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By: Stuffy
Posted: 6/26/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on with Capt Geoff... Weather was calm with a couple spurts of rain. Boat was a king short for limits for 11. Nice fat football Kings all 12-20 and Coho 3-6. Mooching herring. Back at dock a...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/26/2015
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Left Tacoma at 0100 for Neah Bay and got there at 0500. Headed out in my 14ft Livingston and go to Tatoosh area about 0600. Water was a little nasty, but I just took my time since my buddy was with me...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 3/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Met my partner and his daughter at the North launch about 1pm. The wind was picking up but not a show stopper. We trolled north of the island and north bay, but no luck on Koks. We did pick up a rainb...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 3/30/2015
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out of Westport on one of Charters, with 20 eager folks. I was concerned about the predicted 21 mph wind gusts but figured it would be OK. It was a rock and roll day with swells up to 10feet? I'm...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 1/18/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/17/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Great day. My partner and I wanted one more Coho outing on the Chehalis. This time my partner's girlfriend came to enjoy a nice day on a river and try to catch her first fish. We hit several holes but...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 1/15/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/14/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My partner and I launched at White bridge at lite. Tons of boats on the water and hoards of bank anglers along the way and it was hard finding any open holes without crowding out a fellow fisherman. S...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 1/1/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a day. Picked up 6 nice Coho a couple days before the season ended. My friend Tony and his 10 year old daughter Megan for her first salmon trip. went along. On the way down from Oakville laun...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 12/21/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/17/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Had great time. 4 for 4, 3 huge bucks and nice hen, all hatchery. Limited by 11am. Weather was nice and only a couple sprinkles on us. Work the gravel bar edges in the shallow areas to catch the fish ...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 12/21/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Great day, and got 3 nice fish but missed a limit. Nice bright fat Coho hatchery hens. The weather was a pretty nasty, breezy and plenty of WA liquid sunshine. The fish are there but spread out. We us...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 12/5/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Put in about 10am yesterday, but shoulda listened to Guides from Steelie U to not waste time on the water for another week. I was also expecting to get rained on all day, and was upset it didn't rain ...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got to BC at 6am. Went upriver. Got 2 barely legal size springers same hole within 5 minutes and that was it. Water was running about 10k then jumped to 14k and bite died. Eggs on both. Saw several ro...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 1
A million and 10 boats. Fishing was very slow. 3 on boat we got one 12lb'r and missed 2 take downs for 9am - 3pm. Wind got ugly about noon and pushed everyone to shoreline to fish. Great guide I've fi...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 3/23/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 3-7pm. Not a nibble. Thru the sink at the fish but nothing. Didn't try still fishing, just trolling. Varied speeds and depths, but zilch.
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 10/15/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Did some rivers and dark salmon. Did the lake and hook nosed kokes. Started at 11:30 and bite over at noon. Got 2 nice fish. Small dodger, pink squid and maggots 30 feet on ne shore in 50 feet water. ...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I was going to take Stuffy to the Grays Harbor fishery, but ended up doing a trailer re-wire. I didnt get there until about 2pm. I launched from Westport ramp. I went just ou a little way and started ...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 8/19/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the ballfield parking lot about 6am. Lots a guys there. Everyone was catching fish. Couple silvers reported. Used long leader, pink corkie with a little black and pink yarn on barbless hooks. C...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 7/21/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started at 4:30am from Defiance launch. To Vashon west side girl scout camp. Zero. Not a bite. Trolling flies, bait I caught, about another $300 worth of useless gear and Zero all day till 4pm. Went B...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 7/21/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Stuffy and I got to the North launch about 7am and started trolling right out of the launch to the island with a wedding ring and power nightcrawler. No luck. Switched up to wedding ring and pink worm...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 6/7/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Stuffy got the worst fish skunk in years. Started at 4:45 Defiance launch with my Nephew. Pulled away and rubbed downrigger arm against dock and cracked the base. I needs to get the fiber...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 6/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Got out on lake about 8:30? Started with downrigger, sling blade, 12" line to wedding ring and worm. I got one on the side side of the main island about 10am. It was drizzly, but not too cold. A lot o...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/18/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2013
Hot Spots: 2
I went back to Neah Bay Thursday afternoon, and tried to get out to my halibut hole in my 14-footer, without luck. Around Tatoosh the water was just a little too nasty, so plan 2 was to try and pick u...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a Blessed Day. Got a nice 62 pound Halibut at Neah Bay this morning about 9:30. Here's the story. In the past 3 months I've probably read every piece of web available literature about Hali...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was a lake near Spencer lake, but not Spencer. Trolled wedding ring and worm with small split shot. Easy limits. One brood trout, one hold over, one triploid. Rest were perfect pan size and very ...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Easy limits of tasty little animals and the kids got one Brood stock 18 incher and one triplod 15 incher. Two hours.
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Started about 10am. Just wedding ring and worm with a couple of small split-shot trolled long way behind boat, speed about 1.3-1.8 mph. Worked till 3pm to get limit, but bite was steady. Lost several ...
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