Hey Guys I need some info for a thursday fishing trip. I want to float either the upper Skagit or the Sky on thursday. I am wondering if the upper skagit is beeing watched to cloase by fish and game for the kings or if its safe to go for summer steelies. Other wise I will have to make a 1:30min drive to the Sky which I here has been good lately.
I would also appreciate some info on where the next take out that is abbove baker river?? I would be putting in above Rockport and tryiung to float 6hours. Please help

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Catcher1,
I'm certainly no authority on the Skagit but have made numerous drifts from Marblemount to Rockport. I have yet to ever see any enforcement on the Skagit, period. I have heard that there isn't much of a summer steelhead run on the Skagit but that wouldn't stop me from trying. I would be hard pressed to think of a nicer place to fish. As for the float, I think you could turn the Marblemount to Rockport drift into an enjoyable 6 hours depending on how fast you want to go. The other option is from Rockport to Faber's which I only have limited experience with. Maybe someone else on this board can clue you as to which might be a more productive drift for steelies. Probably the Sky is a better option if you're more intent on intercepting a fish rather than just drifting? -Old Chum

would you suggest pulling plugs and diving bait? I hear that there are alot of fish up there.
thanks
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i live up in rockport and i have been dooing pretty decent for summer runs up here mixed in with a bunch of kings i think you should launch in marblemount and take out at the other side of steelhead park.. if you need an extra person for this thurs i know the river really well and i can do a drift boat turn around.. let me know..

How long would that drift take Skagiteer?
I am looking for a 5-6 hour drift. And I think that we will pull plugs and drift bait so. Thanks for all the info
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it would take about that because there are so many holes and you wanna cover them pretty good cause the summer runs are far and inbetween although i did get a native summer run that was about 12 pounds today. but there are plenty of kings. i have been doing good on eggs..