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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/7/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So in getting ready for the Edmonds coho derby I decided to rent a slip that was available at the marina and couldn't resist taking a picture of my 'little boat' nestled among the larger vessels docke...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/3/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
with so many options of where to fish now I decided that I would give the salt another shot before I start getting into the river fishing so met my buddy at 5:15am at Redondo and just beat the crowd a...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Lauched at 5:30 hoping to get 1 more nookie before I head off to CA for the rest of the week but the fish were not cooperating today for anyone except my buddy Brandon who happened to land a beautiful...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 3
So after winning the mystery fish last weekend decided to enter this Saturday's south sound derby. Now my wife witnessed my winning check so she wanted to go with me today for her 1st salmon trip; I...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Pt. Defiance at 5:15 to find about 50 boats already on the water. Started my troll west of the ferry towards the clay banks. Tons of bait fish so started with Brad's cutplug and then swi...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 2
So we had our annual church fishing derby again today but after dealing with the mayhem of the Redondo boat launch last year, we decided to launch at Pt. Defiance and fish the south part of area 11. ...
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Riffe
Riffe
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
So after sitting on the Columbia river in the rain all day Saturday with 2 take downs ( yes it was slow) I had booked a room in Morton so I could get an early start on Riffe Sunday morning. But on my...
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Angle
Angle
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
So after a so-so day yesterday on American, launched at 6am and fished until 10:30 with a total of 3 trout and no kokanee's, I decided since I had a few hours to kill this morning to hit my home lake...
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Angle
Angle
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
so my customer owns a restaurant in Monroe and we decided to try Lake Stevens this morning after all the reports~ we found the Wyatt park boat launch and started our troll towards the aireater. Afte...
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Angle
Angle
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/12/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Yesterday I had a few hours to kill in the morning so drove by Angle lake at 6am and the gate was locked so did a few errands and came back at 7am and it was open. Now I have this little 6' boat that...
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Park
Park
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 3
So this report is for the week beginning the day before mothers day- Since my wife is from Ephrata I talked her and my daughter into driving over for the weekend and entering her brother, his son and...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2012
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So I was concerned with the huge tide swing that it would be harder to get sanddabs this morning for bait so was prepared to do some jigging. I was correct as we were only able to get 2 and finally g...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/2/2012
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So since I missed the opening of lingcod season due to poor weather conditions was anxious to get out this morning to get another shot at these toothy fish. It was a bit choppy on the ride out to our...
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Offut
Offut
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
so after getting my Springer on the Columbia I wanted to give Offut Lake a try so made arrangements to get a cabin Sat. night so I could get an early morning start since I had to be back to go see Dam...
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04 - Longview Bridge to I5 Bridge
04 - Longview Bridge to I5 Bridge
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/25/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So had a chance last Saturday for 1 more trip for springers and was blessed with one more to finish out the season. We missed a few but ended up each going home with our fish and it was a beautiful d...
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04 - Longview Bridge to I5 Bridge
04 - Longview Bridge to I5 Bridge
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well with only 1 week left to fish for springers, I thought my chances were slim that I would get a chance to get some tasty upriver bright salmon this season. But last night my buddy called and said...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/2/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So once again we had to cancel our steelhead trip to the Queets do to weather as the guide told us the river was running too fast~ so since I had the day off anyway, I was torn between hitting the Sko...
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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam
05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/9/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Okay, I know this is a year old but had to post this as we are going out again tomorrow to try our luck on the Columbia for some early Springer action. We were on Ron's boat from a guide service and ...
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Queets River
Queets River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a day on the Queets today! starting up to the launch in a blizzard following our guide only to see him almost lose control about 3 times before making it up there. Saw one guy in a ditch gettin...
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Toutle River
Toutle River
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/11/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
had some time to hit a river today with the wife being out of town so met up with high school buddy, Craig and we hit the south fork of the Toutle. Fished from the end of the road down with Craig jus...
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Riffe
Riffe
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/10/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day at Riffe with my high school buddy Craig from Longview~ we launched at the upper part of the lake ( taidnapam) and started trolling right from the lauch but the wind was too strong so ...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/30/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
sorry for the late report but went to fish Park lake last weekend but the wind was howling on Saturday morning so decided to take the hour drive up to Rufus Woods and hit the bank below the net pens. ...
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Park
Park
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
had to go to E. Wa this weekend but couldn't take the boat so went out with my brother-in-law to lake and rented a row boat which turned out to be an awesome newer boat like a drift boat. Put my 54lb...
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American
American
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/4/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Busy day at American Lake today! I got to the WDFW launch at 5:30 and there were probably 15 trailers already there! Had both lines down at 6am trolling out from the launch to the marina across the ...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2011
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
second time out for lings turned out successful! launched at 6am and went right after our bait ( sand dabs) After getting enough headed to my favorite spot and first drift! BAM! fish on! my buddy...
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