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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 2/3/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well the fog took a break for most of the week only to return this morning. Along with the fog came the nearly non-existent bite which was not totally unexpected. What I can confirm is that the silv...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I don’t think that the Seattle area has ever experienced such a long period of lingering fog like we have had the past week or so. I left for the launch around my usual time as the sun was beginning ...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/12/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the freezing temperatures, it was a very pleasant day on the water. I didn’t have much time to spend so I decided to make one pass from the Luther Burbank to the center of I-90 and back. On ...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/25/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well the weather forecasters got it right and we received our clear and sunny day for the Thanksgiving weekend. The fog was thick as I launched at Newport and made a cautious run north to Hunt’s Poin...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/16/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake with my father to see if we couldn't pick up a few perch for a meal or two. The winds were fairly calm and we able to free drift with the help a a couple of drift socks and the occasiona...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/10/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/10/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Couldn't pass up the opportunity to get the boat on the lake for a few hours with this fantastic weather we’ve had. As our nighttime temps have been dropping so have the surface temps and the thermoc...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Finally had a day off when the lake wasn't sporting whitecaps. Checking the lake buoy website showed that the barometer had been and was continuing to rise, suggesting that the fish would be a bit ti...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 10/20/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had planned to fishing Friday as I had the day off, but checking the wind/weather at the 520 bridge and seeing 25 to 30mph winds, I held off thinking today would be better. Well the wind did die do...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 9/30/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Due to the great coho season we are having in the Sound, I haven’t spent much time on the lake in the past month. I was up late last night, completing my permanent solution to an issue I was having w...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 9/21/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I almost was talked out of hitting the Sound today as I was told the bite had slowed down quite a bit. I met my fishing partner at Shilshole at about 6:30 and waited in line to launch. Doesn’t anyone...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 9/9/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I’d post a quick report about my time fishing during the annual Cast for Kids event on Lake Washington. After being paired up with my young guest and his family we left Gene Coulon and ran up ...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 9/3/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With plenty of sunshine and temps in the lower 70’s it was a great day to be out fishing or just puttering around. I launched late, around 10:00am, and ran north of 520 to try that section of the Lak...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/19/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today I spent a few hours trying the North section of the lake in the Pontiac Bay area. Even though the Sand Pont Sailing Center had set up a course in the area, and was conducting races, I managed t...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/10/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Good to be back fishing on the cooler side of the State, I’ll take lower 70’s over mid 90’s any day of the week. I had the pleasure of fishing with someone I met at a Puget Sound Anglers of Lake Wash...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/13/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It’s great to be back home and I was looking forward to getting in a couple of trips to the lake before kings open for area 10. I made it to the launch by 9:00am and the conditions were perfect. Wit...
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Canada - Saskatchewan
Canada - Saskatchewan
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/11/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I recently returned from a trip to visit the in-laws in Wisconsin during which my brother in-law arranged an excursion with Shur-Katch charters out of Two Rivers, WI for the 30th of June. As luck wou...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/17/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a chaotic weekend of weather! I had Friday off and pre-fished Lake Washington in preparation of the derby. As there were going to be upwards of 70 entries, I decided to focus on the Northern sec...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Is it any surprise that the week before the Cutthroat derby, I would have my best day of the year on Lake Washington? I started around 10:00am dragging a Brad’s Mini Cutplug and targeting the drop-of...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been a while since my last Lake Washington report and even though there is not much going on at this time, I figured on giving folks a bit of a heads up prior to the 4th annual cutthroat derby coming ...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 4/7/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
With the great weather, I couldn’t pass up another opportunity to try out the Lake again after having been out on Friday. The north winds were a bit colder and stronger than the southerly winds we ha...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 3/25/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Even though it wasn’t in the forecast, Friday turned out to be a banner day weather wise. Running down the east channel to Seahawks Headquarters, there wasn’t even a ripple on the water. I was troll...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 3/18/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The forecast for this past weekend wasn’t the greatest and I rolled the dice and chose Sunday to try my luck on the Lake. First thing I noticed while launching is that the lake level is up and a litt...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 2/26/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This was more of a break-in and shakedown outing than a fishing expedition, as I had recently purchased a new T9.9. I was putting out of the Newport Launch by 11:00am in the midst of snow flurries th...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/29/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I delayed launching today in hopes that I could catch the weather transition from high to low. By 11:00am the pressure was still sitting pretty high and figured that I’d better get out there while the...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/1/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Happy New Year! Man, the weather was fantastic, a five star winter day for sure. I decided to give the south end of the Lake a shot today and began by fishing the south end of Mercer. Started out m...
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