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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/16/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/16/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Hit Farmer's Riffle with some other Washington Fishing Meetup members at sunrise. It was pretty quiet - only saw a couple jump. I started with a glow jig and hooked only a bullhead. Switched to a p...
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Green River
Green River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/15/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Green River east of 405 opened today so I thought I'd get an early jump on it. Saw several cars parked along Auburn Way by the golf course. Got to my hole - tried everything: Roe, Dick Nite, Corky/Y...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 1
This is a combined report from yesterday (Saturday) and today (Sunday, 10/5). Yesterday was good but not as good as Friday - lots of fish being caught but definitely a notch lower than Friday. Toda...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Another crazy good day on the river. Ran into a few friends I only see during fishing season. I didn't have any luck w/the glow scampi - fished from an hour before to an hour after with little luck....
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Samish River
Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Lots of kings still coming in. Saw several times when there was 3-4 online at the same time. I hooked 2 in the first 3 casts (morning bite). LOTS of snaggers! The 'Bratva' was there in number...
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Wallace River
Wallace River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 11/3/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Slow day on the Wallace. Didn't see many rolling or jumping and the water was a bit high and too murky to see even from the bridge. I started by drifting eggs, switched out to corky, then just ya...
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Skokomish River
Skokomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/31/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/31/2013
Hot Spots: 1
It was totally awesome today out on the Skokomish river in Union. We fished about a mile up from Hunter Farms up the E. Purdy Cutoff Road. I tried the entire gamut of lures, jigs, spinners, cork...
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Wallace River
Wallace River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/28/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was even more maddening than our downstream experience of not seeing any fish at all! There were literally hundreds of fish schooled right in front of us that I could see w/my polaroid sunglasse...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/28/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another tough day on the river. Saw 1 pulled in. Didn't see the infamous 'B' run yet. Only a couple jumped. We headed up to the Wallace by 10am.
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Green River
Green River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We met up at Isaac Evans park at dawn and fished for about an hour. Then moved upstream to a couple of holes. Could see fish jumping so we set up camp. I had a couple silvers follow my jigs and cor...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/23/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/23/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Slow down at Thomas Eddy this morning. I heard it was pretty good there yesterday, but today was slower. I saw a couple pulled out and heard they used the 50/50 tiny Dick Nite, but I tried the entir...
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Wallace River
Wallace River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/21/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day. We could see dozens of fish schooling under the bridge but they had lock-jaw. None biting and we tried everything from roe to lures. Didn't see a single fish caught all day. They were all...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/18/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Super dead today. Saw 2 fish pulled out all day. 1st was on a pink squid, 2nd was on a pink marabou. I tried a few different dick nites and other spoons unsuccessfully. Also no success w/jigs. Sk...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/17/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got there about 8am and fished the outgoing high tide. Started with a Blue Fox spinner w/no luck. Switched out to the gold/red Dick Nite I used yesterday and hooked up with one at 9:30. Fought it a...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/16/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
It was actually a pretty awesome day on the river. I got the biggest coho of the season for myself. This was one of the best fights I've ever had. Hooked up about 40 feet out and reeled it in to wit...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/13/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 1
A good day of fishing. Got there a little after 8am and the bite started around 9. It was slower than the past couple days, but I still got one and my buddy Kevin (who got skunked yesterday) got two...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/12/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Another killer day! The bite started about 7am and lasted until about 10. I got my limit. My buddy Kevin is still learning and hooked but lost 3 of them but landed a buck humpy that was in decent e...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Awesome is the word of the day! My buddy Tim was ON FIRE this morning! Caught on his 1st, 3rd and 6th cast. I had the 'traditional' coho setup of corky/yarn at first, then a blue/green squid, then...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/10/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2013
Hot Spots: 1
After 4 days of no fish at all, they finally started jumping again this morning. The tide came ripping back in so the magic window was pretty small, but I did see some nice chromers brought to shore....
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/6/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the riffle bend about 10am. The morning bite was already over but the tidal bite came about 11am. Saw 7 fish pulled in. My friend had one hook up literally right at his feet as he was pullin...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/27/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I know it's hard to believe, but it was actually slower today than yesterday. No bites. 1 fish seen brought in from shore and a few in boats, but super slow overall.
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/26/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/26/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got there 1 hour before sunrise and not much happening until it started getting light. I saw a zombie humpie swimming right in front of me and my buddy hooked a fairly bright pink hen that he got to ...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/21/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Another tough day on the river. Not many fins coming through but a few caught. I had only 1 bite on roe. Fished a jig and caught the sunken boat. :( Keith was the king of the river today with a...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Tough day on the river. Only saw 2 fish caught. The locals were saying they hadn't seen it that slow since early August. My feeling is the fish can feel the pressure change and once the rain starts...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Wasn't as hot as yesterday but another good day fishing. I floated roe. Foul hooked a flounder and then hooked a big king, but it spit the hook. My buddy landed a nice 16 lb hen. Biggest of the da...
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