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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from 8:15am to 10:45am. Fished a variety of lures, colors and depths from 25-45 feet off a downrigger. Trolling thin blade spoons. The lake was calm, the weather was nice, and the skiers ...
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Pine
Pine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/25/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son Matthew to the lake for Opening Day. We got there at 5:30 am and found the place not that crowded. We put in our rental canoe and went to the northeast corner of the lake where we used pow...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/16/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from 4:30 to 7pm along the 520 bridge. Trolled thin blade spoons as the traffic roared by. Didn't get a single bite. Maybe next time.
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Riffe
Riffe
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/14/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/1998
Hot Spots: 0
After reading some previous reports, I was excited to hit Riffe Lake and try for some large trout. My sons and I arrived at 9 am and began working the southwest shoreline, trolling with downriggers an...
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Silver
Silver
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/4/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the lake today with my sons. We trolled thin-bladed spoons with good success. Started fishing at 9:30 and hit a couple decent fish, then we had about an hour lull before the fish turned on an...
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Roesiger
Roesiger
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/7/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/7/1998
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I tried the lake for a bit this morning, trollong thin blade spoons without success. A bit early to try, but the weather was too nice to pass it up!
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Sammamish started out slow today as my sons and I began fishing at 6 am. Our first two "spots" yielded no fish, and I was beginning to think we might actually be skunked. However, at our finally ...
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Banks
Banks
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Every time I travel to Eastern Washington I am struck by the barren landscape that greets me, and yet I am drawn to it at the same time. I took my two boys on a weekend trip of fishing, swimming, and ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/4/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Summer has arrived on Lake Sammamish as the skiers and jet boats came out in force on this hot 4th of July morning. Despite the boat traffic and occasional close buzz by skiers, the fishing continues ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/15/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/1997
Hot Spots: 0
A Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there! My three year old son woke me up at 6 am this morning to remind me that my alarm had gone off and it was time to go fishing! What more could you ask for...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/10/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Noel Cabanday and I spent a few hours on the water this morning and came away with a nice catch of two holdovers of 14-15" and several 10" rainbow plants. We were trolling various thin blades in diffe...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Memorial day weekend started out wet and cool and the fishing on Lake Washington was about the same. My friend Manuel and I launched out of Sand Point at 6:30am with a steady light rain coming down. W...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/1997
Hot Spots: 0
My sons and I fished from 5pm to 7pm on the south side of the 520 bridge. I drive across this bridge every day and feel envious of the fishermen while I head in to work, so it was kinda nice to troll ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/30/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/1997
Hot Spots: 0
My sons and I spent a couple hours trying for cutthroats on the lake. We trolled thin blade spoons without success, came in at noon when the wind started to pick up. Saw no one else doing any good. Th...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/17/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/1997
Hot Spots: 0
I read in the dreaded FHN that Dec and Feb were good months to try the lake for cutthroats, so I loaded up my boat and my two boys and spent a couple hours this afternoon in pursuit of the red-throate...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/7/1996
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing on Lake Washington today for coho from 4 to 6:30pm. The weather and conditions couldn't be nicer. A light breeze and sunny skies with temps in the upper 60s. Perfect indian summer. The la...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/1/1996
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/1996
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing from 4pm to 7pm today, the opening of the coho fishery. We launched at Magnuson Park and went to the east side of the lake around the Juanita Bay area. The fish are in thick. Lots of ju...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/18/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/1996
Hot Spots: 0
The perch fishing on the lake is at it's prime now. My sons and I went out this afternoon and caught non-stop perch ranging from 8-10" on the keepers with a couple to 12". We found the best bait is t...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/1996
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Weitl, my sons and I went fishing for sockeye this morning. We started at 5:30am and fished until we limited which occurred at 8:30 am. The standard setups produced well: a black hook with a dodg...
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Scanewa
Scanewa
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/9/1996
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/9/1996
Hot Spots: 0
Attempted fishing this morning but the water was very murky with lots of debris floating on the surface. Quit after 45 minutes. Lots of steelhead smolts jumping on the surface, reminded me of a rearin...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/1996
Hot Spots: 0
SOCKEYE FISHING STILL GOING STRONG Dave Weitl and I went out this morning to do some sockeye fishing and based on the number of fish we saw caught I can confirm that this fishery is still going st...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/2/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/1996
Hot Spots: 0
SOCKEYE FISHING CONTINUES STRONG The weather conditions this morning did a 180 degree change from previous week's fishing but it made not a bit of difference to sockeye in Lake Washington. Despite...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/1996
Hot Spots: 0
DOUBLES AND LIMITS The sockeye season was extended this week to daily fishing with a two fish limit until the sports catch is reached. Latest estimate I saw was 490,000 fish, meaning sportsman hav...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/22/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/1996
Hot Spots: 0
Well I missed the weekend fishing but managed to go out this evening for another shot at the Sockeye. My son, his friend, and I went out at 5:30 pm to the SW side of Mercer Island. Using the standard ...
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Mountain
Mountain
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/20/1996
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/20/1996
Hot Spots: 0
I fished for a couple of hours in the morning (6am) without success. I did see several fish rising as I rowed my thin-bladed spinner around, perhaps a fly-fisher would have had better luck...
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