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Chelan
Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for JoAnn and my last trip to Lake Chelan this year for kokanee. It’s been a unexpected and fun spring, and we have enjoyed the lake’s beauty and great kokanee fishing. We arrived Sa...
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Palouse River
Palouse River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
This report is over-due. I just got very busy lately! I went fishing with Craig Dowdy of YJ Guide Service, his friend Steve, and Aaron and Andrew. We were after catfish and I was pretty excited as ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 2
This report covers Saturday evening, Sunday all day, and Monday morning. After our Epic Trip of a month ago, I was pretty excited to be able to return to Lake Chelan and go after more of those amaz...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/8/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
My wife and I fished lake Chelan Sunday and Monday for kokanee. As I’m sure many have heard, the kokanee fishing has started early and the fish are big again, as they were last year. So with hopes set...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/25/2013
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 2
With the weather looking so great I decided the end of last week to head out to Westport and go after some bottom fish off the jetty, and perhaps do a video to boot. After some shifts in plans I final...
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Queets River
Queets River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/11/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish on Sunday with Nate on the Olympic Pennisula, last trip (I think) for steelhead this year. I was very excited to see a new river, especially to fish for the famed natives of the Olympic ...
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North Fork Stillaguamish River
North Fork Stillaguamish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/21/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Got to float the Stilli with Gringo Pescador and Nate Treat, which is always a fun day. Our pontoon convoy trips are always a good time. Started the morning looking for the put in. Can you say "rou...
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Cowlitz River
Cowlitz River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This is getting old. Took my son Matt down to the Cowlitz with hopes of getting him his first steelhead. We fished from daybreak until 1:30. Our primary method was boondogging eggs/float. We also trie...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Long underwear – check Raingear – check Bait – check Flashlight – check Fish – ummm, uncheck Another tough day at Reiter, however, I was happy to arrive early to a light snow which got heavier ...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Reward for a weekend of hard work – Monday morning fishing! Decided to continue to try to unlock the Skykomish Reiter Ponds Hwy side. The river is dropping today is in stellar shape. Flow was 4,30...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/4/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7:30am to around 11am on the highway side of Reiter. Conditions were less than optimal - rain (and getting heavier as the morning progressed) and a rising river. Despite that, Nate managed...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/26/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Gringo Pescador and I drifted the Sky from Sultan to Monroe. With the river flow at 6,500 CFS starting the day it was a fast drift, done by 2pm. We did find some fishy looking water and Gringo had ...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with Gringo Pescador today in search of steelhead. Gringo took me on a tour of some of his favorite holes from Reiter down. Our gear of choice was float rods and either jigs, or in my cas...
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Salmon River
Salmon River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/19/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After finding the Humptulips river a bit too high to fish, Nate Treat took me into the backwoods of the O.P. to one of his favorite secret locations. The salmon river area that he took me to is de...
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Humptulips River
Humptulips River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Went fishing with Nate Treat for two days to the O.P., destination, the Humptulips river for fall salmon. The big rain had arrived over the weekend and I watched the gauges go from a trickle of 100 cf...
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Josephine
Josephine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/9/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/9/2012
Hot Spots: 1
The hike to this Alpine lake features a lot of cool views. It's not "too" bad - 12.8 miles round trip, 2,000 ft of elevation gain. The first half is a 1,025 ft climb to a ridge which has the Stevens P...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Gringo Pescador for a shot at river coho. Seemed like ideal conditions - nice, sunny day, HT at 12:30 so we could fish the incoming flow of fish. The morning we tossed spinners and spo...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
What a difference a day makes. First, I have to give a big shout out to WL.com member “Berchu” who posted a comment on bbordeau’s Area 9 report of 9-30. His comment gave me enough motivation to decide...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/1/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/1/2012
Hot Spots: 1
You know things are going to start tough when you ask your wife “do you have your license?” and she says “no” and is not joking. Next time I’ll remember to ask that question before we leave home, not ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/26/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Aaron and Mike Gibney as part of Ed Iman's Fish Camp 2012. We tossed plastics and plugs along shore to some of Mike's prime locations. The fishing was very steady all day. We probably caug...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/25/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Wow, if bites and lost fish counted toward the rating this would be a “5”. My wife and I launched at Edmonds Sling and hit the slack tide change (7:30am) and it was on FIRE! All action was just north ...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/25/2012
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron and I got to fish with "Walleye Willie" while at fish camp. Target was of course - walleye. We trolled bottom bouncers in 16-25 ft of water over various humps Willie fishes. It was a tough bite ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/11/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/11/2012
Hot Spots: 2
OK, three days of fishing hard and I admit, I’m tired! Today I met Nate Treat and Gringo Pescador and we launched out of Edmonds at 06:15 in search of ocean coho. Conditions today were a bit bre...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/10/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2012
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn surprised the heck out of me this morning when she came into my office at 9am and said “let’s go fishing”. At 6am she had said no because it was raining, but the weather changed and so did her m...
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Alder
Alder
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/9/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I got to fish with Lou Smith from the site today. I was pretty pumped up about catching tons of kokanee as I had heard the lake holds a lot of them, although on the smaller size. Figured we ...
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