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Area 4 Neah Bay
Area 4 Neah Bay
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Aaron and I arrived in the afternoon at Snow Creek and got the boat on to the water with high hopes of catching limits of lings and bottom fish. Unfortunately, the fish did not get the message. It was...
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Area 4 Neah Bay
Area 4 Neah Bay
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! What an incredible day of fishing. Aaron and I took a charter trip with Capt Tom of ExcelFishingCharters.com. Tom took us over to Duncan Rocks where we were fogged in and in fish heaven. The blac...
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Downs
Downs
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well don't it figure. Spend all winter waiting for my lake to open beginning of March only to have to wait longer for the ice to clear and then finally.....finally I get to hit the water. Decide today...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/3/2009
Hot Spots: 2
My first experience winter bass fishing. Wet with Mark Maderas and BigBassDez out of Mark's boat, launching at Gene Coulon. We fished a series of underwater humps all the way up to Kirkland. I can't s...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to go fishing with Aaron , and Joe Heinlen and Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service (www.darrellanddads.com). We fished from 7am through 3:30pm and had a great day! The morning bi...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/30/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at High Point bridge, first time there - pretty good launch and easy access to the spots I wanted to hit down on the Snohomish - the Big Rock Cliffs. First was taken by a guide but we got to ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the Snohomish launch heading downstream from 9am to 12:15pm. Launched at low tide, which was interesting as the ramp dead ends in a drop-off. But made it in OK, thanks to a couple guys hel...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/15/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with Louis McMinds of EZMarine and angler Tim Garrard on the Columbia river just below the dam. We anchored in 70 feet of water and used fresh salmon belly carcasses as our bait. The bit...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Tournament pro Michael Gibney and Dennis Clay for smallmouth bass. We spent the morning casting mainly rattletraps. I was using blue, Dennis had perch. Michael uses swim baits, surface lur...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/1/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
OK, so we hit the water and were fishing by 6am. My friends Dan and Bill "Tiger Muskie" Green trolling our gear. Today the fishing was pretty slow. Morning bite was faint, saw maybe 6 fish caught, all...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/28/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
So much for hot fishing, at least for some. The bite definitely has slowed from Tuesday, although guides and some private boats did well. My friend Tom and I hit the gate at 05:30 and lines in the wat...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
At the risk of starting a stamede, here's the latest scoop on lake SAmm chinook. In a word - they are in! My son James and I went out Monday night and fished 4:30 to 8pm. We saw about a dozen caught a...
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Tapps
Tapps
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/4/2008
Species: Tiger Muskie
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Got to fish with Bill Green for the elusive Tiger Muskie today. We launched at 6:30am and immediately hit a couple smallmouth while trolling jointed plugs 45 ft behind the boat in 25 ft deep water. No...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/28/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Two fishing trips in one day, what luck! Took my son James out for a planned trip to Sammamish. I had high hopes of getting him into some of those nice smallies I caught last week, but it was not to b...
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Spanaway
Spanaway
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/28/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Thank goodness for understanding fishing buddies. I met Bob at 7am and we fished until 10:30, I had to leave early due to honey-do items. Spanaway has a ton of fishy looking spots and we worked th...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Wow just about sums it up. After seeing how well the picnic anglers did on lake Samm I knew I had to give it a try on my day off. I started fishing on a gorgeous morning at 7:45am. I worked the east s...
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Haven
Haven
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/11/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Moved to Haven after Bob J and I got skunked at Wooten. Unfortunately, this lake fished the same way with the same results. Nothing to show for our effort but a sore back. None-the-less, it was a grea...
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Wooten
Wooten
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/11/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Finally! A day off and time to fish with fishing buddy Bob Johansen. We had a plan, we had great weather, and we had lock-jaw bass. The two of us tried just about every method known and couldn't get m...
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Roesiger
Roesiger
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well it was nice to get out on the cool lake this evening after another hot day, but the fishing was pretty poor. Tossed jigs, plugs, and senkos and came up short. Son James got a perch on a plug to a...
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Joy
Joy
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/16/2008
Hot Spots: 1
I finally got to try out my new pontoon boat (8 ft one person) and definitely wanted to hit lake Joy. After some fine tuning I was off and casting. I had three rods set up with floating rapala, black ...
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Moses
Moses
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/15/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Got in some fishing in between ballgames. Saturday evening I fished the rock shoreline just south of the Best Western at the I-90 bridge. Using a 5" black/silver rapalla I caught a nice 18" walleye. U...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Fished with KuttTK from 9am to 2pm. The morning bite was very good indeed. Caught around nine and missed many more. Hot flies were a purple wooley bugger and a Montana nymph. Fish in all water levels,...
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Ohop
Ohop
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Second lake fished, from 10:15 to 12:15. Surprised by how stained and limited visibility this lake has. I trolled a variety of hardware, settled on a gang troll with wedding ring and red power bai...
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Clear
Clear
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2008
Hot Spots: 3
It's been a few years since I fished Clear lake and I was excited to get out there, fish, and shoot some video. First, remember, the launch is on the NORTH side. :-) Good fishing, immediately hooke...
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Margaret
Margaret
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/3/2008
Hot Spots: 1
Well after Kutt's report I had to search out this lake, especially since it's fairly close to me. Nice lake, small launch area. Fished a couple hours out of my pontoon boat using sinking line, floatin...
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