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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 7/7/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out to Silver Lake early, parked across the street from Thornton Sullivan Park and was on the fishing pier by 5:00 and fishing by 5:10. Sky was partly cloudy and temp was 55 degrees... water te...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife, Boni, and I headed for Gissberg at o'dark-thirty. Weather forecast was for lots of sunshine. Heading across the flats between Everett and Marysville, saw a heavy cloud blank of the marine lay...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/23/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I received a call a couple of weeks ago from my middle son, Andrew, requesting a date that my sons and I could all get together to celebrate Father's Day and do some trout fishing. With their own fami...
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Marine Zone
Marine Zone
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/21/2016
Species: Black Rockfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wife, Boni, and I traveled to Reedsport Oregon to visit our daughter Vicki over the Father's Day weekend. On the agenda was a visit to the Oregon District chainsaw carving championship at Reedsport...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/14/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out early to Silver Lake for a morning of fishing. Arrived a bit before 5:00 AM, parked across the street from Thornton Sullivan Park (gate doesn't open until 6:00 or whenever the gate keeper s...
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/6/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Rose early in the morning and made my way to Tye Lake in Monroe. Most recent plants by the WDFW were in May and were large trout... hoped to snag one! Arrived at the lake just a bit before 5:00 AM... ...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/24/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2016
Hot Spots: 1
With the promise of mild weather for the day, I convinced my wife, Boni, to accompany me for a morning of fishing at Silver Lake. We arrived at Thornton Sullivan Park at 6:30 AM and to my surprise and...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Headed to nearby Silver Lake to see what the action might be on a Monday. As usual at this site, arrived at Thornton Sullivan Park at 6:00 AM (the posted opening time for the park) and waited until 6:...
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/10/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My wonderful wife, Boni, got up with me at o'dark thirty to spend a morning fishing with me at Tye Lake in Monroe. Arrived at the lake at 5:30 AM... already a couple of fishermen making their way down...
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Bitter
Bitter
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/6/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I spend a couple of days a week volunteering as a coach/counselor at our church's addiction recovery and discipleship ministry called New Heart Place. I am honored to be the coach for a young man name...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
With the promise of some warm and sunny weather, I enticed my "fairweather fishing" wife, Boni, to accompany me to Gissberg on Monday morning. We arrived at 5:45 AM, at my favorite spot and lines in t...
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed for Tye Lake on a chilly and rainy Spring morning. Arrived at the lake at 5:50 AM, and lines in the water by 6:10. Temp at the outset was a chilly 43 degrees, heavy cloud cover. Though no rain...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 1
With the forecast for temps in the 80's today, was able to convince my wife, Boni, (mostly a "fair-weather fisher-woman") to join me for a morning's fishing at Lake Ballinger. We arrived at about 5:45...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/14/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out to nearby Lake Ballinger to check out the 1,700+ trout stocked in the lake about a month ago. Arrived at the lake about 6:30 AM, one fisherman already on the pier and two others fishing off...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/7/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2016
Hot Spots: 1
A quite frustrating day at Silver Lake! Arrived at Thornton Sullivan Park at 6:15 AM and waited and waited... the sign at the gate CLEARLY states that the park hours are from 6:00AM til 10:00PM. The i...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 3/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
It had been nearly two months since my last fishing outing, so I definitely felt the need to get a line in the water! Persuaded my wife, Boni that the weather was going to be nice enough for her to ac...
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 2/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed back up to Lake Tye to try for a few more trout to fill up my smoker. Arrived at about 7:45, lines in the water by 8:00. Only one fishing at the outset. Air temp a chilly 38 degrees, cloudy but...
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Silver
Silver
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/19/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/18/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Remained closer to home today for another fishing adventure. Headed for Silver Lake in south Everett... realizing that the lake hadn't been planted with anything since June of 2015, but perchance an o...
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/13/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing on the docket for Monday, so headed back to Lake Tye to see if good fortune would still be with me. After SeaHawks snatching victory from the jaws of defeat on Sunday, possibilities are limitl...
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/6/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't been able to get out as much as I would have liked this Fall and Winter due to health and just plain "busyness" (who would have thunk that one could be so busy in retirement!!?). Anyhow, heade...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 12/16/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/15/2015
Hot Spots: 1
It had been a long time since my last visit to Lake Ballinger, but thought I'd like to try for some late Fall Cutthroat. My wife, Boni, and I arrived at the lake about 8:00 AM and headed for the pier....
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Tye
Tye
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 11/23/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Figured to have a rainy Fall day, but the rain held off until my trip home. Headed for Tye Lake in Monroe for some of the WDFW Fall plant fish. Traffic slowed me to a later arrival than I had hoped, b...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 11/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't fished for Rainbows since last Spring due to health issues and other distractions. Had a great Coho season though. Wanting to get back on track, headed north to Gissberg to see if I still had ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/11/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/10/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Headed for Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo on Saturday morning... had planned to spend some time with my wife, Boni, but she awoke not feeling well, so it was just me. Arrived at about 6:45 AM, on the bea...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/6/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Hoping that the Coho were still running north to the rivers along the shoreline, my wife, Boni, and I headed for Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo. We arrived about 6:45 AM and were on the beach fishing by ...
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