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Quincy
Quincy
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 4/16/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The premium camping spots were taken Friday night along Quincy Lake so slept just down the road at Evergreen Reservoir. Bit of a late start but still morning, launched at the ramp. Trolled the lengt...
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Burke
Burke
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 4/16/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed over to E WA for some drier weather after the wetest most miserable Winter I've endured in my lifetime. LOL Dropped the boat in from a bank location, not from the ramp. Tried my regular dick n...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/25/2015
Species: Albacore Tuna
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was hot hot HOT! Weather was ok with light showers and a lumpy ocean. We started early and got into the fish quick, converted to bait stops several times after trolling for a bit and picking ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
WP July 8-9, Coho, Chinook, Pacific Jack Mackerel and Albacore. I caught 4 species of fish! I had forgotten most of my tuna tackle at home. One of those things where the gear is in the tote but the t...
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Burke
Burke
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 3/6/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Having fished Quincy the day before I shot for Burke today. Launched my car topper boat from shore and started to troll a dick nite. In very short order I started hammering trout! Picked up a couple...
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Quincy
Quincy
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 3/6/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It's been a while since I targeted trout so with the Mar 1 opener fresh out of the gate I was chomping at the bit to hit an E WA lake for fresh trout. Launched my little car topper from the shore of...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/24/2014
Species: Albacore Tuna
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Good weather, good fishing, good times! Originally, I had planned on going a bit further out to wet my lines but I happened upon a half dozen boats or so and just went about a mile beyond them and set...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/7/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for 3 days at WP, 3-5 July. All 3 days provided limits for the 2 of us. Mixed bag of silvers and nooks. We found it to be similar to the week before, pretty much any ole lure behind any ole ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/28/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
3 days of fishing this week out of WP. Tues, ran west of the bar, fishing was hit and miss between 200-300' depths. Lots of fish but nooks that were too small and wild coho, all released. Headed ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Rough water in the morning Saturday, got better as the day progressed. The bite was pretty slow for most it seemed. Others did well, got in got out quickly, but, seemed rare. My hat's off to those guy...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Having fished the day before with a couple of guests aboard for a halibut trip that netted one halibut, several lings and a true cod in less than ideal sea conditions left me a bit wore out. I neede...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 5/8/2014
Species: Halibut
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched early and headed for some untested numbers. Fishing was slow. This was the first time I've fished for halibut out of my boat so a learning curve was the lesson for the day. Three guys on t...
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Cowlitz River
Cowlitz River
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went steelhead fishing on the Cowlitz River. The rain was off and on all day but the bite was consistent. We got into some prime locations where we had multiple hookups on steelhead and chinook. E...
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Hatch
Hatch
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 1/26/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by a friends house to watch the football games on Sunday not too far from Hatch. Hit Hatch Tues thinking it would be an easy limit before the drive home. Wheh! Was I mistaken. LOL Punched ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 10/26/2013
Species: Albacore Tuna
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I just can't imagine the tuna fishing ever being as good as it is right now..... This is my first couple months, so, I don't have anything to compare it to. I momentarily look back at all those years ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 10/15/2013
Species: Albacore Tuna
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I turned 50 this last September and needed something new. I chose tuna fishing. I gathered a ton of knowledge and made some trips out of Westport with my boat. I got skunked a couple times and caug...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 8/29/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Westport a bit later than usual, 8ish, since I took a nap after I arrived at 3 am from the Kirkland/Kenmore area. Headed for the 300' depth line about 23 miles from the ramp. Saw the...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/8/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I just needed that crabby fix so bad that I launched out of Everett with every other Tom Dick and Harry on the planet on July 4th. LOL The parking lot was packed but the launch wasn't all that bad, ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 4/11/2013
Species: Clams
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Two days of easy limits! Wednesday's weather was monsoon like but the clams were quick to drop in the bag. The shows were a bit tricky to spot just slight indentations under the sheets of rain w...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Running short on time so just this to report this week: Tues and Wed were good conditions on the water. Really wasn't a bar to speak of, light bar conditions. I picked up kings to the south off of the...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wed, my other half, who is undergoing treatment for cancer and not able to go out on the little 17' boat was up to going out on a charter, we did, she just rode along, didn't fish but she had a great ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was so good the night before, slept in Tues, launched about 9am, back to the launch about 12:30pm with my twin 32" hatch nooks, released one native. Gotta love the season pass at the Westport...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched about 5pm Mon, fished SW of the jetty, found the fish, nailed my limit of a 29" and 31" hatchery chinooks, released one native, back to the launch about 8:30pm.
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thurs, hit the ramp about 5am, fished the same areas with a few bites and releases but only one hookup with an LDR being the result. I jinxed myself the night before by mentioning to someone, I hadn...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: MarkFromSea
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Westport Salmon June 20 Hit the ramp Wed about 8-8:30, dropped a couple pots and headed out to south of the Jetty. It took quite a bit of time but I managed to get 2 13 pounders on a couple coyote sp...
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