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Satsop River
Satsop River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/2/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, after the recent high water the Satsop dropped down into fishing condition, a little high at 3,200 cfs. Water clarity was dirty but clearing in the main branch, and clear in the east fork. I went...
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Satsop River
Satsop River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/24/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
If I’m rating this day for myself fishing success-wise it’s a one. Fortunately I had Gringo Pescador along to save the day and bump it to a three. Of course, for him it would have been a five. The...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/10/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 0
Fished: 11/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This is actually a Secret River Report: Gringo Pescador and I got to fish with Ted Schuman of Winter Run Guide Service today as he taught us his highly successful technique of twitching for salmon ...
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Clearwater River
Clearwater River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/5/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I got to go fishing on this great river the past couple days with Aaron and Rob Holman. We fished with guide Kyle Jones. The weather was pretty good both days; Tuesday was a bit wet but not bad. The C...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Another day, another Big Skunk O. This is getting old... Got to fish today with rseas. We launched out of Marblemount and motored down below the mouth of the Cascade to some very fishy holes. Ancho...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/21/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It pains me to say this but my "coho mojo" is done gone and left the building. I went fishing with my friend Robbie today. We launched at daybreak and worked our way up river from Cady. The river was ...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/10/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2014
Hot Spots: 2
First, I’d like to thank DjButler and G-Man for providing some online motivation to get out and give the lake a try. And as luck would have it, the stars aligned right and I was able to get an open wi...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/30/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got a low census day at work today. Normally I'm not thrilled about that, but in this case I got my river boat organized and hit the Snohomish. I launched out of the Cady launch and spent the firs...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/29/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Having just read Rseas report I'm left scratching my head. JoAnn and I launched out of Edmonds and lines down at 7:15am. Trolled south with the tide and into the chop, wind was enough to make it mildl...
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Snow
Snow
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This was one of those "it doesn't matter if I catch something or not" trips. My son James and I hiked from Alpental to Snow Lake. Our original plan was to explore Source Lake, which is a tiny pond ...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/21/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2014
Hot Spots: 2
A slice of Paradise that hardly anyone is fishing… I know, it’s salmon time and everyone is jamming the rivers, fishing the salt, looking for chrome. Gringo Pescador, his brother Gene, and myself i...
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07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
07 - The Dalles to McNary (Celilo/Umatilla)
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/19/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I returned late last night from Ed Iman’s Fish Camp 2014, our annual event of guides, outdoor product reps, and media-type people (that would be me, LOL). As always, Ed and Pam Iman put on a great ev...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/10/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got to finally fish this urban fishery with Gringo Pescador and my friend Robbie from work. I’ve been reading reports for several years, but just have never got out here. The fish are in and the net...
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Pete
Pete
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/8/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My son James and I enjoyed a nice overnight hike to little Pete lake. The place was jammed with hikers and campers so we ended up finding a small little camping spot on the east end of the lake, by th...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/8/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, I would never have expected today's fishing outcome. JoAnn and I launched at 7am out of Edmonds. Since it was an outgoing tide I decided to start us down at the oil docks and run north with the t...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/7/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Checked the calendar, checked My Reports for previous years posts, yup it’s Puget Sound Coho Time! First trip out I was joined by Gringo Pescador and my friend Scott from work (his first time ever ...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Our last overnight boat camping trip of the year, and JoAnn wanted to go back to Lake Merwin. I can’t blame her. It’s pretty lake and as summer ends and school starts back up the crowds thin out a bit...
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/19/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2014
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I fished Monday and Tuesday on our much anticipated “Return To Lake Wenatchee” trip. When last there, a few weeks back, we brought back 20 sockeye. With reports coming in that the lake was s...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/4/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing with friends rseas and Rob at Brewster today, and later in the day for a bit at Wells. We were hoping to get into more sockeye but our boat just didn't have the fish love today. We got several...
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I just got back from two days of fishing Lake Wenatchee with my wife JoAnn. I will admit, after our outstanding trip to Baker Lake last week I was a bit ambivalent about fishing Lake Wentachee. There ...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I had the day off and my original idea was to run over to Lake Wenatchee to get in on the sockeye fishery, but Hwy 2 is still closed so Back to Baker We Go (it’s a nice back-up plan…) We ...
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Baker
Baker
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2014
Hot Spots: 2
One of the great things about fishing is that it brings friends and family together year after year in traditions that start and continue on. For my wife JoAnn and I, Baker lake has been a destination...
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Merwin
Merwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2014
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I made our annual trip down to Merwin to target the kokanee this weekend. We fished from Saturday to Monday morning. The weather started out rainy on Saturday , improved on Sunday, and was ...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/23/2014
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
OK, so lot’s of times people wonder, why post a “1” report? For myself, it’s to keep track of all my fishing trips, but also, it’s to help the members know what’s going on. What’s going on with the...
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Banks
Banks
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Day ½(late) through Day 3: After fishing Cle Elum with Mark we drove to our next destination, Banks Lake. Target Species: Walleye. We met up with Aaron and fished Saturday evening in the Punchbowl....
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