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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/21/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This was by far the best morning I have had in a really long time. I hit the big lake around 7:30am right in downtown kirkland. Fished Moss bay again with the attempt to catch that big boy I lost on S...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/17/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a fantastic morning on Lake Wa! I had 2 hours to fish before I had to teach a sports conditioning clinic so I popped my pontoon in the car and headed down the street to Kirkland water front. Star...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/17/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I really didn't want to make a post but I'm all about sharing info with other anglers so here it is. Got on the water at 7:25am. Late start, but I did get a fish right away which was unbuttoned right ...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/14/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to have a late start with work today so I could get some fishing in this morning. Water was nice and calm, overcast skies, just a perfect day. I met member SeattleSteeler on the water. Very ni...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing Meridian this morning was not my intentions but with the lack of action on Lake Wa I had to head to my "go to" lake. I knew I could at least catch one fish here. To my surprise I actually caug...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty killer day on the water. It wasn't as consistent as most would prefer it to be but managed to haul in a limit. 6:30 am the bite was red hot but I only went 2/7. Then the bite turned way off. Wa...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up meridian bright and early. Took 2 hours to get my limit. Lost a lot of fish, hooked a lot of trout but had a blast. Fished in front of the boat launch. Used a pink cha cha squidder in front of ...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take a break from moving and load up the car and hit my go to lake. Arrived around 7am and was on the water by 7:15. I fished alongside Machewbacca and ran into a few other Wa Lake members....
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Saturday and Today. GreenBoater here is your update as promised! Saturday: I got a late start and was on the water by 9:30. Started with my orange gear set at 10 ft. Had a strike...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/15/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Only had an hour to pop in and fish then head back to work. I trolled along the east shoreline in 30-40 ft of water. Hooked up right away and landed the first. Then I lost about 8 fish in a row before...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great fishing with great company on the water. Lots of fish missed and worked hard for a limit. Bite was on and off all morning. Go to setup was the Orange sling blade and orange wedding ring tipped w...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Waking up was a little rough this morning but I was able to get on the water by 7:30am. Started my troll along the east shoreline where I noticed rising fish. Trolled around all pink gear with only on...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/28/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a very interesting day on the water. Fishing wasnt exactly slow but it wasn't red hot. The bites were in phases. For the most part it was sunny until afternoon. Then the cloud cover came and...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful morning on the water. For the most part the water stayed pretty calm. Ran into quite a few anglers I met last year. Good to see you fellas again! Hope you guys knocked me dead as well. As...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/20/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Oh what a perfect way to end my loooooooong work week. Got to the lake and it was perfect, minus the clouds and down pour. Water was smooth, surface temps are up to 53-54 degrees, and the fish finder ...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/15/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Meridian again after a few hours of work. Got out there and not a soul was on the water. Some how the fish Gods smiled upon me with good weather and great fishing. The lake was like glass and t...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/15/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Easy limit today at Meridian. Trolled along the surface and 10 feet down with a green wedding ring tipped with a worm. Had five fish within 30 minutes. Just in time to find a leak in my pontoon. Patch...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: DjButler
Posted: 2/23/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This morning I had the luxury of waking up at 4:45Am to personal train some clients. The best part is I had a 4 hour gap before my next client so I headed over to Sammamish to see if I could get into ...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 2/21/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today was an OK day of fishing. Fished for about 3.5 hours, marked a ton of bait near the south end of Mercer Island. I started trolling my wiggle hoochie in orange and yellow with no success. I switc...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 2/17/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No work, beautiful weather, I couldn't resist. Headed out to Meridian to try for some trout. I played around with my new toy the Garmin 501 c fish finder which happened to mark fish all over this lake...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 2/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/4/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Looking at the weather forecast I noticed today was practically going to be wind free so I decided to dust off the toon and head out to my friends house on the south end of Mercer Island and launch. A...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/9/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Yes, Here is another Lake Washington report. I am sure some of you are probably tired of seeing my reports as I have been fishing every morning this week. I promise after tomorrow there wont be as...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/8/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I think the netting has slowed the bite down. 4 hours I lost 2 salmon, landed one and landed another cutt. Bites were far and few between each other. Compared to the past few days, it has slowed ...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/7/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was really hoping that today was going to end up like yesterday but I had to work hard for my fish. There was a very thick fog that stuck around all morning long that probably had a factor in why th...
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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/6/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
WOW, what a morning on the water. I went 4/4 on the Silvers and a bonus 19 inch cutthroat. I was fishing by 8am and done my 10 am. Spent a bit of time messing around with my downrigger. As soon as I c...
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