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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 4/30/2013
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a little late but here it is. I went out fishing after work on Saturday morning. I wanted to see if the carp are active yet and so I had my chum made up and was going to use hominy as m...
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North Creek
North Creek
By: hortus1010
Posted: 8/23/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to trap some Crayfish a little closer to home so I decided I would throw some traps into North Creek with my daughter; this location is really close to my house and the habitat is correct. I...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 8/2/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After my last crayfish outing, which resulted in a ½ lb, I decided to trap the same area but change my bait and slightly change the positioning. The bait I decided to use was Cod heads and Salmon trim...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I have been setting traps for crayfish the last week and half, so far this is my fourth attempt. The first three were fruitless, in my first attempt, in Lake Washington, the bait had gone bad and the...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/26/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The night before I had set up a trap to see if this particular lake/large pond that I regularly fish in has any crayfish in it. I woke up late and decided that I needed to go look at my trap, I grabbe...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/18/2012
Species: Catfish
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the waters early about 4:15. I wanted to try for Catfish (Bullheads). I have never targeted them specifically, but I have accidentally caught one here before, around 16” or so with a 4-5” diameter...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/17/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the waters early today. I had a couple of things that I wanted to try. First, I wanted to see if my boilie soak made a difference. Not a lick. Second, I ordered some commercial boilies, I didn’t...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the waters at about 7:45. I was a little concerned because it was windy and I wanted to use my popper as it has been magical here. I started my usual circuit and realized that this was no good as ...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/14/2012
Species:
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the hole near my house after work. I only had an hour before I had to run errands so I needed to run the circuit rather fast. I started in my usual spot and tossed out a grasshopper popper. I rece...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/10/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the waters early this morning, Log Boom. I met Johnd66 down there. It definitely has cooled down, but the weather man says it will warm up in the afternoon. Not sure if this chill is having an eff...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/8/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to go fishing after work and didn’t really feel like hitting Lake Washington as what I really want to catch there will have to wait until Tuesday. I decided to hit the secret hole near the h...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/7/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My girls wanted to go fishing so we decided to hit Log Boom at around 6pm. When we arrived the front part of the dock was packed, I mean more than usual, wall to wall people and the rest of the dock w...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I see that johnd66 hasn’t posted so I will tell of our day. I arrived at the dock, Log Boom Park, and John was already there fishing. I threw some chum in the water and began to rig up my pole. I had ...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 6/27/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the waters early today. I have refined my chum mix with a few extras, these last two times out I’m starting to get a little more action. I have also decided to fish with the bail open, until I can...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: hortus1010
Posted: 6/27/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 0
Fished: 6/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My three year old has an obsession with fish, like her Dad. She will sit and watch a whole River Monsters episode, constantly talking about fish. She is always telling me “I want to go fishing Dad.” I...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake today, Log Boom; it wasn’t raining so hard and I am trying to create associative behavior to this spot. Just like this Blue Heron is to people fishing, he knows that you will throw him ...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Carp
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to fish after work, the rain had stopped and it seemed as though it would stay that way. As I walked out onto the dock at Log Boom I didn’t see a soul except the resident Blue Heron. I didn’...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished Log Boom, Kenmore, for several seasons and find it to be quite productive for pan fish if you do it right. This season however, it has been kind of slow for me so I decided that I w...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 9/2/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter and I went over to the pier at Juanita Beach park the last two days. We landed a few perch and she managed to catch a small LMB. We could see fish jumping all over the place. They were lar...
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Washington
Washington
By: hortus1010
Posted: 8/27/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter has been asking to go fishing since last year. I finally broke down three months back and bought a license and some cheap poles. Now I have to say I didn't grow up fishing, so I start...
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