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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 7/1/2017
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 1
After the politicians finally got their act together we headed out to Camano Head in the morning for the summer crab opener. I've never worked this area before so I was anxious to see how we would do....
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 4/3/2017
Species: Clams
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Finally got a chance to get to the coast to dig Razor Clams. My grandson decided that he was gonna join me so what started out as a solo trip turned into a "guys" clamming & Pokemon Go adventure. I sh...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 11/1/2015
Species: Squid
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
For the past couple of years I've been itching to give this squiding thing I've been reading about a try. I had a few hours to kill in between jobs on Friday night so I after a late lunch I headed ove...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2015
Hot Spots: 1
A late launch out of Everett at around 7:45 a.m. (missed the incoming tide) had me hoping that we hadn't missed out on our opportunity for our first crab of the new season. After running the slalom co...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 4/6/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Easter Sunday ended up being a day of firsts for me. 1. This was my first fishing outing of 2015. 2. We targeted blackmouth between Pilot Point and Point No Point which was the first time I've...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 7/8/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was a long winter of repairing and preparing our gear for the crab opener last week, so after a couple of small hiccups we were finally pots down in anticipation of restocking the freezer with some...
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Area 7 San Juan Islands
Area 7 San Juan Islands
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had plans to spend my birthday fishing lake Ki one more time before it closed for the season, but then I got a FB message from a friend that I haven't seen in probably 15 years or more asking if I w...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My friend, Joey, and I decided to trade a day of crowds on the river for a day of crowds at the beach and go on our first Razor Clam dig of the Fall/Winter season. We left a foggy Seattle around 10:00...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 9/17/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a chance to do some Silver fishing with my big brother this afternoon. Headed south from Everett and fished the area near the Shipwreck. Water was like glass with the only movement being the occas...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 9/3/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finally! After countless trips to the Snoho I ended up being the guy that caught fish! I was beginning to think that this was gonna be a really bad humpy run for me. I caught three and lost seven. Fi...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 8/6/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went down and fished from one end of the beach to the other and there just is nothing there. Where are all the Pinks? Come on fishy, fishy! The only plus side is I found two Buzz Bombs to replace...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After spending an hour and a half on the Snohomish this morning with nothing to show for our efforts, my friend Roy Hari, and my fishing partner, Joey, and I decided to head up to the Skagit to see ch...
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Ki
Ki
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 6/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After taking the Grand Kids to Westport last Saturday for their first exposure to razor clamming and crabbing, I decided to stay close to home this weekend so my friend Joey and I hit Lake Ki for the ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 9/11/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started out at first light by the Shipwreck but after about an hour we had only managed couple of shakers so we moved over to Scatchet Head, which is my brothers go to spot. After about 2 minutes ...
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Ki
Ki
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Headed out to Lake Ki for an afternoon of fishing. Landed my first fish of the year on a black Wooly Booger in the first 20 minutes. Put him on the stringer and continued on my way. About 10 minutes l...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 9/19/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ring, ring: "Yo!" "What time's high tide?" "Around 8:20ish, why?" "We should go fishing." "Sure, come on up." Thus started what turned out to be the shortest fishing trip we've had in a long ti...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 9/15/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After being at the Mariners game last night until almost 11:00 p.m. I managed to drag myself down to the river for another go at the Humpy run. It was slow from 6:30 until 9:30 and after trying severa...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 9/1/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So on my third trip to the Snohomish River I was finally able to get into some fish about 1/2 a mile upstream from the Rotary Launch. Started fishing around 6:30 a.m. and caught my first Pink on my 5...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 5/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Joey won a guided trip on Lake Chelan with Joe Heinlen of Lake Chelan Adventures and was nice enough to invite me along. There's only one word to describe this trip . . WOW! If you're lik...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a Mariners/Red Sox game to go to in the evening so Joey and I decided to try Cranberry Lake for something new and close to home. Had our lines in the water at 7:30 on this cool, foggy morning and...
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Vance Creek
Vance Creek
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Been seeing these ponds for years so after hitting the last Razor Clam dig of the season we decided to finally give them a try on the way home. I managed a limit after an hour and a half. Joey only ...
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Cottage
Cottage
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 5/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
"We're going the wrong way. We need to be going that way." Those words actually came out of MY mouth as were were heading east on Hwy 522. It had been 12 + years since I'd last been to this lake an...
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Silver
Silver
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 5/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I had to work this afternoon so when Joey called and said "I wanna go fishing" I knew it was gonna have to be a quick trip to a lake close by so we ended up at Silver Lake in south Everett. There was...
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Swofford Pond
Swofford Pond
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 4/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My friend "Joey" decided that we needed to go on a camping/fishing trip so she booked us a cabin at Ike Kinswa State Park for the weekend. Knowing how tough it can be to catch fish on Mayfield Lake f...
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