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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Wow. Sometimes it’s all about being in the right place at the right time… My friend Robbie and I launched out of the Sammamish Slough boat launch and ran down to fish off of Kirkland. I had a sleep...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I was invited to join Gringo Pescador and Brianna on Gringo's boat to target Duwamish silvers today. Woke up and discovered the river was being netted. Called Mark and we decided to give it a try. ...
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06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
06 - Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/18/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for four days of fishing, one at the mouth of the Deschutes river and three off the mouth of the Klickitat. Myself, Aaron Borg, and Rob Holman were at Ed Iman's Fish Camp 2016 enjoying ...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/16/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Opening Day Coho and I was back from four days of fishing kings at the mouth of the Klickitat. Always up for a new adventure! I fished with Gringo Pescador, Robbie, and Brianna. We got to the Magnu...
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Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Normally we’d be fishing coho but with the closures this year we are exploring other fishing options. I’ve fished Cavanaugh before but not in a while. The lake is close to our home, but it always seem...
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Kachess
Kachess
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Another kokanee lake checked off my bucket list. I’d been wanting to check out Kachess for a few years and finally got to go. I got to fished with my son James and his girlfriend Jenna. We started...
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Yale
Yale
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 3
What a wonderful day of fishing on Yale Reservoir! JoAnn, the dogs, and I set off mid-day Saturday D/T the high heat conditions, knowing we would arrive late in the day. We figured things would hav...
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2016
Hot Spots: 1
One last Hurrah! I got to take my son Matt and DIL Veronica fishing for sockeye on Lake Wenatchee. They were visiting from Montana and didn’t balk at the 3am wake up call so we hit the road. We arrive...
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/9/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I feel so rummy… I just returned from a three day weekend of fishing Lake Wenatchee in tough fishing conditions. The wind was howling on Saturday, and then REALLY howling on Sunday, then Monday in ...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/25/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn, myself, and our dogs got up to fish Baker lake after enduring a horrible Friday night traffic jam on I5 north, Everett. So many cars and bad traffic, yuck! We did arrive eventually and had a ni...
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Area 5 Sekiu and Pillar Point
Area 5 Sekiu and Pillar Point
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/20/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is both a fishing report, and a report of great sadness. Tragedy struck today in Seiku as a fire engulfed and destroyed the FV Phoenix, flagship of NWFR Sponsor Seiku Charters. Thankfully, no ...
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Samish
Samish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2016
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I decided after the long drive last week to Montana to skip our overnight Baker Lake weekend. But the fishing bug was still biting me so on Sunday we took the dogs and drove up lake Samish f...
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Montana
Montana
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Location: Tiber Reservoir (Lake Elwell) Another day of fishing in Big Sky Country. Matt and I decided to try a large reservoir. Tiber, north of Great Falls. Over 33,000 acres, 27 miles long, and sa...
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Montana
Montana
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
This report is for Lower Holter Lake I got to fish with my son Matt this weekend. Hooked up my 15 foot Klamath so we could try a couple lakes this year. We decided to fish lower Holter lake (actu...
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Samish
Samish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2016
Hot Spots: 2
My final day of vacation. It's been a great ten days off. One last fishing outing, this time with Randy (rseas), Gringo Pescador (Mark), and my friend Dan (who repaired a ding in my brand new boat). ...
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Area 25 - Nootka Sound, Esperanza Inlet
Area 25 - Nootka Sound, Esperanza Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/25/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Today was our last and final day of fishing out of the B.C. town of Zeballos with Reel Obsession Sportfishing. Our host, Adrian O’Connor, had taken us to some of the prime fishing locations offshore. ...
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Area 24 - Cox Point, Estevan Point
Area 24 - Cox Point, Estevan Point
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/24/2016
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
“And now for something completely different”. That’s what came to my mind when Adrian O’Connor, owner of Reel Obsession Sportfishing, informed us that for today he was going to take us to some locatio...
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Area 24 - Cox Point, Estevan Point
Area 24 - Cox Point, Estevan Point
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/23/2016
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Our long anticipated trip to Zeballos, B.C. had final arrived! I was fishing with Aaron Borg and Rob Holman from NWFR. We stayed at Reel Obsession Sporting lodge. 1-888-855-7335 Owner Adrian O’Connor ...
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Conconully Lake
Conconully Lake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Our Day Two Conconully Adventure took us to the Upper Lake. Once again, JoAnn slept in while I awoke with the birds and ran down to the lake. Yes, all of two miles or so and I had my boat launched and...
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Conconully Reservoir
Conconully Reservoir
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/1/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn, myself, and our dogs Diesel and Rudy got out to our much anticipated Conconully fishing trip. We were staying at the Liar's Cove Resort, one of the sponsors of this site. I put the boat in ...
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Samish
Samish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2016
Hot Spots: 2
My springer plans had fallen through for the Cowlitz, but the fishing bug was burning inside me and I had to go fishing! I contacted Randy (rseas) and we decided to hit Lake Samish for kokanee. I’...
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Alder
Alder
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with Toni of Wannafishalure. We decided to try Alder Lake and see how the springtime kokanee fishing was going. We met at 7am and had lines running shortly after that. The day was nic...
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Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/15/2016
Species: Halibut
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Ah, halibut fishing! It had been probably ten years since I last ventured out for them. I don’t know why I stopped, I guess other things got in the way. Anyway, not this year. This year I planned a fo...
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Sutherland
Sutherland
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 2
I got to fish on Friday and Sunday with my friends rseas and Robbie. I first fished Sutherland last year and we had some excellent success so I was excited to give it another try. On Friday we fish...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This is a fishing report for the long weekend of the Chelan Get-together. I fished Friday afternoon solo, Saturday morning (until 9:30am) with my friend Rob and his daughters, and Sunday until early a...
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