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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/29/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well the weatherman predicted a sunny and nearly windless day and like a fool I believed. I saw bait on the sounder just off the launch and trolled the area for about 1/2 and hour with no luck before...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/23/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
This more a crabbing trip with some blackmouth fishing included to pass the time while letting the pots soak, than the other way around. Blackmouth fishing has been slow at best so I decided to targe...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 11/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I was debating whether to try for blackmouth while soaking the crab pots or hit up the lake. The tides weren't really favorable for today so the lake it was. I started fishing the East Channel, Merc...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 10/24/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I still haven't given up on trying to figure out the coho in Lake Washington. I started at 9:00am just North of the 520 bridge and had a strike just as I was about to put the line in the release clip...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 10/11/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
So the kid and I got a late start and had our lines in the water North of the 520 bridge around 9:30am. We were targeting silvers using the same mini hoochie and flasher combo I used yesterday. We e...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 10/10/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake this morning with my neighbor around 9:00am and fished until 3:00pm. Fishing was slow and the winds out of the North didn't make it easy, the surface temps were right around 59 degrees....
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 10/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well I was going to give fishing for Silvers North of the 520 Bridge another shot but thought better of it. Instead I hit up the North end of Mercer Island in search of some Cutts and Kokes. I found...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 9/30/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday was a glorious day weather wise but that was about it for me. Got out on the Lake a bit late, 8:30am, and fished until 3:00pm without any takers. Started out at Hunt's Point and worked my w...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 9/20/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well Lake Washington opened for coho mid week and I've been itching to give it a go. My son and I hit the north end of the lake, around Hunt's point, at 8:00am and fished until 1:30pm. The weather was...
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Whatcom
Whatcom
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I heard that this lake was full of Kokes and just had to give it a shot since we were in the area. The launch at the North end of the lake is 4 lanes and free! Headed out to the deeper part of the l...
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Area 7 San Juan Islands
Area 7 San Juan Islands
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/29/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
First a little report on the so called "launch" at Birch Bay State Park. The launch is really for car toppers, kayaks and canoes only. You could probably launch a small boat on a trailer but you wil...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
As I fished the lake both days, I thought I'd combine the reports. I bagged fishing Sammamish this weekend as my neighbor was out Friday and said the Chinook numbers were still minimal. I later hear...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After striking out on Lake Sammamish salmon, the dog and I tried the evening bite on lake Washington for cutts. Started fishing around 7:30pm at the South end of Mercer Island. The bait was already ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/17/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake for the Salmon opener, we were the second boat with lines in the water at about 5:34am. Tried the standard rig (bare Hooks) with no luck. Moved on to Apex and Coyote spoons as well as p...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/11/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Lake Washington early Saturday morning and fished North of Sand Point. I lost one fish near the boat and my partner managed to get one in (19") for a photo op. The surface temp was down to 6...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/8/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had the opportunity to fish Lk Washington after work today and had the lines in the water by 4:30pm. Fishing was slower than normal and there was a great deal of milfoil and trash in the water (thank...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner and I had our lines in the water by 7am with the first fish (18" cutt) coming at 7:05. The wind kicked up from the South around 8:00am and made for some rough conditions next to th...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake for a few hours to de-salinize the boat and try out some different techniques on the lake's cutthroats. I was pulling 3" to 5" plugs of various types with out much success. I did mana...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/18/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty poor morning at Elliot Bay. 3 of us fished from 4am to 8am without a hook-up. Looking around we only saw 1 fish netted, a very small silver. The checker at Don Armani had not recorded any king...
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Washington
Washington
By: G-Man
Posted: 7/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the 520 bridge area late morning with the kid and his friend. The north side wasn't giving us any joy so we switched to the southside and found fish at around 40 feet down with consistent hook-up...
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