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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/4/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out targeting coho but none were to be had. The river is up and moving with very low visibility. I through on one of JonB's jigs in purple and pink and had about 15 fish hooked within the hour an...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/24/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Moms bday was yesterday and she insisted on me taking her salmon fishing as present. In my head im thinking "this is the easiest present ever" but little did I know that it was going to be some work. ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/20/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Okay here is another report for today's action. Hit a different location on the sno and the fish were rolling like crazy. Same setup as previous reports this time using krill anise oil and that drove ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/20/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took a while for schools to push up, but once they did i had a limit within 30 minutes. Same twitching technique with squid jig. All fish were bright chrome with nice dark pink fillets. I have a video...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Finished up work around 11:30, went home had some lunch and grabbed the jigging gear and headed down to the snohomish River. Arrived around 2pm or so and to my surprise there are rolling fish. I fishe...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/16/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My family had our annual picnic at Kayak Beach. We have been coming here since I was a kid. I decided to take the toon with me and I'm glad I did. The weather conditions were perfect. Calm waters, sun...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/15/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Last night I was on the phone with member Machewbacca and we made a last minute decision to do some fishing out on the salt. Headed down to Redondo where I met him and helped launch his boat. Setting ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/9/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a two day report: Saturday headed out to Mulkiteo beach and launched the toon during high tide. Stayed close to the beach trolled in about 6o-80ft of water with pink wiggle hoochie and 8inc...
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Baker
Baker
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/26/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This was the 5 star day I was waiting for. Although I was one short of a limit, I had plenty of other oppritunities to bring that last fish in but it wasn't meant to be. Started my troll on my pon...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided it was time to hit the old lake for some kokes. It's been a while since I have fished for them. Ended up losing 6 and landing only 3. Would have stayed to get the last two but the boat traffic...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake wa sat morning just to see if the Cutts will bite but I couldn't entise them at all. I did hook a sockeye and about 4 kokanee. I also hooked a juvenile chinook. It was around 18 inches and...
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Baker
Baker
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, fishing wasn't perfect but it was active. Came out Wend. left smelling like a skunk. Threw everything at them but no action. Decided to come back out this morning and try again. It wasn't until ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to my buddies house in Tulalip last night and stayed so I could wake up and hit the incoming tide early in the morning. When I got out there I noticed lots of fish surfacing so I threw on my "c...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/28/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well well well, What a morning on Lake Wa. The water was calm, no wind and the sun hadn't even peaked over the horizon yet. I sat on the water just soaking in all of creation. Today I simply wante...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/24/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Put in my 7 hours of work and I was off by noon. Headed to Kirland and fished moss bay. Fishing was odd today. I had to troll faster than normal to get the bites I did get. The Cutts I caught were no ...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Switched things up and hit Stevens for the first time this year and and didn't dissappoint me. Same setup with Sling blade and green wedding ring. I used a longer leader 22inches which seemed to be th...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/21/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a morning. After not getting the chance to head out yesterday, I decided to stay close to home and hit the big lake. I had some redemption after getting schooled in the derby. Fishing with the sa...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/20/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day out fishing for mid day kokes. They are everywhere in this lake. Met ArrowNaughtic and a few other anglers from this site. Caught 3 fish smack in the middle of the lake. Lost a f...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I absolutely put the"Kokanee don't bite during the day" statement to shame today. Fished from 1pm to 2pm and destroyed them. Stayed on the marks the enitre time and it proved to be successful. Most fi...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/14/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After getting absolutely embarrassed at the Lake Wa derby I needed a bounce back day of fishing. Congrats to FishDawg for placing 3rd and G-Man placing 1st. Right along those fine gentleman was Salmon...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Oh boy what a evening. I almost rated this day a 1 star due to the fact that I went out there at 3pm. I know better than that. Tons of water sport activities going on which had me rockin all over the ...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/7/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was red hot this morning. Had a limit in an hour and a half. I did figure out right outside the boat launch in 50ft of water. Lost quite a few which was perfectly fine with me. Blue Uv sling b...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/6/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the big lake bright and early. Only had a couple of hours to fish so I headed over to my favorite spot in Moss Bay. Lines wet, wire down to 25 ft and in 5 minutes I hook my first fish. Nice health...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/31/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day to end my weekend. Headed down to the kirkland water front and launched my pontoon. Was on the water by 7:30 am. To my surprise I run into Machewbacca. I like to think we're fishing b...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/24/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Meridian was hot this afternoon. Cloudy days are my favorite. Used the regular setup of green wedding ring with clown dodger. 20 ft on the wire. Had a limit within the hour. I was able to catch my bit...
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