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Washington
Washington
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give Lake Wa a try for some coho. G-Man's reports made it an easy decision this morning. Didnt really start getting bites until 10:30 40 feet on the wire. Used my home made spinner hoochie....
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/1/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Oh thought I would give the Duwamish a try this morning. Threw all my spinners at them to no avail. Tied on a black and red Maribou Jig and hooked an old king. First time I have hooked a king on a jig...
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Area 12 Hood Canal
Area 12 Hood Canal
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/27/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend was a huge treat for me. My clients from work have a cabin right on the water and let my girlfriend and I stay out there for the weekend. The trip was cut short due to some medical issues...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/20/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Eddy in my toon, lots of fish rolling, mostly old kings with a few bright silvers in the mix but they are not willing to bite. Not worth the effort as this was my third attempt and still ha...
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Unknown
Unknown
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/30/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
As promised here is the report for our last day fishing Sitka Alaska. The morning started out a bit slow so we boated on up to Cape and fished where no one else was. There were a fleet of commercia...
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Unknown
Unknown
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/29/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hello all, It's been a while since I have posted a report so I decided its about time. This report is from my Alaska trip that I am currently still on. 3 day guided fishing trip in Sitka. Firs...
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Baker
Baker
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was just an outstanding morning of fishing. I was blessed with the oppritunity to fish for Baker Lake Sockeye which happened to be my first time ever. My intial plan was to wake up at 3 ...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/16/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I finally got back on the water after a week of crazy busy work. Ran into member Coyoteking and chatted with him briefly before heading out. The first 3 hours was slooooooow. Boated one koke aro...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up at 4 am was on the water by 5:15. Had my limit by 8 am which I should have had it by 6:30 but I could not keep those fish on the hook. The bite was absolutely red hot this morning. So far Wedn...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
You know those days where you feel like you should sleep in instead of rising early? Today was that day and boy should I have listened to my instincts. Got on the water around 6:15am trolled around f...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the water at 5:30am this morning and had my Limit by 8 am. Fishing with NO electronics had me playing around for about an hour figuring out what color the kokes wanted and what depth they wer...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well today was an absolutely amazing day for fishing in general. Tons of fish hooked, released, and lost. My main goal was going after those trophy 15-17 inchers. 25 ft down on the wire seemed to be w...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Meridian again this morning in high hopes of having another day like Wend. Not so much the case today. Fish were deep and worked hard for these 3. All of them pushing 15 inches. Green was the g...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Work got pushed to later tonight so I decided to load up Gator and head on down to Lake Meridian. Started trolling with the dick nite clown dodger and red wedding ring tipped with corn. Caught 3 Kokan...
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Samish
Samish
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well this was a day of fishing that was unexpected. I happened to be in Bellingham for graduation at WWU for the weekend. As I was driving back down I decided to stop at Samish last minute. I bought a...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/8/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up around 4:30am and headed out to Kent. I noticed once I got there that the fish were barely surfacing so I threw on a half ounce banana weight, went 55 pulls back which roughly puts me around 1...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try Stevens out for the first time and I was not disappointed. Don't let the 3 star fool ya, I'm only rating it that because I didn't think it would be possible to catch a koke in a pontoon...
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Beaver
Beaver
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had some time to kill before heading back to work so I hit up beaver for some trout. Plenty of fish but they were not cooperative. Hooked just one and missed a few others. Fished the opposite side of ...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The past 3 times I have been out on Meridian I have been skunked on the kokes. I have been throwing everything at them at all depths. I noticed today that in about 30 feet of water there were these st...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Very slow morning for the kokes. Went 0/3 losing them halfway. I was using a 1/2 oz weight 55 pulls back, whatever depth that puts me at. After 7am nothing bit so I took off the weight and fished the ...
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Baker
Baker
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My mom and I headed up to Baker lake Saturday for our Annual Mother and Son fishing trip for Mother's Day. I trolled around a bit outside of Kulshan Boat ramp. What beautiful scenery! I used my Pink W...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After spending time with my mother I had the rest of the day free... hmm what to do. Loaded up Gator bait headed on down to the lake. Green wiggle hoochie had me 2 / 6 on kokes and a ton of drive bys....
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Wilderness
Wilderness
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My theme this year is fish a new lake that has Kokes and dont stop until you get one! Well it paid off. I fished bright and early (not so bright this morning) and used the same setup, green wiggle hoo...
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Wilderness
Wilderness
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try out a different lake today so I drove on down to Mapely Valley to fish Wilderness Lake. I was on the water and line wet at 7:15am. My target species was kokanee but they seemed to be no...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is Slow and rough out at Meridian. I tried everything I had. Not sure if the fish are just way deeper because of the warm weather but all I could seem to hook were these tiny cookie cutter kok...
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