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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 10/13/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report should probably be rated a 1, but I did catch a 15" jack Coho, so the day wasn't a complete bust. Had a few hours to go in search of Coho today. My intention was to start low on the D...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 10/8/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Since it is my birthday today I had hoped to take off a couple hours from work in the AM to go play with the Coho. Well, that didn't work out, but figured I'd take advantage of what little time I did...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at first light. Second cast and it was fish on! Landed a slightly blushed 5# hen. Thought it was going to be a stellar day. Was drifting eggs. Had a couple more hits after that, ...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 9/27/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river at 8:30 hoping to fish the outgoing tide. The water was high and there were a decent number of fish surfacing. Started with jigs as there wasn't much current to drift my bait. By 9...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Ran down to the river on my lunch break. There were fish rolling, so went to work with my jigs. Took a little bit, but finally had a hit, so knew that I had a chance. Shortly after that I got a sol...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 9/20/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hoped yesterday's success could be repeated. Hit the river at o'dark thirty with a friend throwing bait. Slow start to the day with nothing going on. After an hour and a half we finally saw a littl...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 9/19/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally pulled a rabbit out of the hat and punched my salmon CRC for the first time this season. Fished for a bit before work this morning. Saw some jumping, but not much action on the bank. No luc...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 9/9/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had time to stop by 112th this morning before work. The water was high, but dropping fast. There were a handful of people fishing. I fished for a solid hour as the water dropped and more fishermen ...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 9/6/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Duamish this morning with a friend. We drifted eggs from 6am to 10am on the outgoing. Between 6am and 9am we hooked two jack Kings not more than 16" long with zero other action besides sc...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: BentRod
Posted: 8/24/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Was looking for an excuse to go test out a 15hp outboard my brother loaned me and decided that the Lake Samm. Chinook would be a good reason. Invited forum member Realfisherman to go drag some gear a...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: BentRod
Posted: 8/13/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got a rare chance to go target Chinook in PS with a friend. Usually it's closed by the time we can get out. Decided to go try Midchannel to see what might be there. Hit the launch at 4:30am and wer...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: BentRod
Posted: 7/2/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I don't typically write secret lake reports, but this is more about how this fish was caught than where. My family and my wife's brother's family met at a local lake to hang out for the afternoon and...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 6/14/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day in search of Chinook with plans to switch to Steelhead as the day wore on. A friend and I started at 5am and fished multiple locations from Monroe to Reiter. We both took two rods, o...
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Pine
Pine
By: BentRod
Posted: 6/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I'd hoped today was going to be at last "as good" or better than yesterday. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. I met my brother-in-law and nephew's at the launch at 10am. Overcast and cool. We st...
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Pine
Pine
By: BentRod
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got a chance to go hit up Pine Lake. First trip there of the season. Took the family up after breakfast. It wasn't too crowded and the weather was fantastic with a light breeze. Launched a...
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Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
By: BentRod
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Halibut
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
2 of 2. Got up at 4am to go find our halibut. My buddy's dad joined us, so the three of us headed to Cornet Bay to launch and meet up with a friend who was also launching there. Of course the weath...
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Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
By: BentRod
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Halibut
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
1 of 2. Took Friday off work to attempt getting out for the halibut opener with the intent of fishing both Friday and Saturday. The morning weather was crummy and too much for our 19' boat, so held ...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: BentRod
Posted: 4/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the family to Beaver again for a family fishing trip. I arrived ahead of time to launch the boat. I got on the water about 11:40. Started trolling a joined Rapala right off the launch. Caught...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: BentRod
Posted: 4/2/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My 4yo has been wanting to go fishing for the last couple of months, so decided to take the afternoon off, scrape the pine needles off the boat, and take the family to Beaver Lake. We got the boat in...
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Snoqualmie River
Snoqualmie River
By: BentRod
Posted: 12/6/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My first trip out for Steel this season. Fished from about 8:30 to 9:20. Didn't expect much action in the short time I had, but wanted to test my gear in the sub-freezing temps. A few guys fishing ...
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Green River
Green River
By: BentRod
Posted: 11/27/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Before heading out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday I had a little time this morning, so decided I was going to go cross a Chum off my list as I've yet to hook one of these reportedly great fighte...
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Snoqualmie River
Snoqualmie River
By: BentRod
Posted: 11/17/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent some time today checking out new spots on the Snoqualmie and Skykomish with another forum member. Tried floating a jig through a few holes at various locations. Were not many people out and ab...
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Green River
Green River
By: BentRod
Posted: 10/26/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I decided to see if we could pick up some late Coho or maybe some early Chum on the Duamish. Started at O'dark-thirty down low on the incoming tide. Tried drifting/floating eggs as wel...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had the day off work, so after getting the kids off to school and hemming and hawing over where to go cast a line I figured I'd try some place besides the Duamish. Drove north to the Skykomish. Fou...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: BentRod
Posted: 10/13/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to go fishing with a friend this morning. Thought between the improving water clarity and early morning low tide that we had a good chance to get some Coho. Not so. Fished from first l...
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