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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/24/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Worked hard today to get done and grab the Tin Cup in hopes of getting to American lake to take a shot at the 6500 1lb bows released and hopefully a kokanee or 2! I decided to try the float plane boa...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/24/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Monday morming~ So I actually went out Monday afternoon mainly to make sure the Tin Cup was operational; so launched at Atlantic City at 4:30 pm and fired up the Sizzler and she roared to life! So si...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/17/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So had some time this morning to get the Tin Cup back out to try and see if I can figure out what was wrong with my motor. We launched at 7am from Atlantic city and didn't want to start that motor so...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With the weather report on the positive side, I wanted to take out the Tin Cup and see if I could figure out what was wrong with my big motor. I launched at Atlantic City at 2:30 and fired up the 'si...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/12/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So had a conference call at 9am for work but was able to put in on mute while I got the boat ready at Atlantic city launch. There was not a single boat trailer in the parking lot when I arrived so wa...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The only reason I rated this a 2 is because we live is such a wonderful state where you can work all day then be able to go out and spend a beautiful evening on a lake and maybe catch a fish or two! ...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/9/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So today being the calm before the storm, I really wanted to get out today to American lake for a shot at my first Kokanee there in 2 years. Got to the launch at around 4:30 and started my troll acr...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So since this was the 1 year anniversary of my 5lb 25" trout from American lake ( you can see last years post!) I really wanted to get out and try it again after 2 dismal days on Lake Wa. I had ...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/2/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So this will be a 2 day report on the BIG lake! Sunday March 31st~ Easter: What a glorious day! So with my wife in another country to celebrate Easter, my daughter and I decided to spend the ...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/25/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Success! So things fell into place and I was able to get to the Atlantic boat launch before 5pm to meet a couple of friends to try my luck again on the Lake. As soon we had motored over to the west...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So after the skunk on the Columbia yesterday, I really wanted to just catch a fish of any kind! A friend of mine who works at one of my accounts really wanted to get out on the boat today so decided ...
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03 - Rocky Point to Longview Bridge
03 - Rocky Point to Longview Bridge
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/23/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Was excited to hit the Columbia for the first time this year for that tasty Spring chinook! Drove down last night with my daughter who is visiting from her Disney cruise job for some time off and spe...
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Angle
Angle
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/19/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got home in time to at least go down to scout out the launch at Angle lake and see if the WDFW had planted yet and was surprised to see that the park was completely fenced off and closed until June 26...
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Wynoochee River
Wynoochee River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/13/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a bit late but here we go! The day looked promising but was actually hoping for more cloud cover but it was just a beautiful day to float a river and cold! Launched the drift boat at ...
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Skookumchuck River
Skookumchuck River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So we were planning on floating the Nooch today but at the last minute, my friends truck wouldn't start so we called an audible and went to plan B which was to hit the Skook. Got to the river at dayb...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/18/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/18/2013
Hot Spots: 3
I took advantage of the Presidents day holiday to work from my boat for part of the day so had 2 friends who wanted the challenge of Lake WA so we launched at Coulon park at 7:30am. After a couple mi...
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Washington
Washington
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/4/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/4/2013
Hot Spots: 3
I have been itching to get the 'Tin Cup' out on the water so when I drove my Lake WA today @2:30 was excited to see the water flat as glass around Coulon and the sun so raced home and quickly loaded u...
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Area 12 Hood Canal
Area 12 Hood Canal
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I met my buddy from Longview with his boat at Potlatch state park boat ramp at 7:30 and there were only a few trailers in the parking lot so was encouraged but while we were getting ready about 4 boat...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/2/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 7:30 as it was just getting light and there were 4 cars already there so got excited to try and get some chum before work got too busy. My co-worker and I crossed the stream and wanted to ...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/29/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2012
Hot Spots: 1
So my annual fishing trip to the Queets was cancelled because our guide was sick so since I had the day off had lots of options of where to fish. I was going to try out the Tilton river as it has bee...
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Lewis River
Lewis River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/25/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So I had wanted to hit the Chehalis this week but was talked into fishing the Lewis and glad we did! Started out at daybreak boondogging eggs near the hatchery and had pretty much not stop action wit...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/7/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So my buddy came up from Longview and we were going to make the run up to Edmonds in the morning to give the salt one more shot but read a report where the Duwamish was kicking out some silvers so dec...
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Clear
Clear
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/7/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I had 2 days to fish while the wife was over in EA WA so was planning on hitting the salt but my buddy couldn't make it up Saturday so decided to take a break from the rivers and salt and headed out t...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/26/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally made it down to the Duwamish today around 8am in my waders and suit and tie! Water was running out at a good clip and there were a couple fellow fisherman on the beach up from the footbridge ...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/12/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So after getting totally skunked in the Edmonds Coho derby I needed to get the mojo back so hit Redondo today with a newbie who has never caught a salmon in his life and has lived here 16 years and ne...
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