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G-Man's Reports

By: G-Man
Posted: 3/7/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I was really tempted to run over to Samammish and meet fellow washingtonlakes.com member Matt, however the lure of chunkier cutts and keeper kokes won out and I headed down to the Newport launch. I w...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 2/26/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Not the day I was hoping for, but it felt good to get out on the water for a bit during Snowmaggedon 2011. I was first to use the ramp this morning, I got there at 9:00am with the temps around 24 deg...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 2/20/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Could not have asked for a better winter’s day than today for fishing the Lake. Cold, minimal wind and nothing but blue sky overhead! I ran down to the south side of Mercer to see if the north winds...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 2/14/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 1
With the weather looking good in the morning I decided to run out to the lake and get in some fishing before the wind returned and shut everything down again. Arriving at the launch around 10:30am I ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 1/28/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It would seem that the last few weather changes have been falling on my off Fridays and making for some tough fishing. I got a late start around 10:00am and focused on the south end of the lake today...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 1/22/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got the kicker’s cooling system working again last weekend and had been waiting for a break in the weather to give it a test run, today's conditions were a welcome change. Started out running north f...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 12/31/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
As far as the conditions are concerned it was a 5 star day. No wind to speak of and clear skies making for some great views of the Cascades and Olympics. After dropping my crab pots in the water I s...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 12/24/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Merry Fishmas fellow washingtonlakes.com members! Fished the lake for about 3 hours starting on the South end of Mercer Island. The water is still a bit stained in that area with visibility under 4 ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 12/12/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Ran up to the north end of the lake with Slimy Slab, passing up many jumping fish in the process, and started trolling outside of Juanita Bay around 8:30am. The wind was calm, temps were hovering righ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 12/5/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the most of my time on the Lake today working on using my home built planner board. Started out across from Seahawks Headquarters towing a needlefish with an ounce and a half snap weight. Pic...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 11/21/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I’d rate this excursion a 5 on the experience meter due to the wildlife, solitude and light snow flurries that made for an unforgettable trip on the lake today. I started mid morning, just after 9:00...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 11/20/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just a quick report - Fished out of Shilshole targeting blackmouth after dropping a couple of pots. Found bait and shakers inside the bay but no adult fish. Did managed to snag a derelict crab pot n...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 11/14/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Having acquired a couple mini cut plug baits yesterday, I decided that I’d give them a try and see what the Lake Washington cutts think of them. Slimy Slab joined me at the Newport launch around 9:00...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 11/7/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A quick report for this morning's Tengu Derby. Nearly 40 contestants hit the bay at the crack of dawn in search of the mythical resident blackmouth. The tally at 11:00am for the derby was 1 chum tha...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 10/30/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday’s weather forecast was for light winds and when I got up this morning, to my surprise, they were correct! I got down to the launch around 9:15 and at that time the fog was so thick I started...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 10/17/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Mav186 and I decided to hit up Sammamish before the cutt fishing cooled down for the winter season. We reached the State Park launch at 7:50 and found it already open and with a ton of trailers in th...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 10/9/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I joined Slimy Slab for an outing on Lake Sammamish while the thremocline is still in place and keeping the fish concentrated in the 20' to 30' zone. It promised to be a 5 star day as I had my first f...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 10/4/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was great but the catching was poor. Saw some nice surface bait balls at Jeff Head but the fish didn't seem to be around, so Slimy Slab and I ran up to Kingston to fish the incomming tide...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 9/20/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well I talked myself into trying to bag a coho out of Lake Washington as the reports out of the Sound and local rivers were less than stellar. I started fishing near Evergreen Point around 10:00am ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 9/10/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Note: I chose the average rating as I didn't stay out that long and couldn't say how the overall bite was. After fishing the Sound this morning, I dropped the boat in the Lake on the way home to desa...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 9/10/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Shilshole this morning around 7:15 and fished inside the bay for a couple of hours. The bait was everywhere on the surface and a few bait balls showed up on the fish finder as well. ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn’t resist the chance to give the lake a try after getting back from a weekend family trip. Had my line in the water around 3:30pm on the North side of the 520 bridge. The conditions were great...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This was more of a trip to get the boat de-salanized after fishing the Sound on Friday. Of course once I was on the water I naturally spent a couple of hours fishing and found that the perch seemed t...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped the boat into the lake and ran down to the sand bar at the mouth of the Cedar to desalinize the boat after getting back from the coast. I was done around 10:30am and headed for the South end ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 7/25/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just a recap of our trip to La Push this past week. To sum in up, the salmon seem to have bypassed the area on their way south. We spoke with the fish checker on Friday afternoon and he hadn’t recor...
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