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02 - Buoy 10 to Rocky Point
02 - Buoy 10 to Rocky Point
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/27/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What an epic weekend of fishing and some great catching but most of all wonderful memories with some old friends and family! This report is for day 1 at buoy 10~ With my best buds birthday being o...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Since our church derby was a bust on August 10th we decided to pick a day in the near future to try it again so today was it. Had the same 2 guys with me again and since I was limited to my trolling ...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/17/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day for me again on the salt and even worse for the Tin Cup! Had 2 guys scheduled to go with me today but they had to bail at the last minute; I was so excited to get the Tin Cup out after rep...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Finally success!!! so after 2 very frustrating weeks and over 30 hours in my boat without a single fish was getting pretty frustrated so after my futile attempt to break the losing streak on the Puya...
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Puyallup River
Puyallup River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After kissing the wife good-bye and making sure she was safely on her way over the mountains I quickly grabbed my gear and headed to meet my friend on the Puke in hopes of getting into some sort of fi...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So I was concerned that the crazy thunderstorm and low pressure during the night was going to take the bite off for the Gig Harbor derby and boy was I correct. Had to get a later start then I had hop...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 3
After my dismal fishing adventure on Friday I had better hopes of at least getting into something for the derby Saturday so I picked up my fishing partner at 4am in Kent and we were at the Pt Defiance...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Knowing you are not supposed to fish the day before a derby, I was reluctant to go out today but felt at least I could test the waters and make sure the boat was running good enough to deal with the d...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/27/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2013
Hot Spots: 2
So yesterday I stopped by Browns point as I was only there a couple of times 2 years ago to see what was shaking and was surprised to find a parking spot at 4pm in front of the fence so pulled on my w...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So this will be a short one~ now I know how this can go with one day being hot the next dead but couldn't let that deter me away from my quest of back to back King days!! Stano came along again and ...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2013
Hot Spots: 2
So with Sunday being a bust at Pt. Defiance as I had to work Saturday and went to the Mariner game that night to see Felix win his 10th game but woke up feeling woozy so didn't make the O' dark 30 tim...
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Angle
Angle
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/17/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't had a computer for over a week so I am behind on my posts! I know it won't be long when I will not be able to get the Tin Cup into Angle lake anymore so took advantage of a slow morning from ...
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03 - Rocky Point to Longview Bridge
03 - Rocky Point to Longview Bridge
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Made it down to Longview Saturday evening and was excited for the chance of at some of those migrating chromers heading up the Columbia and we made a final check of the boat to make sure were ready to...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So this is a 2 day 3 area report in one since the other 2 were a bust and not worth putting into a report but will post a couple pictures of those when done. Saturday AM- Wasn't sure where to fish...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So with my last chance to fish before leaving for CA Sunday morning I had to decide where to fish between American lake, Lake WA, or Angle lake. Since I knew I would have to go by my wharehouse in Fi...
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Angle
Angle
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Ok I have been sworn to silence for this lake due to the limited space for parking and it would be very frustrating for anyone to make the trip and have to turn back. Now with the park opening next w...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/16/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So with derby day approaching I was hoping for an easy day of work on Friday but that didn't happen and didn't get home until almost 9pm so had to scramble to make sure I had everything in order. ...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/1/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I wanted to try out my newly cured herring on Lake WA today but only had until about 10am so launched at Coulon at 6am and headed over to the south tip of Mercer and since I didn't have a herring rigg...
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Park
Park
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So I will put on all the days I fished Park on this one report along with some motor issues again: Tuesday~ After the storm on Monday I headed over to Park lake Tuesday mid morning and things had ...
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Moses
Moses
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So gave this a 3 just because it was my 1st time fishing for walleye and was pretty pleased to get one even though not very big~ I will be back! We launched at Connelly park at 6:30am and headed t...
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Deep
Deep
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So here we go!! What a trip but sadly did not his all the lakes I had hoped to while over the other side of the mountains~ Monday~ my wife and I hit deep lake at 8am knowing that a storm was brew...
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Park
Park
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So this will be the first report of my week long trip over here in E. WA starting with the annual Sun Lakes Resort fishing derby at Park Lake. My brother-in-law decided to pull his fifth wheel an...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So with the weather promising to be a record breaker, figured it would be better to work from the boat instead of a hot car so ran home at 1pm and grabbed the Tin Cup and headed to American Lake. I o...
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Park
Park
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 1
So I haven't been fishing lately due to having to move my mother-in-law from Ephrata to East Wenatchee to a retirement home which we completed yesterday. It was very windy Friday with gusts over 50mp...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful day! Couldn't help myself so had to get home and get the boat and head to American again as we don't get too many days like this~ Launched about 1pm and headed across towards the VA...
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