Search

G-Man's Reports

Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/10/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is actually a combined report for Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was just my father and I and Sunday his longtime fishing buddy joined us. Both days we launched out of Ocean Shore Marina early m...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/31/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well I was planning on pre-fishing a few spots in the Sound for tomorrows derby but that nice cool temps enticed the wife and I to sleep a little later than planned. Decided to "tune" the gear in the...
Full Report »
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Jeff Head with my father this morning and found the area to be quite crowded. Had we decided to keep small silvers we would have been done in less than an hour, they were pests throughout the ...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/25/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up the lake primarily to de-salinize the boat after a less than satisfying trip to area 10 this morning. I launched a bit after 7:00pm and headed to the sand bar at the mouth of the Cedar to scru...
Full Report »
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/12/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Jeff Head early Sunday morning to see if my father and I could boat a few resident silvers. The wind was out of the South and was whipping up a few white caps but not unmanageable. It seemed to ...
Full Report »
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/5/2009
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is more a crabbing report than anything else, though I did take a look at the bubble to see if anything was available. I found that Saturday was better than Friday for us and we ran into a large...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After the kids early morning baseball game we hit the lake for a few hours to see if the cutt bite is on the rise. We started on the North side of the I-90 bridge trolling down in the 40' to 45' rang...
Full Report »
Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well I wasn't about to waste another day fishing Lk Washington for cutts until the bite picks up so I hit up my local river. I started later than I would have liked, 5:30am, and saw one person leavin...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/14/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well I wasn't sure what rating to give this day as I didn't catch any of my target species. The whole day was spent running from spot to spot trying to locate actively feeding trout. I started my day...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 5/31/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake with Slimyslab and his Key West fishing machine relatively early, 7:30am, and headed to our first of many stops of the day the East shore of Luther Burbank park. We set down our offering...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got out early with my father to get in some fishing without a bunch of pleasure boaters running all over the lake. Headed North to Sand Point/Thorton creek area and had our lines in the water by 7:45...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got a late start and hit the lake around 11:00am and headed North from the Newport Launch. Stopped and trolled from Groat Point to the bridge and then along the Northside of 520 until 2:30 with nothi...
Full Report »
American
American
By: G-Man
Posted: 4/12/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up American Lake with my father to see if we could get a jump on the Kokanee this year. I wanted to try the refurbished launch on the West side but it was fenced off and closed. It looks like th...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 3/27/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake this afternoon with my father to see if anything had changed since my last adventure. The surface temps were even lower, 45 degrees, but the action has heated up. We started on the Sout...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 2/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Holy smokes! I haven't seen that many boats out on the lake fishing, since the last Sockeye season. and by the number of guide boats I saw fishing today, the situation in the rivers must be very poor...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 2/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/14/2009
Hot Spots: 1
This is a 2 for 1 report as I fished Friday and Saturday and would rate them both the same on the Washington Lakes fish-o-meter. Friday I fished with SlimySlab and focused on the North end of the ...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 2/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/8/2009
Hot Spots: 1
With the promise of another glorious day of weather I just couldn't resist the calling of the Lake. I wanted to try a slightly different approach on the cutts and SlimySlab had agreed to join me in t...
Full Report »
Stevens
Stevens
By: G-Man
Posted: 2/2/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try some winter kokanee fishing at Lake Stevens. Got on the water just before 10:00am and fished until 3:00pm. I threw most of what I had at them; flashers, pop gear, spoons, spinners, ape...
Full Report »
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/30/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
So before area 10 closed for the remainder of the winter I decided to hit up Jeff Head one last time. Launching out of Shilshole, we got out to the bar around 12:30pm and the weather was already gett...
Full Report »
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/16/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well I couldn't resist the temptation to give it a go with the weather forecast calling for calm winds and no precipitation. I launched the boat in Everett around 8:00am and new it was going to be a ...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I got up early Friday morning and quickly determined that the weather report for the day was bogus. This prompted me to hook up the boat and head to the lake for some Winter cutt fishing. SlimySlab ...
Full Report »
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 1/4/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
SlimySlab had graciously invited me to join him for the last Tengu derby of the season and with my fishing jones not fully satisfied by my previous outing I excepted. I didn't have much experience w...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 12/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
With the wind finally dying down I decided to hit up the lake with the kid. We were on the water by 9:30 and headed for the North end of Mercer Island with just a slight breeze out of the South West ...
Full Report »
Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 12/12/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I had to get my fishing jones in before the storm hit and needed to be back at the dock by noon so I hit up the big lake for some late season cutts. At 8:30am the wind was already starting to p...
Full Report »
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 12/5/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I couldn't pass up a day like today and not try for some winter blackmouth. Launched out of Shilshole Bay around 10:00am and ran across to Jeff Head. I had my father with me who started out with a c...
Full Report »