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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 10/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up early, planning to go fishing, but I was very tired, and it was dark and foggy. To heck with it, I'm going back to bed. Get up an hour or so later, have some breakfast and coffee with my sweet...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 8/21/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A good morning to be on the Skagit, I'm not sure where everyone else was, because I didn't see but one other person, and they were 1/4 mile away. Fishing from the bank in Mt. Vernon, my 2nd cast with ...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Samish kokanee seem to be running a little hot and cold so far this spring. Wednesday was 2 limits in less than 2 hrs, today was 1 limit in 3 + hours. The fish are running smaller than last year, but ...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With the Skagit River mostly blown out, I hit Lake Samish about 6:45 for a little Kokanee action. I got there just ahead of the rush and found a friend hanging out at the ramp hoping to score a seat i...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Hit Samish early this morning. Put in just about 5 AM, just ahead of RSEAS.It was great to meet him for the first time. For the first hour, it was only perch and peamouth as we tried to get dialed in....
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 10/26/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A very good day on the Skagit. 3 limits by lunchtime twitchin' jigs in the Concrete area. One was getting a little dark. Only 2 were bright, but they were great fun, and will eat or smoke very well. ...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 9/17/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I wasn't sure that "I" (as in "my wife") wanted more humpies to smoke, but 1 or 2 hens would be nice for the eggs, so I leasurely headed out to the river around 9:30. Well....it only took about 15 min...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 9/7/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The boss's (not my wife) cousin was in town from AZ and wanted to catch some humpies. We had tried Monday evening without too much success, so we went down to the N. Fork to fish the end of the incomi...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 8/31/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another good morning on the river with Nick Petosa. At least 20 hook-ups between the 3 of us fishing. Many were still bright fish, some still had sea lice on them. Pink jigs between Burlington and Se...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: burlee
Posted: 8/28/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hump-Fest..part II. After yesterday,, I had to go back and see if it would be repeated, and for the most part, it was. The word was out, 'cause there were a lot more people fishing. Shoulder to should...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: burlee
Posted: 8/27/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow.....It was a Hump-fest for about an hour around slack current this morning. At 8:20 it was cool, foggy, and a little windy. The beach had fishermen lined up about every ten feet. 10 or so boats ju...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 8/20/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Maybe it should be a 3.5. Once we found the fish in 3 to 7 feet of water, the bite was pretty consistant. But I was having a problem getting them in the boat. I probably had 15 - 20 bites, and 6-7 hoo...
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Baker
Baker
By: burlee
Posted: 7/28/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got an earlier start today than last time. On the water about 4:30 (there were actually parking spots available at Panorama Point at 4 AM). Gear in the water about 20 min later, but it was much slower...
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Baker
Baker
By: burlee
Posted: 7/24/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I should probably call it a 5, because I limited out by 7:30, but it took my fishing partner until 9:30 to catch his third. We went 6 for 7 trolling 10 to 15 feet just up and across from Swift C...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: burlee
Posted: 5/30/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A nice afternoon in Skagit Co., so I thought I would re-visit the Beaver lake crappie Again, they were very cooperative, and this time the size was just enough for a fish fry. I kept 10 that were 9 a...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: burlee
Posted: 5/22/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I thought I would give the Samish Kokanee a little break today and see if the Beaver lake crappie were biting yet. They did oblige, but were a little finicky. What worked was a 1/32 oz jig with chartr...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 5/15/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It could be a good year for Lake Samish. I tried to hit it yesterday, but had technical difficulties with the electric motor on my little Watertender 9.4. So today, with a new Minn-Kota on board, I h...
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Erie
Erie
By: burlee
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
OK, I,ve been out a few times this "spring", but the bass at Beaver and kokanee at Samish just were not ready to play yet, so I loaded my little watertender into the back of the truck and headed to La...
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Cascade River
Cascade River
By: burlee
Posted: 12/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
OK, I'm going to give it a 5, because it's not only my first Steelie(s), but we had 2 limits by 9AM. But of the 30 or so fishermen fishing just below the hatchery, we only saw 7 fish caught....and we ...
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Campbell
Campbell
By: burlee
Posted: 11/3/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Too pretty to stay at home, so I hooked up the Lund and off to lake Campbell to see what might bite. Alas....the trolling motor battery was dead, so I trolled around with the 50 hp looking for some ac...
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North Fork Stillaguamish River
North Fork Stillaguamish River
By: burlee
Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
OK.....I skunked the boss fishing for Coho on the Skagit on Thursday, so I had to give him the opportunity to get even on his home turf today. Hit the river about 7 AM. I was told that it's high fo...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: burlee
Posted: 9/30/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day fishing the Skagit putting in at Rockport and twitchin jigs with some help from Nick Petosa. The early bite was definately the best, with 5 hookups and 3 in the boat by 8:30. All 3 coh...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 6/20/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A good morning on Lake Samish. The bite wasn't as fast as it has been in past weeks, but still had a limit in the boat in just under 2 hours. Wedding rings trolled between the surface and 30 feet, wit...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 6/6/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday evening and the rain had let up, so I threw my little 9 foot fish slayer in the back of the truck and off to lake Samish. Hit the water about 5:30 and start long-lining a sling blade and orange...
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Samish
Samish
By: burlee
Posted: 5/31/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Yardwork was done, and a light rain had started, so I might as well go see if the Kokanee were biting. And they were just as accomdating as last trip. I started getting bit within about 5 minutes. the...
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