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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon Fishing Reports

Posted: 7/19/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went for salmon using a buzz-bomb. Didn't catch anything but got a nice Dungeness crab.
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By: gpc
Posted: 7/18/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went crabbing at the Des moines marina this afternoon. Did a huge no - no and left the pots unattended. Thankfully there was a man down there who informed me that you receive a huge fine for unattende...
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Posted: 7/16/2007
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went for salmon for about an hour but didn't catch anything. Later I switched to a bottom fishing rig and caught a couple of flounder. Nice day of fishing.
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/9/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 530 to 900 Am slag pile to the point, Down riggers at 40 to 150 and not a bite ( unless you count dogs) Nice water and sun shine, Maybe next time.
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By: Moe
Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Pier about 6:30 am, going after a few crabs, there were about 100 anglers already there since its opening day for Crabs. Everyone has traps except us we just want to use line and hook to ca...
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Posted: 6/20/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't catch anything, not even a dogfish. I don't know what it is but the fish just didn't seem to bite. Guess I'll just have to wait till the salmon come in.
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By: prozaxxx
Posted: 6/17/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
went out with father in law had a great time other than not catching any kings. marked a lot of fish. but every time through kept catching dogs. depth didn't matter from 40 to 130 feet dogs after dogs...
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Posted: 6/10/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went shore fishing at Brownspoint. Caught 1 dogfish. Great day but only small or no fish.
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Posted: 6/2/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Paul wanted me to show him how to use his new downriggers on his new 21' Northwest Jet Boat. I was more than happy to show him the finer points to downrigger fishing for salmon so he can ha...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/17/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Had to go today. Weather good and SUN! Got on the water around 10 am hoping to fish the end of the ebb tide at 11:00. Picked up one just under legal at the change. Lots of bait in the area but no bite...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/25/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/25/2007
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Started fishing around tide change about 50 feet out from the shore. Fished with a 1 and 1/2 ounce casting lure and some herring oil on a light pole with 12 pnd test. I caught around 10 silvers betw...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Dash Point on the slack from 2 PM to 4:30 PM. No one was catching anything of size, just a few shakers. A couple of people were catching crabs, while trying to bottom fish.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/7/2006
Hot Spots: 0
fished datbreak till 4:30 picked up nice blackmouth down at ruston ferry dock. 138' of water 52' on the rigger. e-chip flasher in light green with a green/white glo bucktail fly. lost couple go...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/23/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day, decided to go on Lake Steilacoom on inflatable raft. My Dad and sister and I got half way there when we realized we had forgotten the oars. We eventually decided to go to Point Defiance to d...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/23/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Nice weather but no fish. Started at 0630 and fished until 1430. 2 small shakers first thing then nothing. Talked to fish checker 1 king 2 silvers for 40 boats checked.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/23/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished both Browns Point and Dash Point via kayak using white/green coyote from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM and didn't catch anything. However, I did lose one of my white L3 Buzzbombs off Browns Point, when so...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Took out my inflatable raft off one of the northern points in area 11 where I have had success catching silvers. Using a 7' fiberglass fenwick and a small open face shimano with 8lb test line, I heade...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/22/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Friday & Saturday were hot at the Clay Banks & Slag Pile. Trollers were doing best. Many fish in the mid-teens. The bite was really hot first light off the picknic beach. Few dog fish were caught by ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/15/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I went out on my boat around 2 p.m. and i dropped my crab baskets mooched for awhile then someone that must of thought they needed my baskets more than me stoled them didnt get any fish either
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Don Armeni and ran down to Dolphin Pt to try for an Area 11 King. A couple hours with no hits on white B-2 mini-squids and seeing no one else getting any bites, decided to switch to Silve...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of dog fish saw 3 fish caught fingers are sore from tying on new leaders.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/30/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2006
Hot Spots: 0
The bait was everywhere but no kings. Everyone other boat was catching dogfish left and right, reaffirming my decision to fish spoons exclusively. I was able to hook into two 5lb blackmouth, the one...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to try our luck at Lings and Salmon, and make sure all was good with the boat. First time out...so didn't expect much. Went to the Marina in Elliott Bay for attempt at Lings...nothin after ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the opener with my brother and about 7:00am hooked into my 1st. King of 2006. It was a nice 16 pounder. Did see a few others caught but it was SLOW. There was no live bait just frozen. Does any...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/28/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Saw afew cutts in the water but caught nothing using muddler minnow.
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