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Riffe
Riffe
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2018
Hot Spots: 2
I met up with my friends Robbie and Luke from the NWFR group (he moderates our Facebook group page and is an expert angler when it comes to hunting kokanee and silvers). Our target was the landlocked ...
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Yale
Yale
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Due to work schedules JoAnn and I were unable to make our long anticipated trip to Conconully (major bummer…) so instead we headed down I-5 and hit Yale and Merwin. We hit the road at 3:30am and m...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of our short Memorial Day trip had us fishing at Merwin. We ate in at the hotel and drove the 17 miles to Merwin. Arriving at 7:30am I was a bit surprised to see only 8-9 rigs in the parking l...
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Roesiger
Roesiger
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/19/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2018
Hot Spots: 1
With the Lake Stevens kokanee derby happening and my desire to get some rest and relaxation fishing, lake Stevens seemed a poor choice. This was confirmed when I spoke with rseas and he indicated "aro...
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Canada - British Columbia
Canada - British Columbia
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Myself, Aaron, and Noah are up on Vancouver Island fishing out of Tofino with TolfinoFishing.com. We're filming for a future TV episode. Guides Rob and Gibson took us over to Hya Point to target some...
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Canada - British Columbia
Canada - British Columbia
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I don’t ever want to leave this place. How’s that for a fishing report? Today is Day Two fishing with Aaron and Noah at Tofino, B.C. with Charter TofinoFishing.com. Yesterday we had a pretty good d...
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Canada - British Columbia
Canada - British Columbia
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Our final day fishing with Tofino Fishing. Our guides Rob and Gibson have shown us some of the amazing fishing to be had in this area of the Pacific Northwest. We met at 7am and discussed what we wan...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/13/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
After having my boat in the shop getting a new bow mount electric trolling motor installed (Ultera) I was itching to finally get "Reel Zen" wet and test out all my new toys. I worked hard on Saturday ...
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06 - Interstate Bridge to Hells Canyon Dam
06 - Interstate Bridge to Hells Canyon Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish a Bucket List location on a trip with Rob and Aaron to the Snake River, Hells Canyon, with Snake Dancer Excursions. We fished on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was mostly about exploring,...
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19 - Spokane Confluence to Lake Roosevelt North End
19 - Spokane Confluence to Lake Roosevelt North End
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/30/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This is a late report from an April Cast and Blast trip NWFR took on the upper reaches of Lake Roosevelt with Lake Roosevelt Charters. We stayed at Bucks Canyon Lodge and I got a a bonus crack of dawn...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/29/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I got to fish with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service, filming for a future TV episode on laker fishing. Along for the action was Bobby Loomis of Macks Lure. The weather fro...
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North Fork Clearwater River
North Fork Clearwater River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/13/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/10/2018
Hot Spots: 2
The Clearwater River is putting out some BIG B-run steelhead this time of year! I just returned from our weekend Northwest Fishing Reports Members Adventure fishing with owner/operator Toby Wyatt of R...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/6/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
A break in the weather down south allowed for a winter fishing trip to Merwin for some tasty kokanee. My truck being in the shop, Rseas generously volunteered his boat and made the long drive from Bur...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 1/15/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2018
Hot Spots: 1
With the recent good blackmouth reports being posted I contacted NWFR member rseas and asked if he’d like to hit the fishing down this way? The weather forecast for Sunday was excellent (it turned out...
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Cassidy
Cassidy
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/4/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Having read last week’s report on Cassidy crappie fishing by member ilvcassidtlake Gringo Pescador and I decided to try something different and give a shot at these tasty slabs. The weather foreca...
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Montana
Montana
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/22/2017
Species: pheasant
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
THIS IS NOT A FISHING REPORT! Montana Pheasant Hunting 2017 It was my second annual trip to visit to go pheasant hunting with my son Matthew. The drive to Great Falls left rainy Seattle behind ...
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Ki
Ki
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/17/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful, clear morning with the promise of a pleasant day of trolling for trout on Lake Ki. I met up with Gringo Pescador at the “launch”, i.e. gravel shoreline and we loaded my pontoon and...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/7/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish and catch up on life with my friend gringo pescador, had been too long since we last got out together. We decided a river float would be fun, and the Sky was the choice. My wife JoAnn g...
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Deer
Deer
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I got to go on a much anticipated and looking forward to “Cast and Blast” adventure this weekend! Saturday was fishing Deer Lake with Aaron and Dave Mason of Toyota, and then Sunday we got to go phea...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/5/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2017
Hot Spots: 1
If you read my report from yesterday’s trip out of Edmonds you know we had a good day. Well, today was like yesterday on steroids. I’m telling you, the fishing in Area 10 is official off the charts in...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/4/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2017
Hot Spots: 1
It’s September so that means one thing in this household – JoAnn and I are coho fishing out of Edmonds! This year as many know is tough with closures and reduced fishing opportunities for coho. Tha...
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Area 7 San Juan Islands
Area 7 San Juan Islands
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/2/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2017
Hot Spots: 2
More San Juan Island adventures! After Tuesday’s Atlantic Salmon trip to Cypress Island rseas suggested that on Friday we try for some Chinook Salmon on the west side of San Juan Island. He had a ...
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Area 7 San Juan Islands
Area 7 San Juan Islands
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/29/2017
Species: Atlantic Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Thanks to rseas from NWFR I got to catch my first Atlantic salmon. After hearing of the pen disaster I was curious to check these fish out first hand. So Randy graciously offered to take myself an...
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Conconully Lake
Conconully Lake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2017
Hot Spots: 1
My wife JoAnn and I owe thanks to the sun and the moon for this awesome fishing report and adventure! On Monday I realized that our planned weekend trip to Lake Merwin would put us smack dab in the...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Stevens has the best of me… I took out my visiting brother Chris and his wife and daughter for some relaxing local fishing. I arrived and had the boat in the water and fishing around 6:20am. M...
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