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Posted: 9/7/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of everett at 7am and started trolling just south of the Mukilteo ferry. Trolled 2 rods...one with a purple haze flasher and green bucktail and the other with a red racer flasher and gre...
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Posted: 9/1/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Haller Park with my brother for the salmon opener in hopes for some early coho. We we tossing some dry flies a few days before catching and releasing a dozen or so small rainbows and saw some co...
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Posted: 8/23/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I thought my last trip to Baker was a few weeks ago, but couldnt stay away. My dad, 5yr old daughter and I launched out of Swift Creek Campground around 6:30 am and headed to the Noisy Creek side. G...
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Posted: 7/26/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After yesterdays luck at Baker with my girlfriend and daughter, I talked my dad into going back up there with me. We have gone up there together two other times, and god skunked both trips. Launch...
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Posted: 7/26/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on Baker, fishing wise, not so much weather wise. My girlfriend, daughter, and I launched out of Swift Creek campground at 5:30 and headed straight to the Noisy Creek area. Last time we we...
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Posted: 7/18/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After seeing the reports of low fishing pressure, and decent numbers of fish transferred to the lake, I thought it would be a sure thing to put a few fish in the box today. Running on only 2 hours of...
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Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I couldn't convince my 5yr old daughter to go fish the Skagit again (skunked yesterday), but she did want to go to Cavanaugh again. Started fishing at 5pm and limited by 7:30pm. We trolled in 60' of...
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Posted: 6/26/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another decent evening on Lake Cavanaugh. This time my old lady and 5yr old daughter wanted to go, so we headed up there after work. Got to the launch just before 6pm and my co-worker was already la...
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Posted: 6/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After getting skunked the last three times out on the Skagit fishing for sockeye, I decided to try something different and check out Lake Cavanaugh. Launched out around 6pm and had 1st fish on at abo...
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Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the soccer field area in Burlington from 6:30 to around noon then again from 5 to 7pm with nothing to show. Used typical spin n glo rigs in various colors with sandshrimp and various scents. ...
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Posted: 6/14/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tried for Sockeye today with my bro with no luck. Got to Gardner launch at 7 which was about an hour too late I guess as we got just about the last open spot all the way out to the gate. Tried plunk...
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Posted: 10/24/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Haller park the last couple nights after work. Not much going on there at all. Water is real low with unlimited visibility pretty much. I was drifting and slow retrieving the usual #1 and #0...
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Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river around 7am and almost was wondering if there was an early closure or something because I couldn't see anyone down there... must be getting too cold for some guys because usually the b...
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Posted: 10/10/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work at 4:30pm and decided, what the hay, lets check the river levels. Graphs showed the Stilly was up to 7ft just 2 days ago and now down to 3ft, so i decided to go check it out. Got there ...
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Posted: 10/6/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Haller Park yesterday around 7 a.m. River was running a little high and fast, but had around 2 feet of vis. Only 1 other guy fishing when I got there so I found a good, slower drift and start...
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Posted: 8/10/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my dad up to the Skagit River to try to catch some Pink Salmon. We launched from Gardner around 7:30am, my dad in my boat and my brothers in my younger bros Jon boat. Tried a few spots just dow...
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Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After hearing good reports about the Skagit River pinks, we decided to try this river for the first time. Launched out of the Gardner road boat launch around 8am and headed downstream. Being this wa...
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Posted: 7/26/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take my old man up to Baker Lake thinking we would be able to repeat last Thursdays success. Boy was I wrong. We got to Swift Creek cg at 5am and had our lines out by 5:30. Used the same...
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Posted: 7/19/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took the day off of work to make a trip up to Baker Lake for some Sockeye. Arrived at the Swift Creek lunch at 4:30 am. Being it was our fist time fishing there, we pulled over at the pay station to...
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Posted: 1/8/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Fortson hole around 7:30. The place was a complete zoo. I walked around a little bit trying to find a hole, but there just too many people, and not enough river. Packed up and went downs...
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Posted: 12/31/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished N.Fork Stilly yesterday morning. Weather was bad, and river was blown out so I didn't expect anyone to be out. I actually was debating turning around for a day of video games after seeing how...
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Posted: 7/25/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The in-laws are in town from Guam, so I decided to take the father in-law to one of our fav. lakes. Launched out around 5:30-6:00 a.m. Didn't take long for him to hook his first trout which was pret...
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Posted: 6/5/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Lake Riley and Lake Sixteen both yesterday in the sun and only getting 2 small trout, I wasn't expecting to do any better today, but I was wrong. The original plan was to hit Lake Goodw...
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Posted: 5/29/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After catching my first kokanee yesterday I got kokanee fever. Took my 2 year old daughter and gf to lake Roesiger to try our luck. Well, the boat launch parking was pretty much a cluster, but I man...
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Posted: 5/29/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This report is actually for yesterday, 5-28-11. A buddy from work wanted to give kokanee fishing a try so we tried our luck at Lake Cavanaugh. Got to the boat launch around 8 a.m., launched his boat...
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