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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 9/15/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been MIA for a while, computer on the fritz... youngest son came up from Bonney Lake to get me fixed! A few outings to catch up on: three weeks ago took friend Pete to lower Snohomish where he tied in...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 7/30/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the delay on this report... been busy with family last few days! Caught 6:00 AM ferry from Mukilteo and headed for Bush Pt. Arrived at about 7:00... area around the boat launch was "elbow to...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Gissberg to do a little fishing before attending the seminars hosted by Cabela's on "Fishing for Pink Salmon". Arrived at 5:45 AM, fished the south shore.... tried about everything in th...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day started early, as I'm still trying to get a handle on the Brown Bullhead fishery at Green Lake. Where and how, I still don't have a clue! arrived at 2:30 AM on the southwest side, near the crew ho...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a magnificent day on ol' Green Lake!!! First off, it was a magnificent day in Seattle, judging by the numbers of kayaks, paddle boats, paddle boards, swimmers and other assorted sun-worshipers, s...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing opportunity for me was extremely limited this morning as I had to leave the lake at 9:00 AM to attend a grandson's graduation in Everett. Pete and I had hoped to make a dent in the 1500 triplo...
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Spanaway
Spanaway
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First off, sorry to mislead anyone... Rainbow trout fishing was awful... fudged on the "lots of fish", but the "Wow" and "Great memories" of a #5 rating were there... in spades! Planned this trip sout...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/8/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't been able to wet a line for a couple of weeks... been a bit busy this Spring. Finally able to get back onto Green Lake this AM... friend Pete had scouted it out during the week and said it cou...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Green Lake this morning to get in a few hours of fishing before family/holiday commitments in the afternoon. The day began beautifully, with a stunning sunrise as I got to the lake about 5:20 ...
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Bitter
Bitter
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/25/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Met friend Pete at Bitter Lake at 5:30 AM for some "hot & heavy" Rainbow fishing. Pete had scouted out the lake earlier this week and had caught a couple of hold-over 'Bows of 15" and 18". This was to...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work a bit early, invited my wife, Boni, to go fishing with me (actually "watching me fish", as she is recovering from shoulder surgery and can't use her arm yet). Anyway, a beautiful warm aft...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Last day of a week's vacation... got in some wonderful fishing through the week, no reason to believe the end would be any different. Friend Pete had limited at Green Lake in four hours on Friday, pul...
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Tanwax
Tanwax
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/19/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Drove south before o'dark thirty to meet my youngest son, Wesly, for a fishing trip to Tanwax Lake on his birthday. Used to live near the lake and loved fishing it... been at least 10 years since the ...
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Howard
Howard
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to do some fly-fishing, so up at o'dark-thirty and headed north to Lake Howard. Got pontoon boat inflated, strung two fly-rods, one with floating double-taper, the other with med. density sink-...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My son-in-law, Trevor, is out from Ohio for the week... had never caught a Rainbow, so we headed out for a morning's fishing at Gissberg. Weather was pleasant, albeit a bit windy... 58 degrees at arri...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Under normal circumstances I wouldn't be submitting a report at all... fishing was, to put it mildly, DISMAL! Met Pete at Lake B. at about 5:30 AM, fishing by 5:45. Temp at outset was 48 degrees and g...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Headed for Green Lake this morning to meet up with Pete. Arrived at the lake about 6:00 AM and headed for the east side, to the 65th St pier. Air temp was a chilly 46 degrees, a persistent breeze from...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 4/7/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I feel somewhat conflicted about writing this report. By way of explanation: Pete and I are good friends. We met on the pier at Lake Ballinger about a year and a half ago and have been fishing buddies...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 3/30/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Time for some serious Spring fishing... shake off the Winter cob-webs! Met friend Pete at Green Lake at 6:30 AM... fishermen already filling up piers at southeast corner, so we headed for the southwes...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been a while since I've been able to get out to fish... got off work early, so called friend Pete to see if he wanted to get out. Met at Lake B. at about 2:30 and headed to the pier. One other fisherm...
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Green
Green
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 2/17/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been pretty stagnant for a couple of weeks, could not get into fish. Decided to try Green Lake again, especially since friend Pete had some great success at mid-week, scoring a 18" Rainbow and a 17" B...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 2/4/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed for Lake Ballinger for some fishing with my friend Pete. Fishing has been rather slow lately... Pete tried Green Lake during the week and only hooked one, on several days out. Thought Ballinger...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Lake B has been good to us the past several weeks so friend Pete and I decided to give it another go. Met at the lake at 7:30 AM, fishing off the pier at 7:45. Air temp was 34 degrees upon arrival, sa...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Report is late, as I have had technical difficulties beyond my control!!! After last week's success at Ballinger, we decided to try it again. Pete and I arrived at the lake at 7:30 AM... were fishing...
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Ballinger
Ballinger
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Kudos to my friend Pete for suggesting on Wednesday that we try Lake B this weekend... what an awesome day!!! We met at the lake at 7:30 AM, were fishing off the pier at 7:45... a bit dark, but growin...
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