miller in Woodinville one 4th of July
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422Ай бұрын
That sounds exactly like something Mike would’ve had done God I miss him
@mattstachelek3410Ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 I just lost another dear friend out that way. Might be out there in August?
@mattstachelek3410Ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 I'm trying to find this old kiss concert at Gorge in 2000 I went to with Mike. 😂😂
@samsmith7150Ай бұрын
Hell yeah love your videos always the truth!!
@Spencer_Plant_ProjectsАй бұрын
The new brood has a different run timing conveniently peaking right as the river closes...
@melvinguevara24322 ай бұрын
So no one has faith any at Reiter either ?
@coleyounger77612 ай бұрын
Always good to see you put up another video. Tight Lines!
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
Thank you
@demonhd84372 ай бұрын
Need to stand up to it and just go fishing
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
I’d love to except the gear I own is expensive and they can seize everything including your vehicle if they want to they’re not somebody to play games with I’ve known Game department and game warden my whole life and I don’t want to get in trouble with them
@pnwfishingaddict48782 ай бұрын
Awesome bill please document tons of vids!!! Your legendary
@johnaustin60672 ай бұрын
Try the mouth of the Wallace ❤
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
I’d love to, but it’s closed waters
@user-oe3hv4ll6b2 ай бұрын
Snohomish river is still closed.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
Yes, it is. It won’t open till maybe September.
@adamnoga-styron78822 ай бұрын
Does the bait ban include scent?
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
Yes, it does. No bait. No scent
@adamnoga-styron78822 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 I’ll be heading up there at 4 so I’ll let ya know if we get in.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
@adamnoga-styron7882 thank you very much
@adamnoga-styron78822 ай бұрын
We are waiting until 6am for the gate at Reiter to open. @@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422
@adamnoga-styron78822 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 gate didn't open until 6am sat in line for 2 hours. Saw about 10 fish caught right away. After 6:45 didn't see anymore fish caught.
@pnwfishingaddict48782 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to see you there Bill!!!
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
I’m going up to Proctor Creek tomorrow morning first
Hope the season goes well. Good luck out there Bill!
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
Thank you
@jamesswarts43892 ай бұрын
Are we not allowed to to fish for trout even? Insanity
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84222 ай бұрын
We are not allowed to fish for anything until June 15, then we can fish from Highway two to the confluence above reader no bait
@pnwfishingaddict48783 ай бұрын
They open the Sauk for catch and release wild steelhead but can’t open the skykomish for hatchery summer kings? What a joke.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84223 ай бұрын
It’s because of the Tulalip tribe want the salmon for themselves and they say there’s not enough for them and us too
@pnwfishingaddict48783 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 unbelievable the hatchery got 3,600 summer kings last year and I bet they surplus most of them which means fish were wasted. It’s a disgrace and a waste of resources
@patrickmanley98763 ай бұрын
Personaly, I think poachers should get the snot knocked out of them but since that wont happen $500.00 per fish plus 1 week in jail per fish. And if your here on a VISA all the above plus deportation. The foreigners just want to act stupid like they don't know which is total BS.
@user-oe3hv4ll6b3 ай бұрын
No razón to pay license no place for fishing it's sad
@scottsavinski93113 ай бұрын
I seen a tribal truck at the boat launch in Lowell today... Seen same truck there 3 days last week...
@edwardj30703 ай бұрын
Very sad what happened to the anadromous fish runs of the US west coast. Values are everything. The Northwest is an ecological disaster. The forests should have been preserved at least a little
@Chasinchrome3 ай бұрын
This aged well
@Rocknelson43 ай бұрын
Looks good Bill! Looking forward to more videos
@jms4evr4 ай бұрын
Just saw your short about the shutting down the Skykomish. Did it say anything about the Snohomish?
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
It said something about the Snohomish would open for silvers in two stages, the lower half of the river and the upper half of the river at a later date
@jms4evr4 ай бұрын
Thank you sir, for the updates🎣😊
@NathanCampbellGuitarist4 ай бұрын
Also, preaching to the choir, but there is a salmon hatchery on the Wallace. We should be able to fish those fish!
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
You’re right, but the email I got last year said a selected harvest of wild Chinook which I have not been able to catch since 1986
@NathanCampbellGuitarist4 ай бұрын
What email address are you sending email to?
@aaronmccombs43254 ай бұрын
I just sent an email to fish and wildlife a lot of good that may do telling them they work for us not the other way around.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
I sent them one too. It probably won’t make any difference, but if enough of us do, maybe they’ll start to think differently.
@scottsavinski93114 ай бұрын
Probably the same for the Snohomish too
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
In September, we will be able to fish for silvers
@scottsavinski93114 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 l sure hope so
@aaronmccombs43254 ай бұрын
Have you tried worms and yarn before to catch spring salmon before?
@aaronmccombs43254 ай бұрын
I am glad to see you were able to catch some!
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
Me too last year was a joke
@SalmonSlayer2534 ай бұрын
I've been hoping for a update. Thank you for the post, looks great and clean.
@trevenbarry78134 ай бұрын
Amen
@samsmith71504 ай бұрын
Cool view!!
@hunterklemz7814 ай бұрын
I met you one day. Didn’t even know who were then. Wish I could have picked your brain a bit more.
@johnstrange26304 ай бұрын
Bill, when is opening day?
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
Last Saturday in May
@pnwfishingaddict48784 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422are you going to target summer run steelhead?
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
@pnwfishingaddict4878 I will go out a couple of times for steelhead. Most of my time will be on kings
@scottsavinski93114 ай бұрын
I herd it might only be like last year "3" day king season again??? And won't open until Oct for Coho.... Hopefully that's not the case!
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
@scottsavinski9311 I looked at the north of falcon, and there is no decision made yet
@adamnoga-styron78824 ай бұрын
Crossing my fingers for a season.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
You and me too
@rebeccajohnson14075 ай бұрын
i lived there right at the t from man rd left Ben Howard right lived in the farm house 1973 . good time s most of the houses there still there world war two men built most of them. oh and the hill they said it was going down 50 years ago lol .
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
At least, when it floods, you don’t have to go to work
@MrDalexan6 ай бұрын
Just a heads up the spot where this was filmed is private property. It is owned by the Big Bend HOA and people have been ticketed fishing here.
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84224 ай бұрын
I can walk anywhere on a federal Naval waterway below the high watermark of the month of June and it is legal the state owns it
@thefishingfienchannel74977 ай бұрын
Hey Bill, that spot no name named …is it still accessible after the signs or is the bank allowed to fish?
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84227 ай бұрын
I don’t know cause I’ve not seen a sign there before not the way I walk into it
@thefishingfienchannel74977 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 i think i know what your talking about, thanks. have you been down there recently
@fishingtheskykomishriverwi84227 ай бұрын
No, it’s been about three months since I’ve been there
@thefishingfienchannel74976 ай бұрын
@@fishingtheskykomishriverwi8422 i didnt see your message but i was all over the upper section today and not a fish some bites but missed them ill be out here next weekend if i could buy you a coffee and rack your brain for all your knowledge.
@thejazzykatty7 ай бұрын
Happy new year
@robertanderson12727 ай бұрын
at least you are out fishing. fished the skagit by mt vernon in the late 90's anyway happy new year. from south louisiana.
@Rocknelson47 ай бұрын
Happy New Year Bill!
@EthanSimonson-nb7vg7 ай бұрын
Floated the upper sky Saturday and caught 4 metalheads. Hopefully the winter run is making a come back!