i have never been to the skook before and was wondering how to get there what are good holes and if it is doing any good right know i was going to hit it this weekend but need reports

there once was a guy named steelheadfisher
who posted about a famous zipper
so we pulled out his tounge
and slapped it with dung
and tied it around his pecker

PH-

I hate to say it, but this poetry thing really seems to be catching on!

i just wanted to know some info so pleeze dont be mean about it someone can email it to me at sasy_xxxman@yahoo.com

slow fishing, crowded, and high water

Delete this topic now.

Guys,

When I first got on this board, I made the unpardonable sin of asking about someones personal zipper stream. Instead of roasting me, someone was nice enough to explain what was happening by email and gave me information I was looking for in return for my consideration. Because of his kindness I not only learned something but I made a great new friend who later invited me to join him at one of his secret fishing holes. Why not send that email and make a friend.

Thanks again GS.

Steelheadfisher, you're new to the board, so you only got slightly flamed. It is considered very poor etiqute to ask about small rivers that don't need the added pressure. You might want to follow the suggestion of deleting the topic.
Tight lines,
F4S

why should i delete this topic i asked for a report on a river thats what this bored is for if im not mistaken

the fact that people wont reply should tell you something.
I would just say that you can now see the attitude of most people on this board and you have learned something. Go fish it and good luck.

Mooch,

Well said Sir. I had a similar experience more recently when I came aboard. Somebody was graceful enough to share a tid-bit or to,...atleast enough to get me excited but still giving me sense of adventure and exploration.
I'm just thankful (and lucky I guess) it happened that way.... I had not read the Ten Commandments of the board yet.....
Good Fishing, Darin

Geez this kina response almost gives me the urge to become a reporter for fishing and hunting lies magazine and do a big ol article for them on the skook. Wouldn't that get your panties in a bunch.
I guess I'll go fetch myself a nice cold one and think about it a little before I do.

I wouldn't do that but you guys with a chip on your shoulder deserve it. Happened to my favorite waters. More people on yours less on mine. Hmmm never thought about the other guy getting shafted. All waters are fragile when Seattle comes bebopping down here to go fishing.

Everytime this "zipper" thing comes up, say, once a week, it always seems that the best advice is to just ignore the thread. It will be off the page in a matter of hours.

Instead, folks keep bringing it back to the top, making it stay there longer and longer.

"Let sleeping dogs lie"...

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Is the Skook REALLY a zipper?

Steelheadfisher the skook has many good holes. I ve had good luck using very light gear and small baits, also if your a bobber fishermen this river really has awsome water. My first chioce would be to start out toward Buccoda by the dam many excellent holes. From the dam work your way down, put your backpack on and walk to the back of the of some of the public use lands there are some really nice holes back there. Also good water down by the mouth were it dumps into the Chehalis, which is over behind the ball fields in centraila{Borist park }and some descet hole behind Godfathers pizza At Riverside park in downtown centraila.Hope this helps.

What a bunch of jerks!!!! If I hear these holyier than thou a-holes one more time I'm going to puke! Lets all just roast this guy for asking a simple question.Good response, now this subject will get even more attention.Maybe I'll take a road trip and check it out too. Seems like if someone has some secret spot to hide it would be better not to respnd at all than to roast a newbie for asking for help. Hope others that feel like me decide to check it out to!!!! Skoocumckuk, right?? HMMM yep see you on the water.(hope the jerk falls in!)

Steelyman,

I'm rolling! That was a hillarious response....I think I might go down there too!

Good Fishing, Darin

well,

I have something to say about this!!!!!!!!!!! SINCE STEALHEADFISHER IS MY 11 YEAR OLD SON!!!!!!!!!!!! You guy's are some real *****s!!!!! glad to see info is so important as to act like total a-holes???? Ever here of not responding??? zipperlip?? what my kid reads about a stream we cross everytime we go bowhunting, and this is the response??? He got the info on the river from a book, maybe we woudn't even bothered to make the trip there, but now going to call a few friends, and get damn fimiliar with this little stream. Been to the hatchery once seems to me it a STEELHEAD/ TROUT hatchery that peeks FEB-APRIL!!!!! Must be productive, or there wouldn't be so many *****s on this tread. BET YOU WISH YOU KEPT YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!! Y ou never know whom you are talking to, thanks guy's from a father, and a 11 year old kid.


chumster

Father Chumster,

I'm sorry to hear that. I think many apologies should come you and your sons way. Take care & good fishing, Darin

I'm going in the morning i'll let you know how i do. you guy's are something else. he ask a simple question. i dout if you guy's even fish it. Rick

flotilla on the skook saturday morning!!!

Don't be too upset Chumster.....those onery replies were posted by 10 year olds. Go fishing with your great son and have a good time!

