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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2000
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Met my buddy at the launch and were in the water by 4 a.m. He hooked into the first fish at about 5 a.m. and lost it. Fishing was slow all around us for most of the day. I caught a 4 lb. hen at 8...
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Posted: 7/13/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2000
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I begged borrowed and bribed my co-workers to cover for me so I could get Friday off since I can't go fishing this weekend when the sockeye season closes. On Thursday I took out my friend Brad, his da...
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Posted: 7/12/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2000
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Hit the water at 5:30 with my sons and friend Manuel. We fished three lines at 60, 70, and 80 feet. Used both red and black hooks today. We fished south of 520 on the east side. Saw a few caught but i...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2000
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We got our lines in the water about 7AM south of I-90 toward the east end. At 7:09 I caught the first Sockeye, about a 5 pounder. Richard and I thought "ALL RIGHT" we'll have our limit in half an h...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/12/2000
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Our group trolled in 50 to 80 feet just south of 520 off Madison park starting after 5:00am. At 5:40 we got one bite that shook off. We stopped at 8:00 and returned empty handed. We saw about 4 fish c...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2000
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There is nothing better than fishing for salmon in beautiful metropolitan Seattle, except for perhaps, flyfishing the Madison. However, when you combine the beautiful weather, the scenery, and good f...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/9/2000
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What a complete zoo! Fished Sunday AM just south of the 520 bridge from about 4:30 until 8 am. Had to leave because I couldn't stand any more boat traffic. I would guess there were at least 1000 bo...
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Posted: 7/9/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2000
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Fishing can be such a frustrating sport at times. We started a bit earlier today. The line went down at 05:35 to 70 feet on the downrigger and within 2 minutes we had our first fish in the boat, a nic...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2000
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Went back out on Sunday......Meet my buddy at RB Launch, what a total ZOO! Was at the launch at 4 am, did not see the water till 5 am. Parked about 1 mile away also. Heard that a friend limited out...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/8/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2000
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I meet some buddies at Stan Sayer at 5 am on Saturday. We just North of the Hatchery in Seward Park. Picked up just two fish out of the three of us in 6 hours. Saw plenty of fish caught, most off of a...
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Posted: 7/8/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2000
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Fishing seemed to slow down a bit today. After 30 minutes in line to launch the boat (and thanks to my wife for driving my rig away and picking us up at the end of the day) we started fishing at 6:30....
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/7/2000
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My neighbor and fishing buddy, Mike LaCombe, left Port Orchard at 1:30 AM. Arrived at Coulon Park about 2:45 and launched-- no other angler activity but there were a few rigs parked in the lot. Starte...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2000
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We hooked 5 and boated 3. The bite at Seward Park looked pretty slow, only saw 3 boated from 5:00 to 7:00 or so. We moved to the north end of Mercer Island and that is where we caught all of our...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/7/2000
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Went out to try for Sockeyes south of Mercer Island. Used an eight ounce sinker with a 00 dodger and a 2/0 red hook. Got completely skunked and only saw about 7 or 9 fish caught out of 100 boats. Was...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/6/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2000
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Fished Lake Washington for sockeye from my pontoon boat. Had to stay fairly close to the launch close to Seward Park due to the wind and waves from the boat traffic but no big deal. Need to get a de...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/6/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2000
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Started fishing the lake around 0600 using the basic setup a dodger with a plane red hook. We had our limits in 30min. It was a quick trip but it was worth it.
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Posted: 7/5/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2000
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Got to the Atlantic Park launch at 5:20 am, the parking lot had just filled up. We started fishing at 5:30. Pretty slow at first- a fish here, a double there. At 7 am we began to hit fish. Three by 7:...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2000
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I was expecting Lake Washington to be a zoo yesterday so I slept in and planned to skip the opening day. About 10:30 am, my wife and I stopped at the boat launch at Cedar River Trail park in Renton to...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2000
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I was fishing with my girlfriend about 6pm at Seward Park. After three casts with a black "4" worm, I hooked a 6 pound Largemouth!! It was thrilling to get my first Bass of the year, especially sinc...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/29/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/29/2000
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Their are some really nice rainbows in this lake, though I haven't gotten any of them into my canoe lately. I've been out three times in the month of May with only one fourteen incher to show for it...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2000
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Looking for some simple perch fishing, I headed to the nearest dock and flipped a Texas-rigged piece of worm over the side. The conditions were windy as hell, lots of waves churning up the bottom of t...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2000
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Started at 7:00 pm off dock in the arboretum. Caught a small sculpin right away jigging a bit of worm off a small dick night spoon. The bite was non-existent for another hour, then caught 4 perch (9")...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/21/2000
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I went trolling along the northeast side of Lake Washington on Saturday with nary a strike. We were using pop gear and wedding rings tipped with worms. We also tried needlefish with no luck. I'm su...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/20/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/20/2000
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Today my cousin and I went to the Arboretum to try out the bass fishing. We arrived there at about 6:45 and there were already 3 people fishing. One dude caught 2 small perch and he had hella bites ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/18/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2000
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My son caught one (bass) around 2 1/2lb. off a dock on Seattle side on Sunday; my son and I also caught smallies up to 4lbs. off public docks, boat launches,& under I-90 bridge (Shore fishin). Mercer ...
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