Drove up the river today. Baker is pumping in mud, Sauk is pumping mud. The Skagit dams still are ful of mud as even the upper river is too muddy to fish. Ended up fishing the Cascade below the hatchery. Full of fish, too bad they are all red and dark. Caught 8-9 buucks on a jig under a float before I realized that there weren't any reasonably bright fish. Lot of guy were keeping the boots. I guess youu can smoke anything. Lot of snagged fish, but the guys were mostly putting them back.
I think the Skagit will be a mudhole for a couple more weeks.