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Goat
Goat
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2010
Hot Spots: 2
My son James and I hiked into Goat lake for an overnight trip. Spent the afternoon fishing primarily the far end of the lake and had good success on the eastern brook trout. The lure of choice were Fi...
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Serene - Alpine
Serene - Alpine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 2
I wasn’t sure if there were fish in this lake. I was unable to find any information other than an elevation listing in my Washington State Fishing Guide, but that was good enough to bring my gear with...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/8/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I'd been pursuing my nemesis for many years now, and finally the day came when he was in my sights. The beast put quite a scare into my group, almost grabbing and taking away a member of our expeditio...
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Heather
Heather
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/29/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Hiked up to Heather today, not a bad hike. The fishing was very good with either a fish, a hit, or a follow just about every cast for awhile. Best action was on the far side of the lake. I had good su...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/25/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 2
It was a tough morning on the water at Rattlesnake. Weather conditions were great, upper 40s, calm, partly cloudy. For the day after Opening Day there were not that many anglers, maybe a dozen or so b...
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Yakima River
Yakima River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/29/2010
Hot Spots: 3
Aaron and I went out for a day trip with Keven Samuelson, a guide for The Evening Hatch Guide Service for a day of fishing and video shotting. As our luck would have it, a front moved in and the Seatt...
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Rogue River
Rogue River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/16/2010
Hot Spots: 3
Our second day of fishing southern Oregon for Aaron and myself was with guide Mike Springer. We had the river to ourselves as we fished a half day float on the beautiful Rogue system. About the same s...
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Umpqua River
Umpqua River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/19/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/19/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Went fishing with guide Zach Hancock of Rogue Wilderness Adventures. We were fishing yarn balls, side drifting out of a drift boat. Aaron and I pounded the water for a full day trip with no luck. Had ...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is a fishing report for Sat and Sun. It was cool (crisp) but sunny and calm winds for our trip to visit the Cabin By The River and the Rufus Woods fish pens. Aaron brought his boat, which was gre...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is a fishing report for Sat and Sun. It was cool (crisp) but sunny and calm winds for our trip to visit the Cabin By The River and the Rufus Woods fish pens. Aaron brought his boat, which was gre...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water with high expectations o-dark hundred at Shilshole. Before we get to the fishing - whatever happened to manners? 15 rigs lined up to enter the launch area from the south, and a couple gu...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started crack o dawn trolling off the creek. Jiggers were already at it. We trolled an assortment of gear, including herring-wrapped Quick Fish. Nothing, nada, no fish. Saw several jumpers and marked ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Annual father-son boat camping out. Took my son James over to Lake Samm and launched amoung the evening rush of recreational boaters coming in. My wife left with the trailer to pick us up tomorrow. We...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2009
Hot Spots: 1
wow. Let me repeat that - WOW. Lights out fishing at the Hollow this morning. I was blessed to have my wife JoAnn along for a fishing trip, a rare treat indeed. I figured we would do OK, and we did. W...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK, after approving HH reports and seeing guys catch limits, I really questioned whether I wanted to share today's dismal outing (as concerns the catching, not the day fishing). My son James surprise...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fun fun fun. I got to fish with Dave Watkins (Sammamish guide) and Big Bass Dez as we explored (for them) a new lake. The day started cool and overcast and we focused on topwater, but could only manag...
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Wildcat
Wildcat
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 1
After fishing a few hours at Kitsap lake we decided to try Wildcat, Bob Johansen figuring there would be less weeds. He was right. The fishing was still tough with a water temp of 77 degrees and the s...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 1
"Hey, where did all that water come from?" Thus started my 6am wake up call on Kitsap lake from fishing buddy Bob Johansen. Opps, forgot to put in the boat plug! That's a first for me. Boat properly b...
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20 - Upper Columbia River to Canadian Border
20 - Upper Columbia River to Canadian Border
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the Lazy Daze B and B just in time for host Art Grobben take us to his honey hole for some trophy rainbow trout. I hadn't cast a floating fly line (and Aaron never had) in quite awhile s...
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20 - Upper Columbia River to Canadian Border
20 - Upper Columbia River to Canadian Border
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron and I finished off our day with an evening guide trip with Justin of FarNorth Charters (509-684-6870). The morning rain was finished and the wind was dying down. Justin ran us to the farthest po...
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20 - Upper Columbia River to Canadian Border
20 - Upper Columbia River to Canadian Border
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this morning with Justin of Far North Charters (509-684-6870) and Aaron from WL.com. We fished the upper Columbia river for the huge redband rainbow trout that are renown for this area. A weath...
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Morton
Morton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK, this time (I was out last week in the rain) I was focused and hoepful to catch a decent bass. I started fishing at 8am and stop around 11am. Once around the lake, fished a variety of lures (cranks...
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Morton
Morton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried this very bassy looking lake as a storm front decided to pass through. My son Matthew was humoring me with an evening of fishing, and actually was pretty OK with the rain. We fished just under t...
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Pine
Pine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The humiliation of it all, to be skunked at Pine lake! Granted, I only fished a couple hours, and granted I was tackle testing some gear that probably wasn't suited for the little stockers. But even s...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Opening Day turned out to be cool, a little breezy, and definately off the bite for me. I did once around the lake, switching up several different wooley buggers, trying to find that right color...
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