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Valhalla
Valhalla
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/4/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
My son James and I decided to do an end-of-summer Alpine lake hike. I looked over some places to go and settled on Valhalla lake. Guide book said 11 miles round trip – NOT! My gps (and legs) registere...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/27/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2012
Hot Spots: 2
OK, I know the kings and coho are running strong in Puget Sound, and I really should be out there after them, but when WDFW upped the Merwin Lake limit to 10 a day I couldn’t pass up another trip. Plu...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/14/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Today we wrapped up our 2012 season on Baker Lake. JoAnn and I fished with my son Matt and his GF Veronica. They are visiting from Montana where they go to school there. We got up at 2:30am and arr...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/13/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Baker lake is winding down, at least from an angler pressure point of view. No doubt the fact that you can fish the Straight and the Sound for big kings has something to do with it. That, and the fact...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/5/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Our Sunday fishing began at 5am with lines in the water. JoAnn and I resolved to do a better job catching and stop losing the early morning fish we got up so early to catch. This time I decided to ...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/5/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
JoAnn and I left the house at 9:30pm with the plan to launch when we arrived and slowly motor to our anchorage, and be up at the crack o dawn for the sockeye. The plan went without a hitch, and motori...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/31/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today was a better day for JoAnn and me. Not red-hot, but decent. Definitely did better after making a couple small adjustments. First, I dropped my troll speed from 1.2-1.1 down to 0.8-1.0. Second, I...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/31/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ouch, talk about bad fishing. JoAnn and I pounded the lake from 5am to noon and again for a couple hours in the evening. Four rods, and not a bite the entire day. We did see fish caught, which made th...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/26/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Expectations can cloud one’s perception of success or failure. I found this to be the case for me after a three day fishing trip my wife and I took to Baker lake. After last’s year’s trip with JoA...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2012
Hot Spots: 2
We decided to hold off going to Baker lake a day to let the weather get a bit better, and instead heded to near-by Stevens for some kokanee action. Arrived at crack-o-dawn and had the gear down and...
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Yale
Yale
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/17/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2012
Hot Spots: 1
My wife and I fished Yale in the afternoon after limiting at Merwin. Ran down to the dam face and immediate started catching small 6-8" fish at varying depths. Tried bigger gear and faster trolling sp...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wow! My wife and I headed out on a much anticipated trip down to fish Merwin and Yale reservoirs, and we were not disappointed. We got up at 3am Sunday and arrived, boat in the water and lines do...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Today’s day off was dedicated to catching some kokanee with my wife on Stevens. We had the boat in the water and gear down at 5:30am. Conditions for today were pretty good, partly cloudy/partly sunny,...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/19/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2012
Hot Spots: 1
The day started out drizzly and misty, so much for “rain south of Seattle and clearing” (although it did clear – at 12:30 when we got off the water, LOL). My wife and I had the boat in the water and ...
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Samish
Samish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Brutal. One word sums it up. My wife and I hit the water at 5:15am with hopes high of a good morning bite. I think the low pressure front put the bite on "off" cause we had one fish brief on and that ...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 2
My wife and I hit the water and lines down at 6:15am. We ran four rigs off two downriggers, staggering depth from 25-55 feet. Conditions were calm, very pleasant morning on the water. There were aroun...
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Samish
Samish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Wow, what a great day on the water today! My wife JoAnn and I got up at 3:30 and drove to lake Samish in search of kokanee. We arrived and had the boat in the water at 6:15. The parking lot was alr...
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American
American
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
OK, I am tired from a day of hardcore trolling, but it’s a good tired. Met Toni and Nate at 5am to troll for kokanee. Rseas and his wife Karen were there as well in the Lund to help us with filming an...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Work was pretty mellow so with plenty of pent up energy and a beautiful evening I decided to head up to Stevens to use my new kokanee gear and get my boat running smoothly. I launched at the WDFW r...
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Eloika
Eloika
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Wow! An amazing day of fishing with Aaron and guide Craig Dowdy of YJ Guide Service (509) 999-0717). Craig took us out on Eiloka for a day of bass fishing, splitting the trip into an early morning cr...
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American
American
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/14/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Got to fish American today with Gringo Pescador and rseas. I was really looking forward to the trip after having a pretty hard weekend of work. My one day off so make the most of it! We launched and ...
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Riffe
Riffe
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/23/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Today I got to meet rseas from the site. He, Nate Treat, and I travel down to Riffe Lake. Recent reports were stellar and not to be passed up, especially as the weather held up with the forecast of a ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Sunday on Lake Chelan with Tyler Walker and Big Bass Dez, spring fishing for smallies. Dez had told me to be prepared for some good fishing and he was right, at least for part of the day. Started ...
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Roses
Roses
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/16/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Today was a no-pressure, easy day of limits with a bonus on Roses Lake. I fished with Aaron, Andrew, and Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad’s Family Guide Service. Anton guides on Roses lake – which is to...
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Skookumchuck River
Skookumchuck River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I got to fished all day on the Skook with Nate. After hitting Cabelas for some gear, we arrived around 11ish with the plan to fish the afternoon into the evening. Nate took me hiking into some very co...
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