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Blackman's
Blackman's
By: 8theB8
Posted: 1/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after catching up on an extensive "honey-do" list (when you fish as much as I do in the early spring, summer, AND hunt deer, bear, and elk in the fall) the old 'honey-do' list has lots of time t...
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Blackman's
Blackman's
By: 8theB8
Posted: 12/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My co-worker went out fishing this lake and caught an east limit after the recent plant... He also found a rod and reel someone left behind on the shore!! It's pretty nice stuff, and he knows he would...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/29/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water at about 9:30, first day off in six days I had to sleep in! Water was a cool 54-56 degrees and it was raining off and on. One other boat was on the water bass fishing on "piling corne...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/14/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Made a brief stop by Beaver Lake after leaving McMurray but didn't even bother to launch on account of the algae in the water. Instead we decided to finish our days fishing on nearby Clear Lake, th...
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Samish
Samish
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
There is something to be said for having weekdays off, there is nothing like pulling up to your favorite boat launch and seeing no other vehicles around and knowing you'll have the lake to yourself, t...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/28/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed south for another shot at Goodwin. Still disecting this lake, I know it has great potential, but I struggle this time of year with the deeper bite! Found lot's of smallies just nothing over 1.5...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After my earlier success on Big Lake in Skagit County I figured I would head back up and see if Clear Lake had improved since my last visit?? Nope:( I caught one bass....13"....one perch 11" and...
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Big
Big
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/17/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Big from about 3pm until just after dark. Water temps were in the high 60's to low 70's. Caught fish on jerkbaits, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, and power worms. The two in the pics were 3.5 and 4.2...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Still east of I-5 bridge, couldn't hook a coho, so switched back over to pinks and in the last hour of the night couldn't hook into one of those either!! Oh well, back to bassin' for a couple weeks to...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Dropped the pink fishing to see if I couldn't hook into a coho?! No luck this trip but they gotta be on their way soon. I did talk to a guy pulling his boat out down at the launch by Stanwood and he w...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Bagged two more in three hours to finish my daily limit! East of I-5 bridge still plenty of fish rolling and lots being caught! Fish came on a pink and white jig floated under a foam float.
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished east of the I-5 bridge from about 8am til noon, caught two more legally hooked, released a couple snaggo's, lost about six deifferent lures to the rocks, and headed home for lunch. Heard a r...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have a friend that is not physically able to fish and really wanted some smoked salmon, and since we ate all the pinks my wife smoked up, I decided to run over to the spot just east of the I-5 bridg...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to check out Goodwin since the big "takeover" by Snohomish County Parks, the boat launch fee dropped $2 that's a good start, but they posted no parking signs along the hill just above the lower...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/6/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Pink jig with a white head....east of I-5 bridge, caught and released seven, still decent color for the smoker for folks! This is a highly patrolled area, and it's a good thing to because it becomes a...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/6/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
With the wind still howling and my boat having issues, I decided to go play catch and release with some pinks for a bit.... This river is absolutely loaded with pinks! Lost one released two in the hou...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not much to report except for lake temp was 70-72* and there was no visible algae. Pads are shrinking away from the treatment that was applied last month. I got my but kicked by the 20mph winds and ha...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/30/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Langus for the first time at about 10am, why don't people parked in "vehicles with trailers parking only" areas get towed here?? Idiots. The launch was nice, easily accomodates multiple...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOOOW!!!! Is this lake ever LOW!!! The floating dock at the launch is almost completely on dry ground! The launch itself is very sketchy, so go slow! The deepest water I could find was 5.2' deep. T...
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Wiser
Wiser
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Headed back up to Whatcom county today to do some recon on a couple other lakes. Started out on Wiser for some potential topwater action, unfortunately when I arrived I found that all too familiar bab...
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Whatcom
Whatcom
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got off work a little early, and after working 70hrs in four and a half days I was ready for some unwind time! Hooked up and headed for Lake Whatcom to try the evening bite as it has been a while sinc...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/15/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 7am and there was only one other vehicle in the parking lot. Headed west of the launch first to fish the small area of logs and pads with some topwater baits, this only resulted in one sma...
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Ki
Ki
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/12/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Caught consistent fish on a black and chrome jerkbait. Lots of 10-14 inchers. Unfortunately about one hour in, two of my trolling motor bolts decided to come loose, so it was back to the launch for me...
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Cain
Cain
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/12/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't fished this lake in 9-10 years, now I remember why!! LOL Water was 68-71 degrees, caught a few dinks and one perch. Water was alot more stained than I remember it?? Best fishing was on t...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/9/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Yep, they sprayed the pads alright! Makes you scratch your head?? Started out fishing pads and pad edges with frogs, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, and floating rapala's, not a bump, didn't even spook on...
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