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[stlucio]

Hi, everyone

thanks for showing your interest for this topic. I've been wanting to check out Skagit River for some fly fishing but I was told by a friend who camped near Silver Lake that the water is pretty high.

I've checked "Real-Time Hydrometric Data Map Search" for Skagit River but I don't know how to read the graph.
One thing I can be sure is that this year's Discharge is much higher (22.0-23.0 m3/s) compare to last year (8.5-8.65 m3/s).

Could anyone confirm whether the river is still fishable? if not, how much longer should I wait? when the discharge goes down to 10 m3/s?

Thanks!

Here is the link to the graph:
https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/real_time_e.html?stn=08PA012&mode=Graph&startDate=2020-07-02&endDate=2020-07-10&prm1=46&y1Max=&y1Min=&prm2=47&y2Max=&y2Min=

[Every Day]

The river will very likely be fish able, if you can actually get near it. A good number of the access points require a wade almost immediately to properly fish. If you focused on the smaller upper end, then it might be more wade-able/ fish able.

Personally, I'll be waiting until at least the beginning of August. I like to be able to actually fish more than 1-2 runs in a row.

[clarki]

On July 4, someone on flybc posted this about the Skagit:

Took a trip out today just to have a look. I've never seen the river this high. Gonna take lots of time to come down. Theres no fishable runs anyways right now. Please be safe out there.

[pwn50m3 f15h3r]

I fished it last week and found some fishable water way up near an access point. Only managed 3 hooked and 2 landed though

[RalphH]

Pacific Angler reports on the condition of the river in their Friday fishing report:

https://www.pacificangler.ca/category/fishing-reports/

[banx]

On July 4, someone on flybc posted this about the Skagit:

Took a trip out today just to have a look. I've never seen the river this high. Gonna take lots of time to come down. Theres no fishable runs anyways right now. Please be safe out there.

how was the lake?

[stlucio]

Thanks, everyone. I think I will just wait until August. Tight lines.

[Wiseguy]

Is Ross lake full this yr? Can I launch a boat at the the boat launch this yr?

[clarki]

how was the lake?

I haven’t been up there yet. What I posted was copied from what someone else wrote on  FlyBC



The lake is chock a block full!
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv?station=12175000

Is Ross lake full this yr? Can I launch a boat at the the boat launch this yr?

[Wiseguy]

I haven’t been up there yet. What I posted was copied from what someone else wrote on  FlyBC



The lake is chock a block full!
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv?station=12175000

Is the boat launch open?

[clarki]

Is the boat launch open?

Like I said, I haven’t been up there yet, so I don’t have first hand knowledge about the boat ramp.
Everything I’ve said on this thread so far I’ve learned from being a keyboard warrior.

This webpage doesn’t indicate that it’s closed http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/skagit/http://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/skagit/

Keyboard warrior out.

[Wiseguy]

I heard there was cement pillars in front of the Boat  launch on opening day. Hopefully that’s not the case anymore.

[cdjk123]

cement barriers are gone now.

Launch is now open.

The river is still running very high for late july.

[Wiseguy]

Thank you. Didn’t want to haul my boat up there and find the boat launch closed.