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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 11/21/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First time launching at Camano Island State Park and screwed up right off the bat by paying for a 1 day Discover Pass ($10) at the upper pay station, when I got down to the ramp I found the $7 launch ...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 11/14/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First a qualifier: I'm not much of a bass fisherman, so take all this info with a grain (or pound) of salt! That said...did some research on cold water smallmouth fishing and decided to hit Lake Goodw...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 10/17/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day today. Gear down at Mukilteo ferry dock at 8AM and trolled South with the falling tide. First fish at 8:05--Oh Boy! Second hit at 8:30, but we rushed it a bit since there was a sea lion hot ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Very nice day! Left Everett at 7:15AM. With a strong flood tide I ran all the way down to Shipwreck to troll back North. Gear down at 7:55, first fish at 7:55 and 30 seconds! We were done with two lim...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 9/26/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got an easy start this morning, launching at about 7:30AM from Everett. My son and I headed straight to Shipwreck, and the first thing I noticed was a bunch of boats heading back to Everett...Oh, Oh.....
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 8/28/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, not so good today. Long day at Evergreen Fair yesterday, dictated lazy start this morning. Gear down at Muk ferry terminal at 10AM. Pink Hoochies behind Q Coves. One fish on---seal grabbed fish ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 8/22/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Gear down at about 7:00AM just south of the Mukilteo ferry terminal. Went with conventional wisdom and put down pink mini -squids with one hook about 20" behind "old school" Abe and Al dodgers. Trolle...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
"Some days you're the windshield..." Well, today I was the bug. Had you told me I'd have lines down at 5AM today, fish for 3 hrs and not put a fish in the boat I would have laughed. I'm not laughing ...
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Cassidy
Cassidy
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 6/5/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7:00A to try some bass fishing for the first time this year at Cassidy. REALLY like the lake: undeveloped, lots of pads and shoreline brush, cattails, eagles and red winged blackbirds sing...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 6/1/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lines in by 5:15A. Hot bite for the first 45 min to 1 hour, then things slowed down a BUNCH! Kept 6 nice fish, and released 4 small ones. Stuck it out until about 11:00A, but all the damage was done b...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 5/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had lines down at Lake Stevens by 6 AM. First fish hit about 6:30A. We had a pretty good bite going on from 6:30 'til about 7:30 and went 5 for 5. Things slowed down over the next several hours as did...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 5/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Goodwin at about 9 AM and dropped the trolling gear. 4 rods from surface to 30' with a selection of dodgers, spinners, wedding rings and spoons. 3 hrs trolling with no hits. Even anchored ...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Too nice a day to stay home, and didn't care for the tides in the Sound, so headed to Stevens. Started in the Cove by the launch ramp and headed out toward the South. Nothin' popping in the Cove, so w...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 1/2/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, gave it another try today. Only three trailers at the Everett launch, and one of them was a duck hunter. Gear down at 11:15A, strong ebb tide. Started at the Racetrack, marked some bait, but pre...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Everett at about 10AM. Dropped a QCove UV with 2 glow strips dragging a Red Racer to the bottom in 100-110' at Hat Island. Marked bait and ended up releasing 3 shakers and losing a possibl...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 11/28/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
OK, I'm going to try to walk the fine line of writing a Fishing Report that will provide some valuable info to the guys who care, while not being too specific as to exact area and irritating the guys ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 11/14/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Line in the water at 9:30A. Worked from the SE end of Hat Island back up the Whidbey/Hat Is channel on the Hat Island side. Marked good bait...saw a fair amount of bird action, but didn't catch anythi...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 9/27/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Light fog at Everett launch at 0700. Not too croweded, though. Headed to Shipwreck and gear down by 0730. Took my time (fishing alone) and tried different combos and depths. Finally at 0930 picked up ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 9/16/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Crap...about the time I figured I had these coho dialed in...they changed their number! This report will serve two purposes...first to report my miserable performance. The second purpose will be...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 9/13/2012
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Too nice a day to sit at home so waited for some water to get into Ebey Slough, loaded up the sturgeon gear, and the Mrs. and I headed up to Steamboat Slough. Within an hour we had a 49" keeper in the...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7AM and trolled from the Wenberg Launch with a wedding ring and anise/corn and a 1 oz banana sinker. Spent 3 hours on trout and managed to hook up with 4 which we released--(OK, released o...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 7/6/2012
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the beach an hour before a minus tide. Slurped up some sand shrimp and fished through the tide change. A few small bites, but since I hooked one sculpin, I'm suspect that the rest were the same.
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 6/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Took the wife and 6 yr old grandson to Goodwin for his first trolling trip. Wasn't able to get to the lake until 11AM (like trying to herd cats), and ran into some guys at the dock who did well with w...
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Cassidy
Cassidy
By: dutchman2858
Posted: 10/21/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I hit Cassidy about noon and fished for 4 hours. Beautiful autumn day with no wind and lots of sunshine. The bass were a bit picky but we managed to pick up 1/2 dozen small largemouth and a...
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