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Wapato
Wapato
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/26/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Our long awaited 4 day weekend finally came. The boys and I hit the road and arrived Friday afternoon. In the evening we did a once around the lake. The north end has a lot of algae growth in the w...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/17/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Went out Wednesday morning to a cloudy, drizzly day. Trolled the usual assortment of thin blade spoons and had one massive splash behind the boat where my lure was. Otherwise it was a quiet morning. N...
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Pine
Pine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/28/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2000
Hot Spots: 0
I took my two boys and a friend's son fishing at Pine for Opening Day. The place was jammed with good-natured fishers and any type of boats dotted the lake. We started fishing power bait off the botto...
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St. Clair
St. Clair
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/12/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2000
Hot Spots: 0
After months of hibernation posting other people's fishing stories, I finally managed to get out with my two boys to go fishing. Decided to try a new lake, St. Clair. The topo map looked so sweet with...
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DeCoursey
DeCoursey
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/20/1999
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/20/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I took my and 6 and 8 year old boys to try for the planted coho. We saw several spashes and finning fish, but could not get them to hit spinners or eggs. Then we went over to one of the fishing piers ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/13/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Took my parents out on their annual fishing trip (they are visiting from Wisconsin). We had a beauty of a day. Sunny, warm, and a light breeze. Launched at the sling in Edmonds and ran up to Humpy ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/4/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/4/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Took my boys out to try for Humpies again. We hit the water about 7am and had a double to start the day off. We were trolling Humpy rigs (white dodgers and pink hoochies/spoons)from 40 to 75 feet dee...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/18/1999
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/18/1999
Hot Spots: 0
My two sons and I fished from the boat launch at Mukilteo down to the shipwreck. We used the usual humpy rigs (white flashers/dodgers and pink hoochies/spoons) and fished from 35-60 feet deep. Starte...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 5 year old out for some father-son fishing. We tried the north side of 520 trolling the usual spinners and rapalas. Worked our way along the northeast shoreline trolling 25-35 feet deep. Anoth...
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Banks
Banks
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/25/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/1999
Hot Spots: 0
My long anticipated trip to Banks Lake was great. After leaving rainy Seattle behind, my sons and I arrived to mild (70's) sunny weather. We set camp and hit the water in search of walleye and bass. W...
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Dorothy
Dorothy
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/20/1999
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/1999
Hot Spots: 0
My two friends and I hiked in to check on the early summer fishing. I brought my fly rod and spinning pole. When we got there we were surprised to see ice floating on the lake. I saw no fish rising an...
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Pine
Pine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/26/1999
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Took my two boys fishing on the fishing pier from 5:30 to 7pm. We used powerbait and cast spinners. No bites or hits. No one else had any luck. The regulars said that the fishing usually picks up arou...
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Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/12/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Finally, a day off! Decided to do a little exploring and try a new lake. Arrived at 9:30 after making the mistake of trying to get to the lake from Oso (I hit a steep, gravel road that required me to ...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/24/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/24/1999
Hot Spots: 0
I took my two sons, age 5 and 8, to fish Opening Day on McMurray. It was a second choice when I discovered Cranberry Lake allowed no motors. We started fishing at 8am, the place was crowded but not ja...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/20/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/20/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got out fishing after months of inactivity. The weather was perfect- sunny, warm and a light breeze. My sons plus two friends launched at Magnuson Park and fished the 520 bridge. we used downr...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/26/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/26/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Hit West Point from 7-9 am. Fished in the usual manner with downriggers and various lures. Saw a few being caught but overall seemed pretty quiet. We ran over to Meadow point and fished till 10:45. ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/16/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/16/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I took my parents fishing today for some silver action. Left Shilshole and hit the oil docks first. Fished using downriggers with flasher/dodgers and spoons/crippled herring. We fished various de...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/2/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/1998
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I did some salmon fishing today. Hit Jeff Head from 6:30-9 am, caught and released three blackmouth ( 18-20") all at 65 feet on the downrigger, using a red flasher and bright chrome spoon...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing with my sons this evening, spend a couple hours trolling three lures at various depths from hugging the bottom to skimming the top. We used dodgers, flashers, flatfish, spoons, all to n...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/8/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/8/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Worked the artificial reef off of Blake Island at the 11:45 low tide for one hour. I tried a variety of jigs , buzz bombs and lures with not a single strike to show for it. I did snag one bird in 35 f...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/7/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Did a morning trip to check out the spawning Chinook and catch a few cutts if lucky. Fished from 6am to 9:30am. Saw a few salmon jumping in the area of Issaquah Creek. No take-downs on my trolled gear...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/24/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/1998
Hot Spots: 0
The fishing was dead this morning. Fished 7:30 to 10:30am with no bites. 35-40 feet off downrigger, gang troll with nightcrawler. Saw another boat catch a nice fish on the north side of the 520 bridge...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/11/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Despite a bit of a breeze blowing at Sandpoint, my friends and I decided to hit the 520 bridge in search of some quality fish. We started fishing at 6:30 am, using a nightcrawler on a walleye rig with...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/1/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Fished a couple of hours this evening with my two boys. We trolled the area offshore of Issaquah Creek. Used thin blade spoons and a gang troll with nightcrawler. We had one tap on a thin blade but ot...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/10/1998
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with BK, a regular contributor to our Lakes pages, for the monster cutthroat of Lake Samm. The weather was great and conditions couldn't be better. We hit the water at 6am, trolling thin...
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