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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon Fishing Reports

Posted: 7/7/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went out to redondo pier about 3:30 today. beautiful day sunny and warm, the family went to the beach, and i decided to toss the dart around for awhile, i was the only one on the pier but shortly afte...
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By: Chrisw023
Posted: 7/6/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished dashpoint from around 1 to 5pm there were quite a few people out, about half fishing for salmon the other half bottom fishing. Didn't see any salmon caught well there, was told there had only ...
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Posted: 6/29/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got out on the water trollling glo gear around 4:45am just before sunrise. switched up to UV flasher and lure setup including UV spoons and Ace His. all the fish I saw caught were relatively small but...
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Posted: 6/29/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the water about 6:00 and fished till around 11. I think it's pretty early and nobody has been catching any salmon really, although we did hit a couple nice flounder.
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/13/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I had to be in Tacoma twice today so I thought I would give salmon fishing a try. I fished at the dock at Point Defiance from about 10:30 to 12:30 using a filleted herring and a one ounce banana weig...
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By: Moe
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got down about 10:00 am and no one was on the pier. Just went to practice casting for when fish starts biting and weather warms up. I was there with my step-son who was visiting from SoCal and wanted...
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Posted: 3/22/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water, however no luck. Last few weekends landed two 5lb blackmouths in this area. Guess I'll chalk this day up to putting in my time.
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By: CanMan
Posted: 2/22/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Clay Banks about 9:30 am., couple hours before low tide. Trolling close to the bottom at about 2-3 mph. Using 11" green-glow flasher, Ace Hi Fly and herring smelly jelly. Water was flat, not ...
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By: CanMan
Posted: 2/16/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day out there today. Hit the water just before low tide at around 7am. Trolled Slag Pile, Clay Banks. Looked like a hundred boats out there. Guess I should have expected that. It was "Openi...
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Posted: 2/15/2008
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing for about an hour and didn't get one bite. Nobody else was out there so I'm assuming the fishing is pretty slow.
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Posted: 2/12/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had some time to kill so i went down to the Des Moines (sp?) pier. When I got there the weather was fair. But it immediately turned to gail force winds and rain. I was drop shotting both herring an...
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Posted: 2/11/2008
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went off the dock at Point Defiance and didn't even get a bite. I don't know if it is the weather or if the fish just aren't there. I was targeting bottomfish, primarily flounder.
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Posted: 1/2/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would start the New Year out right and decided I would go out for a little bit. Didn't catch anything but had a fun time. Wasn't as cold as I thought it would be and got one nice bite.
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Posted: 12/1/2007
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out there for a little bit. Put down the crab pots and did some bottom fishing. Got some nice flounder. Trolled for about 10 minutes until the weather got nasty. Fun day of fishing.
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By: CanMan
Posted: 11/23/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Partner and I launched from Pt. Defiance Boat House around 0730. Targeting Blackmouth. Never fished for them before. Started trolling with the tide in 120' water, 115' on the downriggers at 2-3 mph. U...
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By: gpc
Posted: 11/16/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went squidding and crabbing Wednesday night from 6.30 - 9pm. We were using old crab bait and got skunked. The people next to us had fresh turkey legs and they limited out on dungeness. Finally got som...
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By: gpc
Posted: 11/8/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went crabbing from about 2-4.30. A pretty good day today ended up walking away with 5 red rock and a dungenes. Also tried fishing. Threw out a dart for about 30 min then switched to bottom fishing and...
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By: gpc
Posted: 11/7/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Tried down at Des Moines Marina for crab and squid from 6.30 - 8.15. We didn't get any squid but we saw quite a few caught. We ended up getting 3 keeper red rock using chum salmon and turkey legs. Th...
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By: tacoma-al
Posted: 11/1/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the high water tide change. Lots of action. Fish from 18" to 24" with a few dogs thrown in. Limits are just one King now. Bob & I got one each 5 & 6 lbs.This has been a good year and with the f...
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By: gpc
Posted: 10/30/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We went down to Des Moines to try our luck at some squid. We were down there from about 10pm - 11pm. We didn't catch anything but we saw about 5 caught and some in peoples buckets. I would say there w...
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By: bmretr3
Posted: 9/25/2007
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
A good day of fishing, me and my son went fishing between the slag pile and quartermaster harbor. We where fishing for coho and caught blackmouths. we had a total of 6 hookups landed a nice 12 pounde...
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Posted: 9/23/2007
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hello everyone well this trip was a bust. Brother and I fished at dawn till 2:45pm and did not do any good fished from Des Moines to the lighthouse and around Redondo with no luck tried spinners with ...
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Posted: 8/25/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
started fishing about 7 am in the creek area and salmon were jumping every where , had a few strikes and decided to move out to the bay part and landed a 25 lb king within 20 minutes .it was One he...
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By: gpc
Posted: 8/21/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled out in front of Des moines for a few hours. Had one follow the herring right up to the boat, had a bight on a buzz bomb and caught 1 tiny shaker. We also caught a few dog fish and a flounder a...
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By: gpc
Posted: 8/19/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first time fishing at this pier. The parking was a mad house, I drove around for a half hour before a spot was open. Overall this is a good fishing pier but it was really packed. I only fi...
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