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#1047048 - 02/05/21 10:51 PM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: RUNnGUN]
washingtonfisher Offline
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Registered: 12/18/07
Posts: 6
Loc: Mount Vernon
Haven’t posted forever. I know we are all excited about a river or two opening, but the Sauk is literally the only river that I jumped out of the back of my boat while rowing after getting pinched between two log jams. Luckily river was low and could push the boat through. No room to put the oars down and getting pushed broadside into a jam doesn’t usually end well. Been rowing for over 20 years, so no newbie here. Great river, but needs to be respected. I am a little concerned what it could turn into with everyone wanting to get out. Stay safe!

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#1047052 - 02/06/21 07:18 AM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: RUNnGUN]
What Offline
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Registered: 11/05/05
Posts: 870
What is a suak and skajit
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#1047055 - 02/06/21 10:17 AM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: Salman]
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Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 13520
Originally Posted By: Salman
How technical is the wood? Packing the boat over a pile or picking my way through piles that touch both sides of the boat? Are the boulder gardens going to hit both sides of the boat or do you need the right line?


The "expert oarsman" section of the Sauk is the reach between the Whitechuck River and Darrington, with some technical boulder gardens. That section is not open to fishing during the winter season. The section from Darrington to Bennettville Bridge (Hwy 530) would be pretty easy but for the ever-changing channel braids and logjams and sweepers. And that, I think, is why it takes out a few boats from time to time, because it's pretty easy, except for when it isn't. The section from Bennettville bridge to the mouth has always been pretty easy in my experience and opinion. BTW, there is no take out near the mouth of the Sauk, so if you're there, you're committed to another 4 or 5 miles downstream to Faber's Ferry on the Skagit.

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#1047066 - 02/06/21 01:28 PM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: Salmo g.]
Salman Offline
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Registered: 03/07/12
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Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Originally Posted By: Salman
How technical is the wood? Packing the boat over a pile or picking my way through piles that touch both sides of the boat? Are the boulder gardens going to hit both sides of the boat or do you need the right line?


The "expert oarsman" section of the Sauk is the reach between the Whitechuck River and Darrington, with some technical boulder gardens. That section is not open to fishing during the winter season. The section from Darrington to Bennettville Bridge (Hwy 530) would be pretty easy but for the ever-changing channel braids and logjams and sweepers. And that, I think, is why it takes out a few boats from time to time, because it's pretty easy, except for when it isn't. The section from Bennettville bridge to the mouth has always been pretty easy in my experience and opinion. BTW, there is no take out near the mouth of the Sauk, so if you're there, you're committed to another 4 or 5 miles downstream to Faber's Ferry on the Skagit.


Just what I was looking for! Is the last 4-5 miles pretty fast or will I be rowing?
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#1047068 - 02/06/21 02:37 PM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: RUNnGUN]
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Depends on the flow, wind and how much dinking around you choose to do. After fishing all day on the Sauk I usually row out for the exercise.
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#1047075 - 02/07/21 09:53 AM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: RUNnGUN]
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Registered: 02/02/15
Posts: 320
Quick update for Y'all...

Big landslide today just east of Concrete on Hwy. 20., so you can't get
to Rockport via Hwy. 20.

Also, Concrete-Sauk Valley is closed a few miles east of Hwy. 20
(another landslide and the roadway is gone).

South Skagit Hwy. (comes off Hwy. 9 and goes to Concrete) is also closed
due to yet another landslide.

To get to Rockport or Marblemount, your only option is to take Hwy. 530
out of Arlington to Darrington and then over to Rockport.

The Skagit is clean and very fishable, so I would think the same goes for
the Sauk.


Edited by GoldDigger (02/07/21 09:54 AM)

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#1047076 - 02/07/21 10:13 AM Re: Skagit and Sauk to Open Catch & Release [Re: Salman]
Salmo g. Offline
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Registered: 03/08/99
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Originally Posted By: Salman
Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Originally Posted By: Salman
How technical is the wood? Packing the boat over a pile or picking my way through piles that touch both sides of the boat? Are the boulder gardens going to hit both sides of the boat or do you need the right line?


The "expert oarsman" section of the Sauk is the reach between the Whitechuck River and Darrington, with some technical boulder gardens. That section is not open to fishing during the winter season. The section from Darrington to Bennettville Bridge (Hwy 530) would be pretty easy but for the ever-changing channel braids and logjams and sweepers. And that, I think, is why it takes out a few boats from time to time, because it's pretty easy, except for when it isn't. The section from Bennettville bridge to the mouth has always been pretty easy in my experience and opinion. BTW, there is no take out near the mouth of the Sauk, so if you're there, you're committed to another 4 or 5 miles downstream to Faber's Ferry on the Skagit.


Just what I was looking for! Is the last 4-5 miles pretty fast or will I be rowing?


A boat launching at Darrington typically takes out at Bennettville bridge access. Launch at Bennettville and take out at Native Hole, just upstream of the Old Gov't. Bridge. Launch at Native Hole and take out at Hippy Bar, but that can be difficult. Launch at Hippy Bar and you're stuck going to the mouth and down to Faber's on the Skagit, which can be a long drift. I've exited the mouth of the Sauk into the Skagit in mid-afternoon, only to be met by the upstream breeze. If I'd had a sail, I could just about sail upstream to the nearby Rockport launch, but really not quite. Getting downstream to Faber's requires some rowing.

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