I've been doing the skagit thing for a couple of years now. Most of the fisherman stay in the baker and it is almost exclusively fish biting ~ very little snagging/flossing. The reason for this is the current is very strong (the fish only bite good if the dam is open) so you have to plunk it with 4+ ounces of weight.

The fish up here are crome bright and excellent eating though it can be a little difficult to catch them sometimes. I typically use 15 to 20 pound test because of the strong current and number of rocks/snags and a pyrimid sinker on a 25 inch dropper. Above this is a 3 way swivel and a 3-4' leader with a medium sized pink/tiger stripped winged bobber, 3 red beads, a small pink squid with half of the arms removed and a small sand shrimp. The squid just adds color incase you'r sand shrimp comes off. Cast out so your fishing about 20 feet off of the east bank (of the baker) in the deep channel and wait.

You can access the river from either side simply by crossing the concrete bridge but I typically fish the West bank so I can have a little more room to myself and stay out of the sand....