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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: ral
Posted: 9/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rattlesnake from 8:30 to 11am. Fished a full sinking line and a soft hackle green fly. Caught 6 fish all 11 - 13". The bite just stopped shortly after 10 am, perhaps because it was very br...
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Joy
Joy
By: ral
Posted: 8/29/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Joy has not been generous to me this year until today. I spent my time working the edges of docks using unweighed senkos and caught 20 bass (16 largemouth, 4 smallmouth) all in the range 8" to 1...
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Wagner
Wagner
By: ral
Posted: 6/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning seeking bass on Wagner Lake. Water was dirty and visibility poor. Only caught one small bass drop shotting. I never really do well on this lake, but the guys trolling for trout se...
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Cottage
Cottage
By: ral
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today to play with the stocked trout. Caught & released 11 in 2 hours: all in the 9" - 12" range. Fewer fishermen and fish than most opening days, but still fun: saw a 3 year old girl cat...
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Joy
Joy
By: ral
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I tried for smallmouth at Lake Joy today, but with no success. I tried a variety of jigs, deep running crankbaits and plastics but never even had a strike. I covered the water as well as I could but ...
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Chain
Chain
By: ral
Posted: 3/28/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning playing with the recently stocked trout. Cold (high 30s) and raining steadily with light wind. The trout were active and striking readily but I had a hard time hooking up. I mu...
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Chain
Chain
By: ral
Posted: 3/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Chain Lake this morning looking to play with the stockers. Caught over 10 in couple of hours in a steady rain. Typical 8 to 10 inch fish. When the rain stopped so did the bite. Small blac...
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Lone
Lone
By: ral
Posted: 2/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lone Lake from about 9:30 to 2:00. The weather was great: little or no wind, mostly sunny and warm. When a fisherman starts off talking how nice the weather was, you know the fishing was poor...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: ral
Posted: 10/28/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Rattlesnake on Friday 10/26 and Saturday the 27th. Both days very windy but the fish were very active. On Friday I got 9 rainbows 12" to 15" in an hour and a half until the wind blew me off t...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: ral
Posted: 10/13/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
A beautiful morning on Rattlesnake Lake, no wind clear sunny sky and the fish cooperating. Quite a few fly fishermen on the water. Trolling soft hackle flies with an intermediate line. I fish a two...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: ral
Posted: 9/4/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky just above the Tualco Loop launch from 8:00 - 9:30 Labor day morning. There were plenty of pinks in the river and they were cooperating. After I figured out that a floating fly line wit...
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Storm
Storm
By: ral
Posted: 7/14/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My first experience on Storm Lake. Fished the shorelines for about 2 1/2 hours and picked up 3 10" bass. One on a 4" watermelon senko the other two on different types of floating/diving plugs. The...
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Tradition
Tradition
By: ral
Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
First time this year I fished Tradition Lake. Had the place all to myself. Typically I catch a lot of small (8" to 12") bass but not today. Tried a variety of lures and had a 12" fish on until it ju...
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Langlois
Langlois
By: ral
Posted: 6/23/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Langlois from 8 am to noon for bass using texas rigged senko. Caught about 9 and missed just as many. The action was fine but the fish were small all from 10 -12". Lots of people trolling...
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Joy
Joy
By: ral
Posted: 5/5/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Joy from 8 - 11 am. Water temperature was 56 degrees. Caught one largemouth and one smallmouth both about 13", one on a jig and the other on a deep running crankbait. Fish were not al...
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