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Washington
Washington
By: docshane
Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is a two day report. Fished Saturday for a few hours early in the morning and several hours Sunday morning. Launched at Kenmore. Pouring rain all morning. Dropped gear just south of the barge ...
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Tokul Creek
Tokul Creek
By: docshane
Posted: 12/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I read Mark Yuasa's article in the seattle times that the state opened tokul creek. I've never fished it before so I got a few tips on how to fish it from the previous posts. I was rigged up with a fl...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: docshane
Posted: 1/6/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful day on the water. Floated the Sky from the High Bridge launch to sultan. My first time floating this river and despite no fish for the day I had a blast rowing my buddy's Clackacraf...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 1/2/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I just wanted to post a quick report from christmas eve with my boys. I didn't want to leave my boat in the lake unattended for a week over the holidays, so we parked the truck at the boat launch and...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 12/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on Sammamish and man did it blow, literally and metaphorically. By the end of the morning it was a sustained 20 mph "breeze" that made fishing quite difficult. Had a couple bites but no fis...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: docshane
Posted: 10/18/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water, I was wondering if the fishing would be good or not based on some of the previous posts. It wasn't good, it was great. Left Everett about 7, thick fog, motored pretty slow, b...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: docshane
Posted: 10/7/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 730 with my son maddox and Grandpa Craig. Weather was perfect, like a lake out there. Lots of boats, hundreds. Didn't take long to get the first fish, maybe half an hour. Nic...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: docshane
Posted: 3/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Beaver Lake this morning with my buddy Geoff, used his Cadillac, I mean clackacraft. Very cold, snowed all over us, I had to go to the urologist this morning, so we pretty much had to bail as the...
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Alice
Alice
By: docshane
Posted: 3/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Yuasa from the Seattle Times reported that Alice would be stocked a few days before me and a buddy went out. Thought it would be quick limits, but it was cold, snowed on us even. To make life m...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 3/13/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Jeff and I took our boys out for a little fishin trip, they wanted a catchin trip, but it was mostly a fishin trip. One fish landed, a few bites. Very slow for us today. My other son was ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 2/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with a couple buddies and one of their daughters. Action was slow for the first hour, trolled from the boat launch up past the point by the weather bouy, weaving, never more than a coupl...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 12/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with a couple buddies and did OK, we kept 5 as a group, used wedding rings and sling blades tipped with crawler. The weather was pretty horrible most of the day, very cold and wet, I think t...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 12/12/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Not a bad day on the water, tried a new color combination wedding ring that I tied up with a double snelled hook about 2 inches apart. I was by myself, always takes a bit longer to key in on the fish...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 12/4/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The gate is supposed to open at 8 am in the winter even though it says 630 at the boat launch. This day the ranger apparently overslept and there were a lot of unhappy fisherman waiting to launch. The...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: docshane
Posted: 11/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Friday also for the big triploids that were planted in the middle of the week. Had my six and three year old out on Friday afternoon. Still very cold so we made one loop around the lake and boa...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 8/19/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Saturday and Sunday for kings. Sunny yesterday cloudy today. No fish caught by myself or my buddy. 15 to 20 boats on the water out in front of the issaquah creek mouth. Marked lots of fish up h...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 3/8/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched around 930, and fished until 130. It was a really nice day again on the lake. Plenty of boats out there, lots of guys trying around the Issaquah creekmouth, that was where I stayed most of t...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 3/5/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 8 am, first boat on the water, trolled in front of the creek mouth then out to the weather bouy with no bites over a 4 hour period, got pretty windy and my battery was dead, had to row ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 2/24/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the water pretty early, second car at the launch, had to since wife's parents were coming up, so went into it knowing I would miss most of the 10-2 bite. Caught one 16" cutt right before t...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: docshane
Posted: 3/14/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This is kind of excting seeing as this is my first post. I bought some downriggers and a 12' aluminus fishing boat for a few hundred bucks off craigslist and married my two pruchases together and fin...
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