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Ki
Ki
By: JoshH
Posted: 10/11/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/11/2017
Hot Spots: 3
I've lived in this area my entire 49 years, and had never fished Ki until today. HO-LEE-SMOKES what a day. I lost count at well over 40 fish landed. If I continue with days like this I will need to in...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 10/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Report covers 2 morning of fishing on Lake Goodwin, 10/9 and 10/10. Report is both good and bad. Good is that there is a massive chironomid hatch going on right now, and the fish are completely stuffe...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: JoshH
Posted: 9/6/2017
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went back out in my Hobie on the lower Snohomish below the HWY 9 bridge. Yes, the run is winding down, but there are still fish in the lower river. Some fresh fish are still pushing in with the tides,...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: JoshH
Posted: 9/4/2017
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I almost gave this day a 5, but I will get to that in a moment. I launched from Snohomish about 8:30-9. I didn't want to get there too early and have the launch be a zoo. Turned out it was a great mov...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: JoshH
Posted: 8/29/2017
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I apologize for 2 reports about the same trip, but this trip was just too good to not say something about. Late last week an opportunity came about to fish wish with Russ of Elgin Fishing. My original...
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Bosworth
Bosworth
By: JoshH
Posted: 8/27/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I have been itching to hit the river for some pinks, but I did not want to fight weekend crowds, so I decided to go see what would happen if I targeted the Coho in Bosworth. I started about 7:30, o...
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Bosworth
Bosworth
By: JoshH
Posted: 8/13/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2017
Hot Spots: 1
My first trip to Bosworth. Was looking for a place to be away from all of the power boats and jet skiers. Bosworth first the bill with the gas motor restrictions on the lake. As it turned out, with th...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/23/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Very strange day on Stevens for me today. I was in the water by 5am, pedaling out towards the east shoreline where I wanted to try first. Stevens has always been an early morning bite, with some brief...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Chelan to fish for my 4th time with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service. While this was my 4 trip with Jeff, it will not be my last. I can't recommend fishing with Je...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 7/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 3
I've had some great days fishing on Lake Goodwin, but this might have been my best morning there as far as action and fish quality. I was at the gate right as the ranger opened it up to the launch. By...
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Shoecraft
Shoecraft
By: JoshH
Posted: 6/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I made an executive decision and took today off specifically to fish somewhere different. I didn't go too wild. In fact, I pretty much just went across the street from where I do the vast majority of ...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: JoshH
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Haven’t been to Stevens in almost a month and wanted to see if the bite has improved any since my last trip. It has, to a degree. Perfect morning to fish. On the water at 5am, maybe 10 boats on the wa...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Always have to fish Father's Day, regardless of the weather. Today was much uglier weather wise than what had even been predicted yesterday. Pretty steady drizzle in the morning with a little bit of w...
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Ketchum
Ketchum
By: JoshH
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted more fish for the smoker, but didn't want bigger water again and having to fish fighting the constant rocking from pleasure craft, away from the crowds. So decided to hit up Ketchum because it'...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 5/28/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Really a maybe 3 star day, but I will get to that in a moment. I got on the water just after 7am and began my troll. I wanted to get an early start to beat the Memorial Day Weekend crowd, and more par...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: JoshH
Posted: 5/20/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Today was the Lake Stevens Kokanee Derby. Woke up at 2am, and headed out the door about 2:45. At 3:15, I realized I was about to pull a moronic move.... I had left my corn in the fridge. DANGIT! Heade...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I was going to get up and head out to Lake Stevens, but the recent poor fishing reports there (guides are struggling) coupled with the weather uncertainty, I made an executive decision at 3am when the...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After spending the past 3 weekends Kokanee fishing, I just couldn't see myself getting up at 3am again, so instead I decided to hit up my home lake this morning I ran 2 lines today. One rod with 1/...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: JoshH
Posted: 4/30/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I arrived at O'dark thirty, and was actually the first in the lot at the city launch. Strange day weather wise. Rain, wind, clouds, sun. A bit of everything at different times. In all I landed 8 fish,...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: JoshH
Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I had lines in the water around 5:45am this morning. I was finished before 10am. In all 10 made it to the net, 2 got off on the way in, and had a few more takedowns that didn't stick. Productive, fun ...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: JoshH
Posted: 4/15/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to bag my first kokes of the year so I decided to head out to Lake Stevens. I started my troll around 6pm. It was fairly breezy to start the morning, never fun in a kayak. I used Dick Nite clow...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: JoshH
Posted: 4/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2017
Hot Spots: 1
My goal today was to see if I could get any browns interested. The answer was no, but I did get a lot of interest from recently stocked rainbows. I also went to Cranberry specifically because I did no...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 4/3/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/2/2017
Hot Spots: 1
On Saturday I went out to Roesiger, fished in the absolute poring down rain, and got my butt handed to me. So Sunday I decided I needed to feel a little better about myself and went back out to Goodwi...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 3/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Pretty much a repeat day of last Sunday, except it rained most of the morning today. After playing around with what was in last weeks fish's stomach, I went with an Olive Woolly Bugger instead today. ...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: JoshH
Posted: 3/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/19/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Got my lines in the water about 8am. First 30 minutes landed 2 11-12 inch rainbows. Released both and continued on my way. Both caught at 20 feet on the downrigger. Got a couple more on in the next fe...
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