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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: rseas
Posted: 9/1/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
With the Stilly being the color of new born baby poop and in an attempt to save my afternoons fishing opportunity I ended up fishing the lower Skagit. Although the fish were less than cooperative it ...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: rseas
Posted: 9/1/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Coho opener on the Stillaguamish, I think not! The river was running high and muddy. I can deal with high, but the muddy doesn’t work. I walked in to the 5 holes that I usually fish and every one of t...
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Big
Big
By: rseas
Posted: 8/28/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The boat got a new deep cycle battery and live well today so it was off to Big Lake for some testing. I chose Big Lake because it is over loaded with eager to bite perch and I figured they would be go...
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Baker
Baker
By: rseas
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Baker again today. I was the first boat in the water at Shannon Creek, but forgot my lights so I couldn’t leave the beach for a half hour or. I don’t think that the time lost was a big deal bec...
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Samish
Samish
By: rseas
Posted: 8/21/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished kokanee in Lake Samish for a few hours this morning. I think that I was the one and only boat fishing kokanee. There was some sort of Bass tournament going on and as I was heading out on the ...
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Baker
Baker
By: rseas
Posted: 8/16/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Another afternoon enjoying the Baker Lake sockeye fishery, OK it had been scheduled to be an early morning fishing trip and in fact my alarm went off at 3:30 early but things happen (who’s idea was it...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: rseas
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I spent some time on the Skagit Saturday morning. I launched at Gardener and fished a variety of spots more as an exploratory trip than anything. Exploratory yes, but I did have a plan, my plan was to...
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Baker
Baker
By: rseas
Posted: 8/8/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After a couple week break we were able to get back on the water today. We launched at the Kulshan ramp by the dam around 11:00-11:30 this morning (the boat was clean and launching at Kulshan meant les...
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Baker
Baker
By: rseas
Posted: 7/25/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a day! We were at the Skagit Speedway until 11:30 last night and then when we got home I had to fix the trailer lights. Bed at 1:00 but I was up at 3:30 and I couldn’t pry anybody else out of...
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Baker
Baker
By: rseas
Posted: 7/22/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
MotorBoat (of washingtonlakes.com), my son and I fished the sockeye opener on Baker Lake today. The day started slow but we finished with a bang and limited the boat. Our day started with a sizable do...
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Baker
Baker
By: rseas
Posted: 7/19/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This report represents 2 days of exploring Baker Lake. We did not camp but hauled the boat up there both Saturday and Sunday. Although we fished both days, our efforts were more aligned with explorati...
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Area 7 San Juan Islands
Area 7 San Juan Islands
By: rseas
Posted: 7/15/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to do the crab opener in marine area 7 East. We arrived at the ramp in Larrabee State Park around 2:30 pm and found the ramp high and dry. We ended waiting a couple hours for the tide to ge...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: rseas
Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After the Arlington EAA Fly-in air show we fished the Lower Stilly for sturgeon. We were in the river and checking out the various holes by 5:30. We looked for fish in the shallower holes down in the ...
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Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
By: rseas
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A late start and a few hours to kill, so why not head to Lake Cavanaugh for a few hours of fishing? We arrived at the lake somewhere around 10:00 am and were second guessing the plan because the wind ...
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Samish
Samish
By: rseas
Posted: 6/12/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We gathered up the usual kokanee gear and hit Lake Samish for a few hours this morning. There were 7 or 8 rigs in the parking lot when we arrived and two boats ahead of us in the launch line. Once lau...
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Cascade River
Cascade River
By: rseas
Posted: 6/10/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Cascade for a few hours this afternoon/evening. I parked at the boat ramp and hiked in. I will admit that I spent most of the time exploring. This was my first time on the river since the...
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Shannon
Shannon
By: rseas
Posted: 6/5/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I had an interesting day on Shannon today. I started out in my favorite big fish spot about midway up the lake past the bottleneck by the stumps. I had decided to target big fish for a few hours and t...
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Heart
Heart
By: rseas
Posted: 5/31/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We had a few unaccounted for hours today so what better to do with them than go fishing. We packed some lunch and an extra kid and headed for Heart Lake. After finding a spot to back the truck up to ...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: rseas
Posted: 5/31/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 0
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
OK, first of all I apologize for the “Secret Lake” report. I know that by reputation I don’t believe in fishing secrets but out of respect for a friend I promised not to reveal where these fish were c...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: rseas
Posted: 5/23/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! Got up at 12:30 am (after a very long day at work and a trip to the casino for an awards thing) were launched and in the water at about 2:30. Chatted it up at the dock for a couple hours s...
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Shannon
Shannon
By: rseas
Posted: 5/17/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
On Sunday afternoon and as the result of a last minute thought we decided to fish Lake Shannon for a few hours. So boat in tow we headed up to the lake. There were 11 rigs in the parking area when we ...
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Samish
Samish
By: rseas
Posted: 5/8/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! A little fishing, got the lawn mowed, hamdogs and some tunes by Fanny Alger at the Rex, a trip to the beach with the dogs and all in the sunshine! A perfect day indeed…but back to the fish...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: rseas
Posted: 5/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Did Lake Stevens this morning, hmmm…that doesn’t sound quite right. I fished in Lake Stevens this morning. I was on the water about 6:00 and had the first fish on immediately. I’m thinking this is pre...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: rseas
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Opener? We figured that it would be a good day to fish Lake Stevens and pulled into the launch area about 6:15 this morning. When we arrived there were only 3 other trailers in the parking lot and nob...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: rseas
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Lake Stevens again today. The first few hours were slow but we were still able to pick away at the kokes. Then about 11:00 all heck broke loose and the kokanee were suicidal. A number of times ...
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