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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 4/2/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had a couple good days catching Friday and Saturday in MA8-2 and MA8-1. Fished Possession Friday morning and came up empty so jumped over to Hatt Island and picked up one off the west end in about...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 3/12/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Possession Bar was good to us Saturday morning. Caught a couple real nice keepers, a beautiful wild fish and the usual shakers, some of which were almost keepers. Fished the eastside of the bar, ou...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 3/6/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Just had 3 great days, Friday, Saturday, Monday, fishing for Blackmouth in MA8-2 and MA9. Covered a lot of miles but well worth the effort, Possession Bar, Hatt Island, Elger Bay and Greenbank. ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 2/18/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/16/2018
Hot Spots: 1
MA8-2 was good to us on Friday. Caught this pretty one, just a hair under 8lbs, in Elger Bay/Camano Isl St Pk area. Planned on fishing Possession but the wind gods said otherwise so headed north. T...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 2/5/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got a break in the weather so headed for MA10 to see if we could find the blackmouth. Had a great day. Fished Manchester area for the first time. Looks like a lot of opportunity down there...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 1/18/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/9/2018
Hot Spots: 2
Had a great day fishing Lk Sammamish on Tuesday. Wind, rain and whitecap rough water. Pretty "bumpy" most of the day. Actually was rougher than heck. We ended the day with 10 or 12 to the net, lost...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 12/10/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is good on Sammamish but you really have to work for it. Midges are in full bloom and fish are stuffed!! We worked the whole dang lake and it turned out the hot spot was right off the laun...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 12/4/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2017
Hot Spots: 2
The good news is there are lots of fish out there. The bad news is the keepers seem to be few and far between. We fished Kingston area north of the ferry dock, outgoing tide, and Presidents Pt, inc...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 11/30/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good day fishing Lk Sammamish on Weds. Hooked up with Ben Eggertson and Pat Moore. Ben and Pat did most of the catching, I did most of the fishing. Thats the way it goes some days. We ended u...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 11/12/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Possession Bar on Friday and Saturday. To say we had fun is an understatement!! This might sound like a total bs fishing story but I dont think we went longer than 10 minutes without having ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 10/28/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was grind it out fishing on Lk Sammamish on Friday. Fish were really scattered. We did manage to get four in the boat, three about 15 inches and one nice fat pig about 18 inches. One came home, C&R...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 10/12/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sammamish was VERY good to us Weds. Knocked it out of the park to say the least. Hooked up with buddy Pat Moore, finally got on the water about 8:30, traffic sucked. Started at the launch and it wa...
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Washington
Washington
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 9/29/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
No Coho love for me today (Friday) on Lk Washington. Stone cold skunk. Tried every combination I could think of looking for some magic, hoochies, squid, herring, Coho Killers, Old Goats, bucktail flie...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 9/14/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty quiet morning on Shilshole, at least for us. Judging from the reports we should have been there yesterday. Thats the way it goes. Swapped out a lot of gear looking for some magic but it was ...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 9/10/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a really great morning fishing for Coho in MA-10. We intended to fish the oil docks area but thought what the heck, lets give Shilshole area a shot. Good grief, needless to say we never made it to...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 9/5/2017
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After a couple great trips for pinks on the Snohomish I think my expectations may have been a little high. Today just didn't happen. Stone cold skunk. Thats the way it goes. Think I was way past due f...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/29/2017
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Havent fished the Snohomish Rvr in a very long time. Hooked up with a buddy I havent seen since dirt was invented. The fish gods were good to us. Lines in the water about 7:30. Started at Snohomish...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/25/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a BOOYAH morning Thursday in MA-10. Fished Edwards Pt/Edmonds oil docks area from the oil docks south to the first buoy, outgoing tide. Line in the water about 6 and non stop action until about 9:...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/18/2017
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fabulous fishing in MA-10 this morning!! Lines in the water about 6:30 and had 8 or 10 fish to the boat by 8 oclock. Non-stop action, both rods were poppin! Mix of Pinks and Coho. Pinks are big and fa...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/13/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After a stone cold skunk on "the bubble" Friday I think we hit the honey hole in MA-10 on Saturday. The fish gods were good to us, the weather and water gods not so much. The tin cup was not happy. ...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/4/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a heckuva day out in MA-10! Fishing solo. Intended to go over to Jefferson Head but got lazy and fished off of Edmonds and south. Had 4 fish on in about 3 hours. First fish in the pic, nice lit...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/30/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught these 2 pretty Chinook early Saturday morning on the east side of Possession Bar. First one in Horseshoe and the second a little father south along the bar, incoming tide. The new Old Goat OG-2...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/24/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a fabulous morning Saturday fishing Possession Bar. We caught 8 coho including 2 very pretty wild fish. C&R 4 fish inc the wild ones. Kept the 4 in the pic. They arent big ones but they are the pe...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great morning on the Tulalip Bubble. Caught this pretty little 7lb blackmouth and lost a couple more. Barbless hooks do add an element of difficulty. I didnt realize there were blackmouth in tha...
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Washington
Washington
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
LOL I just read DJButlers report right before I posted this. Not much I can add. Like he said this fishery is red hot right now for cutties. Have to admit he takes much better pics than I do. Had ...
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