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Medical
Medical
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish for a few hours wth Eastside Video Editor Marc Martyn. We had a great morning on the water/ice fishing for Medical's trout. I wll confess I'm not much of an early season trout guy and the ...
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Wallace River
Wallace River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/19/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Started my day at the Reformatory Hole on the Sky but to my surprise the owner had put up a fence. I could have easily walked around it but decided to ask permission first - no one home. Water was kin...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/5/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Launched from Sultan and on the water fishing at 8am with my friend Brad. We fished a variety of rigs - Dick Nites, jigs with prawns, plugged. There were fish around - as seen by the jumping - but no ...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/29/2007
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Heard the chum were in at John's Creek which made a good excuse to go fishing with fishin' buddy Bob Johansen. We drove over to Shelton and launched my boat at 8:00am and were anchored up around John'...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/27/2007
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Friend Tom and I found time to fish today at Jeff Head for blackmouth. LT 6:30am, HT 12:30. Conditions: partly sunny, "crisp" (40-50 degrees), breezy (whitecaps). We had our gear in the water at 7:30a...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/15/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the town of Snohomish downstream, started 8:45am. Decided to troll plugs. Felt good to have my boat rigged and ready for river fishing. Lots of fish on the fishfinder - until I took it out...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/8/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/8/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The weather decided to wait a day before dumping on us so I headed out for some late season bass fishing. First time on McMurray so I was looking forward to it. Put the boat in the water and made my f...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/1/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Another nice day at the Hollow, fishing with Tom Jacobs and daughters Elizabeth and Maggie. We had the lines down at 6:30am, usual pink rigs. In addition, I was casting a buzz bomb (shades of pink) of...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/28/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After yesterday's incredible fishing naturally we had to try again. This time we wanted to play some with the pinks so we decided to buzz bomb them. Using pink and mother of pearl buzz bombs, we start...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/27/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! The fishing has turned on red-hot at the Hollow! I fished with my brother Chris (visiting from Wisconsin) and my son James. We had lines in the water by 6:45am, a bit of a late start. LT today wa...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/20/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
It was a wet day at the Hollow today but the fishing has definitely stepped it up a notch. Aaron and I had the boat in the water and fishing by 6:20am. Within 20 minutes we had lost two fish... which ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/18/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with friends Tom Jacob and Aaron Borg (visiting from Spokane). My plan was to get Aaron into some pinks as he has not ever caught a salmon (other than the 8" shaker last year). So I told ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/11/2007
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Tom Jacobs and his two daughters. We ran from Shilshole up to the east end of Possession, Green Buoy area. Late start - gear in the water by 9am. 4 lines, stacked riggers. We were targetin...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/6/2007
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Tom Jacobs and wife Stephanie on their nice, clean, new boat. Goal - get it bloody with coho guts! We launched at Shilshole and had gear in the water by 6:30am. At 6:40 my rod tip exploded...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Washington SBM part 2. Took my son Matt fishing in the Mercer Island area. We tried the shoreline south of Luther Burbank Park first. Too many weeds, but we did manage one 11 1/2" SMB on a diving...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/25/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Jordan at 3 River Marine, I was motivated to find some time and go smallmouth bass fishing on Lake Washington. It was a nice evening, a little breezy, which made it difficult fishing the are...
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Riffe
Riffe
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/17/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Our long anticipated yearly boat/camping trip. James and I arrived Sunday evening, just enough time to find a quiet cove and anchor up for the night and watch our DVD. Great evening sunset! The mo...
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Flowing
Flowing
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/2/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
An evening of fishing with my son James. We decided to head up to Flowing as we'd fished it last year and James had a good time. It was a great evening for fishing and as we put in another bass boat c...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/25/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 6/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
OK, not really a secret lake report, we need to enter this lake into the data base. I was curious to fish Phantom as it is less than 15 minutes from my house. Didn't have much time to fish, just an ho...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/22/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish from 9am to 2:30pm with DJ LaRoche of West Coast Custom Tackle and his pro staff associate, Mark Maderos. Mark was the guide for the day and we fished in his brand new 20 ft Nitro - hold o...
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Long
Long
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/14/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
A great day to be on the water. Fishin Buddy Bob Johansen and I hit Long lake. conditions were: 60s, moderate wind, sunny. Action was kinda slow - for the back of the boat. I managed to get one bass ...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Meet Doug Wilson at 9:30am and hit the water with high hopes. We were trolling flies, Doug with a floating line and myself with a deep sinking line. I settled in on a purple wooley bugger with limited...
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Silver
Silver
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to spent the day fishing with Dave Newby on Silver lake. We fished from daybreak to 3pm. Went with multiple presentations and baits. It was tough fishing, perhaps due to a weekend tournement? Wate...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/28/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Opening Day 2007 is in the books. Took my son James out for the afternoon. We trolled wooley buggers in purple and green on medium and deep sinking lines, varying amount of line out and speed of rowin...
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Blackman's
Blackman's
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/16/2007
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/16/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Once again Blackman's lake had the best of me. Fished a couple hours this morning using sinking fly line and trolling Carey's and wooley buggers. Could only manage a few bumps. Saw one fish caught. Th...
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