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Hicks
Hicks
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 5:30am to 7:30am with Bob Johansen. We didn't touch a fish, didn't see anything other than a few babies no bigger than our rapalas. So it was off to Long lake for hopefully better hunting....
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/13/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today to test out my new trolling motor and bow mount conversion. The motor worked great but the fish and weather were tough. A strong breeze and cloudy skies to start the day gradually c...
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Limerick
Limerick
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Island lake Bob Johansen and I moved over to Limerick to see if we could connect with some nicer fish. This lake was quite a change from Island - the water is a browner, mineral color. W...
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Island
Island
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After working way too hard for the past two weeks I finally get a day off. Hit Island Lake bright and early with Bob Johansen. Started fishing at 5:30am and immediately we were into many, many bass. T...
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Tapps
Tapps
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with DJ Larouche of West Coast Custom Tackle. We started bright and early, 7:15am. Pounded a couple different spots with a variety of soft baits, crank baits, jigs, etc with nary a bite. At 10:...
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Big
Big
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/10/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
This was a test trip for me. Applying some of the fishing skills I learned from Bob Johansen, I decided to hit Big lake for some bass action. It was also a trip to do some boat work. With my new found...
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Spencer
Spencer
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Ah, much better! Bob Johansen and I fished from around 10am to 2ish. The rains had stopped and conditions were much better. We motored over to a small cove and started flipping jigs with worm trailers...
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Phillips
Phillips
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8-10am in wet conditions with Bob Johansen. Bob Warned me that the fishing might be kinda slow but we were into the bass pretty good. I had good luck with a floating crank bait while Bob w...
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Pine
Pine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/30/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Opening Day. I don't know why I had such a sleep-less night, guess the anticipation got to me. Matt and I arrived at 5:45am at Pine lake and hit the water. Not too crowded, plenty of space in the park...
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Swofford Pond
Swofford Pond
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/26/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the pond about three hours today. Weather was nice, overcast, lake was flat. Ripples all over the place. "Looks good" I thought. I started with a floating line and black leech, just slowly trai...
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Alice
Alice
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/18/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 9:30 to 11:30am. Kinda slow till I stuck with the old stand-by black leech on a sinking line. Caught two bows, missed 3-4 hits. Lost of fish rising but couldn't get the right surface fly. ...
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Lenore
Lenore
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/11/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My son's patience ran out, the wind picked up, and the fish began to bite. But not in that order. We fished from 7:30 to 11am. Saw a few caught and had one BIG cutthroat grab my chironomid - and let g...
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Lone
Lone
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/15/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Tom and I fished the lake from 9am to around noon. We were fishing chironimids in 10-12 feet of water. I hooked and landed one decent 12-14" inch rainbow around 10:15. Caught on lower fly, a green co...
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Lone
Lone
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Took the ferry over to Lone lake ($6 surcharge because my raft is on top of my truck - ouch!). Anyway, I fished from 9am to about 12:30. Fished chronimeds under bobber. Water temp 47 degrees, cloudy t...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/21/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the two reports below I guess I'm the tie-breaking. Well, our boat was skunked. Five lines out fishing 8am to 2:30pm. Trying all types of combinations and depths - and speeds. I can't bl...
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Area 12 Hood Canal
Area 12 Hood Canal
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
A new place to fish! Tom and I did some exploring to find a new chum source. Little did we know we would discovery a late run coho river. Arrived at 7:30am and there were fish jumping everywhere. I ...
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Area 12 Hood Canal
Area 12 Hood Canal
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/9/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The fish are IN. Carl (AKA Easy Limits) and I hit the water at 8am, fishing an incoming tide (high tide 1pm). Fished south of the zone, caught a couple. Moved to the zone and we were in fish heaven. H...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/1/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 11/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The fish are still in and still not biting. Tried for about an hour with my friend Brad. High tide was 10:30am. Note to self - for high tide fishing use the WDFW parking lot north of the creek, the ...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/12/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 7:30 - I forgot to check the tides. Low tide was at 10:30, 2.5 ft. I barely had enough water to launch and get out to the bay. I wasn't able to get back in until 12:40 (just a reminder to...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/21/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7am to 12:15, high tide at noon today. Started at Meadow Point. Standard gear, green hoochies/Hot Spot flashers, large size. Worked our way down the depth column. We caught our first fis...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2004
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day it turned out to be! The forecast was for wind, rain, and cooler temps. Wrong. We had calm seas, breakthrough sun and wonderful mild temps. I went fishing with my friends Tom and Uncl...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at o-dark hundred (5am). Easy Limits and his friend Jason, my sleeping son Matt, and myself. We pounded the Meadow Point area until 8am using the usual suspects - mainly trolling shall...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with my son James and friend Tom. We started 6am out of Shilshole, fished about 1/2 hr till it was more light and ran up to the oil docks south of Edmonds. Our gear: DRs on the corners ...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/31/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
One week of illness left me too tired to put my boat in the water - so I decided to fish the pier instead. I got a lazy man's start and fished from about 10:30am to 12:15. The pier was pretty crowde...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/23/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Shilshole with my son James and his friend Avery. We dropped a couple crab pots and motored over to Jeff Head. Started fishing three lines ( 2 riggers and a Deep Six). A bit of a bre...
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