Chumster,
If steelheadfisher is your 11 year old son why does his profile give a birth date of 5-28-1969???

because i though that if i told you my real age no one would listen to i thought you guys would probly something like ''dont listen to him hes just a kid he does not know what he is taking about'' thats why i posted that date of birth


>---> steelheadfisher

GIVE IT A REST BOYS!!! This river has been mentioned here a good number of times. Even though it says I'm from edmonds I spent the first 25 of my life in Tumwater, ooooppps is that a zipper too? This river is by no means a zipper! When you can go there after work during the middle of the week and hardly find a parking spot how big of a zipper is it?? Not even going to talk about how many people you see there on a weekend? Besides anyone ever fished the cowlitz? The damn river crosses I-5. I'm sure nobody has seen or heard of it before. I also agree with the guy who posted a few post ago. Don't respond and it will be off the screen in a matter of minutes.

As for the fishing, It has been fair to good on the lower river. Getting a few up near the hatchery. good luck and fish on!!!

If the Skook is a zipper than the word got out a long time ago cuase there were quite a few people there last weekend. My fist time on this river but it won't be the last.

steelheadfisher,

I, for one, am glad you are on this board, 11 years old or not. Welcome aboard and I hope you will contribute much more in the years to come.
Sorry you had to find out this way, but as you can see you don't have to be a "kid" to not know what you are talking about. For the record, there is nothing wrong with being a kid and I would venture to say that most of us old duffers don't really know as much as we should about what we are talking about. But this fact will always remain: if you truly wish to be heard and earn the respect and admiration of others, like Bob on this board, you must be honest even if it's uncomfortable. Coming clean on your profile was a good move and you're on the right track now. Honesty is always the best policy and integrity is the only thing that will ever establish your credibility on this board or anywhere else for that matter. Experience and knowlege are worthless without the wisdom that comes from truth. It is the "fishermans curse" to tell the truth and we all struggle with it, but I'm sure your father will tell you that you will never be sorry for telling it like it really is.

Besides, I know when you post that 20# steelhead you're going to catch (maybe the Skook? ) you'd like everyone to believe it.

So tell me the truth, who really is the best fisherman in your family? You, your dad or your mom?

AS SHAKESPEARE SAYS: ALL THIS BACK FORTH ABOUT THE SKOOK IS "MUCH ADO ABOUT" NOTHING, ITS BLOWN (NOT JUST HIGH BUT BY MUD) & WILL BE FOR QUITE AWHILE AS THE DAM HAS BLOCKED ALL THE MUDDY WATER & WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT MUDDY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE ALA THE EFFECT ON THE COWLITZ FROM MUDDY MAYFIELD LAKE.........

Fishmaster

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!

Now you have exposed my zipper lip river (the Cowlitz) to this entire board!
Now everyone will come and fish here …I'll get even!


Cowlitzfisherman

Hey CFM,

Now that your zipper cover has been blown would you mind telling us if there are any good holes we should know about on the Cowlitz.

Hey Mooch…any hole that you can see more then 6 inches would be a "good " hole right now on the Cowlitz!

p.s. The Cowlitz did get it's first springer back to the hatchery last week! To bad you can't see one until it's out of the water


Cowlitzfisherman

CFM,
Oh man now you went and did it! You used the "S" word. Wha'd'ya say I bring down my shovel & you bring the pick?

Steelheadfisher,
I think if you would have been honest and said you were an 11 year old you would have recieved a much better responce from the board.
And Mooch I really like your reply to steelheadfisher.

zipperlip, zipperlip, zipperlip!!! Some of these guys need to put a zipper in their ass so they can get their head out now and then!

I mean really, is there really an entire river that is a zipperlip? No, they are all listed on these cool things called MAPS! Now, you may have a few holes on the river you keep quiet, but entire rivers? Who has never heard of the Skook? I drive over it weekly, and there is a sign on the bridge that says of all things "Skookumchuck River"! Damn state government giving out the zipper names! They should all be shot. And then when Downriggin' got blasted for giving tips an fishing for Blackmouth on the super secret zipperlip of Puget Sound I thought this has just gone too far. PUGET SOUND???? Man, now that was a secret. All this time I thought it was a mirage. There is fish in there? I gotta' try that one!

Really folks, can't we all just get along? How many people on this board are going to flock to a zipperlip anyway? 10? Now Field and Stream I could understand the outrage, but here? I thought we all were a big ol' happy family here! All kids of Big Daddy Bob! Speaking of, Bob where is my allowance for this week???

Right On Steve I couldnt agree more.
There have been a couple things I would have liked to post but I didnt want to get hung.

Steve,
I hope you have better luck than me. Whenever I ask for my allowance all I ever get is everyone elses .02 cents worth.

Hah MOOCH!!! Around here, that would add up real quick! If only I had .02 cents for everyone who gave me there .02 I'd have a heckava' lot more cents than I do now!

Maybe I'd name my new boat "Allyall's $.02"


This is gettin' funny......wonder how those rat hunters are doing.......

Come on fellas, I think a few of you need to get out on the water and away from the keyboards for a few days