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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 10/19/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my hole again tonight. Didn't see any fish jumping, but kept changing lures and finally when I was thinking about stopping for the day, I tried the size 4 green vibrax and on the first cast, sl...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 10/13/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my hole yesterday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, after trying everything else, I put on an old size 4 brass Mepps Aglia spinner with the yellow/red body. Moved up the hole a bit and after the third c...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: john maher
Posted: 5/29/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We rented a home for a few days just north of the Copalis River mouth. Fantastic time to relax on the beach and do a bit of surf perch fishing. My last trip out here two years ago, I didn't catch a s...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 9/26/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No good. Didn't see any coho. Floated eggs, tried twitching purple/black jigs, and my go to Coho spinner....red/gold half ounce Panther Martin. All with shrimp oil. May have to go downstream of Lewis ...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 9/12/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
7 for 8 in 45 minutes of fishing. All were darker pinks so let go. Rigged fixed lead drifting style a 4 ft leader and size one nickle dicknite with green head. Missed a few strikes too. Often the bit...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 9/6/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
6 for 9 tonight with jigs in two hours of fishing tonight. All were darker pinks so I let them go. A seventh fish was foul hooked so didn't count. Lost two large ones right before dark. Two fish on th...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 9/5/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my hole from 430 to 730. Tried dicknites. Nothing until I changed to a pink/white size 1. Next cast produced a nice 14-plus inch Rainbow that was promptly released. After that no luck. Switch o...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 9/1/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No good tonight. Fished Short School road area. Didn't see a single fish roll. Drifted Dick nites tonight... specifically the frog pattern one.
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 8/23/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got one out of the Snohomish. Cool thing is that it was on a jig that I tied. Saw fair amount of fish in the beginning from 430 to about 530 then it slowed down. Couple downstream of me got o...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 8/16/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
No good by the 522 bridge....tester road side. Not one fish seen. gonna hit lower river around Snohomish next.
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Found a good bank access spot tonight so that's cool. I didn't see any rollers and others near me had zero luck too. saw some boats going by, but don't know how they did. I will be back in a couple...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: john maher
Posted: 8/3/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After reading about a guy's limit the prior day, I decided to hit the Snohomish. They aren't really in yet....I did see a couple of rollers, but that's it. No bites. Lost couple of lures. didn't see a...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: john maher
Posted: 8/3/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After doing no good on the Snohomish in the am, I was going to go to kayak point, but forgot my pass. Decided to drive up to Deception Pass. Billion people out today...tourists, campers, etc. Managed...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: john maher
Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Youngs Bar around 4 pm give or take. Just a few minutes into fishing, someone downstream of me landed a nice sockeye and another group below him got one. I had no luck fishing with spin n g...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: john maher
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first attempt at Skagit Sockeye. I've been following reports and had an idea what to use. Paired an old eagle claw mooching rod with a penn 209 loaded with 20 lb mono. Tied on a three way...
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