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Posted: 5/30/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished hard with crankbaits, plastics on dropshots, jigs, spinnerbaits and senkos but no luck. Weather was sunny and temps in the 50's. Water temp was 62-63 degrees in areas that were 20 feet or less....
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Posted: 7/6/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with a buddy early on the 4th before the crazy boat traffic started for the fireworks. Originally wanted to fish Sammamish, but the boat launch didn't open until 6:30am. We hit up some favorite...
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Posted: 4/7/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Rattlesnake Lake and all I have to say is, "WOW!" Not quite as good as the bass fishing at Potholes but pretty darn close. Fish were jumping all over the lake, especially the middle...
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Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Sammamish with a friend on his trusty Lowe bass boat to hopefully hook up with some nice smallies before the fish go into post spawn mode. We launched at 5pm and worked mostly the south ...
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Posted: 4/10/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Neat little alpine lake just south of Bellingham. Over 1000 feet of elevation gained in 3 miles. Lugged my float tube and all the gear up along with my 3wt Cabela's Stowaway 6 rod and WLX reel. The 3 ...
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Posted: 3/31/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fly fished Mill Lake in Abbotsford, BC for some of the recently stocked rainbows they put in at the beginning of the month. Tried dark woolly buggers just under the surface and caught two nice 10-12" ...
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Posted: 3/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a beautiful day to be fishing Green Lake! Fished a Redington Classic Trout 9'0" 5wt and it performed marvelously! Nice slow roll casts were just heavenly. Seven rainbows hooked in about 1.5 ...
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Posted: 3/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After a windy beginning to the month, things started to settle down...or rather, pick up in the fishing department at Green Lake. Picked out this 10" hatchery planter bow this evening and that was it....
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Posted: 9/9/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
While most people were combat fishing for salmon in the rivers this month, Pika206 and I decided to head east of the mountains for some Potholes lake largemouth bass! First time in 2 years, we headed ...
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Posted: 8/26/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Two buddies and I went on an epic 49 mile, 5 day hike/fishing trip in the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness. Actually caught only one small cutthroat trout in Lake Chelan itself on the the morning of Au...
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Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Pika206 and I took advantage of our day off to hit up the old local favorite lake of ours once again before he and the Mrs. relocate to Portland, OR. Fishing conditions couldn't have been better. The ...
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Posted: 5/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great day to fish today. Evening started out sunny but transitioned to overcast. The wind picked up to about 8mph blowing from the NW. That didn't calm the bite down much though. Started out targeting...
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Posted: 5/10/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Bitter Lake today with a friend and the canoe. Got on the water at about 6:15 and it was windy! The trolling motor helped to cut through that and it wasn't long before we had our first hook ...
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Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Haller from the float tube and fly rod. Managed to make one round around the lake. The water was just gross! particulates and what looked like oil patches. This lake is one dirty lake. Nothing ...
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Posted: 3/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful morning today with alternating sunny and cloudy conditions. Headed to Green Lake after hearing about the trout plant this week. Fished next to a couple of kind older gentlemen. They were usi...
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Posted: 12/22/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I'm a river fishing noob, so really didn't have any idea what I was doing. To no surprise, no fish caught today. There were some nice spots where there were riffles and eddies along the banks so I cas...
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Posted: 12/13/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had some time after work and hurried to Green Lake in hopes to catch at least one fish before it got too dark. Arrived just before sunset around 4:10pm. Fly fished,for about an hour, with my 8wt fly r...
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Posted: 12/7/2011
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a nice little get-away with my parents to Westport back in November. We stayed at a nice condominium right on the beach! Saturday evening we caught two barely-keeper-sized crabs and cooked them up...
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Posted: 10/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This report is only 2 months late, but better late than never. Couldn't find the Cathedral Lakes on this site, so I'll just report on the Chewuch River which my friend and I also fished. My buddy and ...
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Posted: 9/26/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with Pika206 on Friday and started trolling the good ol' homemade wedding ring lure. We both were testing out our ultralight rods to add a little excitement to catching the little fish. Just ...
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Posted: 9/12/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Man, the bite at Potholes this weekend was ON! Temperatures were in the upper 90s and the sun was killer in the middle of the day. Pika206 and I headed out there and started fishing at around 6pm on F...
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Posted: 8/14/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
A beautiful day it was on Friday, so I hit up Bitter again with Pika206 and originally wanted to take a spinning and a fly rod. Decided it would be too much of a hassle to carry both poles in the litt...
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Posted: 6/28/2011
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was a "crappie" day of fishing today. :) Forgot the camera again, but caught 3 crappie on the fly rod. Lost 2 flies in the trees after they wrapped around some semi-submerged structure. Lots of ris...
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Posted: 6/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my friend out on the canoe to get his first freshwater fish. It was a beauty, 12 incher. I got one on the fly rod before it got dark. We switched to rock bassing again and got a good number betwe...
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Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Same tactics as yesterday. Got 8 more rock bass tonight (most caught between 7 and 8pm. Purple was the hot color tonight...Actually, I'm not sure if the colored made any difference. Both black and pur...
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