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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon Fishing Reports

By: gpc
Posted: 8/16/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all day yesterday. We were on the water at about 6am and made our way to 3 tree point. I have never seen so much bait in my entire life. In fact I saw more bait form des moines to 3 tree point ...
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Posted: 8/13/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
my girlfriend and i started out at about 10 a.m. on Monday She was jigging a 2oz crippled herring in a blue and white color teamed up with 12lb Berkley big game and a 9ft rod i was using the same lure...
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By: Lou
Posted: 8/11/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived a little after noon to see how Des Moines was fairing with pinks. We stayed till 6 and caught nothing but bait fish off the pier. We also saw no-one catch anything besides crabs and small ...
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By: prozaxxx
Posted: 8/11/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
well the fishing was great a few hours and had our limit of pinks. we we're fishing off of wan i da dr. and tulalip dr at the browns point light house. and there reason I'm giving you the street names...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/11/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fish from 5am to 6pm lost one pink caught two shaker Blackmouth and one King about 10 lbs. Used a green glow hoochy behind a chrome dodger put on a a herring fillet for flavor. Caught the fish in 14...
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By: Moe
Posted: 8/11/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Pier at 6 am, there were people everywhere, no parking available close by so have to park up the hill about 300 yds. Fished all day, hooked up quite a few Pinks and Silver but just kept on...
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By: Derrick-k
Posted: 8/10/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for the evening bite trolled downriggers for kings/silvers/pinks fished 2 hours had on 18in native king other than that we had a broken downrigger cord and were back to lake for us to take ou...
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Posted: 8/10/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for the afternoon and evening bite. Started at Dalco on the last 2 hours of incoming with large Pro-Troll green flasher Smeared with Smelly Jelly with a Green spatterback glow hoochie with pi...
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By: gpc
Posted: 8/10/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got my boat out on the sound. Just dropped the boat in at Des Moines. We were on the water at about 7am. Had to take one of my buddies out before he moved to New Mexico for college.It was his ...
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By: Lou
Posted: 8/10/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Finally arrived at Dash Point around 6pm. As we reached the pier, someone was already reeling in a salmon, but people were yelling that there was a seal taking his salmon. The man reeled for a min...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Dash Point, or Area 11 (Puget Sound). Pinks are in, and I caught three,they were average sized. People were hooking them everywhere. Saw one King caught on a trout pole, about 15 lbs, gr...
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Posted: 8/8/2007
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went for coho salmon from shore. Within 5 minutes I hooked one and got it to shore. A very nice fish. Used an orange buzz bomb.
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By: jbball50
Posted: 8/7/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went out fishing around 7:30 AM and trolled off of Gig Harbor. We were using herring that was prepared and put color dye that was green in it. We trolled from 50-60 feet down with the downriggers. ...
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By: schmaltzy
Posted: 8/6/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water early, around 4:30am. We tried Commencement Bay, but it was dead, no nets being pulled out on any of the boats. Headed to Three Tree Point around 7ish and started trolling Anchovie be...
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By: gpc
Posted: 8/5/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Tried Des Moines once again. The fishing was pretty slow for the salmon. Before we got there a school came through but nobody caught any from the school. Saw one shaker caught. Tried pink, green, and ...
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By: Lou
Posted: 8/4/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
A friend from work and I decided to try the fishing derby this Saturday for Area 11. We arrived at Redondo launch around 3:30am, but had to wait for the Launch parking area to open before we could la...
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Posted: 8/4/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Today was derby day for the SKCPSA. The opportunity to win $3000 was too tempting for me not to buy a ticket and give it a shot. Ben and I launched at Redondo and began fishing around 0600. The act...
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By: gpc
Posted: 8/3/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try night fishing down at the marina. Started out casting different darts and buzz bombs for no fish. Then switched to using rainbow trout cut bait and caught a star fish. Saw a dog fish an...
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By: gpc
Posted: 8/2/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went and got my salt water licence today. So I decided to try my luck with my buzz bombs. Didn't catch any fish or have any bites. I saw 2 shakers caught. Saw one of my buddys down there who had been ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2007
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Good fishing, but what made this trip terrible was the lack of common sense on the Dash Point Pier. The Behavior by the few people there was appalling, offensive and completely uncalled for. For examp...
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By: gpc
Posted: 7/25/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Tried to get some crabs again today. Well I'm used to letting my bait rot, and just getting it a smelly as possible. But here you need fresh bait. So in about two hours I caught one crab between 2 pot...
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Posted: 7/24/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got some nice flounder. Salmon are pretty slow though but the Game Warden said 2 Kings and 5 Coho were caught today.
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Posted: 7/21/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Paul and I decided to give Redondo a shot since the Nisqually kings aren't around in numbers yet. We arrived at the ramp and after setting two crab pots started fishing about 0800. I had just set my...
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Posted: 7/20/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went for salmon today using a buzz-bomb. I swear I hooked into one but it turned out to be a shark. Pretty exciting.
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By: gpc
Posted: 7/19/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The weather couldn't make up its mind today, we had our shirts off, to waiting out the storm in the truck. We soaked 3 pots for about 3 hours. Our bait was rainbow trout, turkey legs, and chicken drum...
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