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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/17/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Clamming & Crabbing Report Hit the east side of Oak Bay during the recent minus tides as part of my Cascadia Big Fishing Year (www.bigfishingyear.net). We camped Ft. Flager which itself produced m...
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Crescent
Crescent
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/17/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was in the area to do some shellfish harvesting during the minus tides and decided to drop the kayak in and troll around this picturesque lake in hopes of connecting with one of the two endemic spec...
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Silver
Silver
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/12/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2014
Hot Spots: 1
The weather was too nice to be inside so I headed out to Silver Lake. This was my first time fishing this lake. I worked a variety of the backwater "canals" until I found some willing biters. I was us...
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Willamette River
Willamette River
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/9/2014
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
A fellow kayak fisherman and myself fished for white sturgeon on the Willamette River. We launched around 8 AM. Despite marking dense concentrations of sturgeon below us and seeing many roll on the s...
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Cowlitz River
Cowlitz River
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Pacific Eulachon aka Columbia River Smelt Dip Netting Friday I had some business to attend to in Longview, WA. I decided to check out the Cowlitz River to see if I could find any eulachon swimming ...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I always have a difficult time rating my experience on any one lake. Do you rate based on quantity or quality? Sometimes one good fish is all it takes to make the difference between "meh" and "hell ye...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/17/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I fished Merwin today from our kayaks. We were targeting primarily kokanee. I was running two rods with a long-lined rod at 100' no weight and a green Shasta tackle dodger with a green sp...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin reservoir today from my kayak. Had a consistent bite for most of the day. The morning started out with two back to back chinook smolts which I promptly released. Both bit a pink hoochie ...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first report on Washingtonlakes.com! I fished Merwin Reservoir from my Hobie Revolution kayak. The weather was decent with overcast skies, occasional light rain, and virtually no wind. My ...
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