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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/14/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What an amazing pink salmon season it was on the Snohomish River! I was fortunate enough to be able to take 19 days off during the run and fished most days during that time period. Only twice did we h...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 8/29/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
this morning we fished near the highway 9 Bridge and really had to work for the 4 fish we landed. We moved around fishing several locations where we have done well in the past including earlier this w...
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Baker
Baker
By: Dave
Posted: 7/11/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great opening day on Baker Lake. I was fishing with my buddy Dan and his father in-law. We arrived at the Swift Creek launch at about 4:30 am and there were maybe 6 trucks with empty boat trailers par...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/15/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First report here in what seems like forever. I hope everyone on the site is doing well. My buddy Dan and I were on the water at first light and headed up stream in the fog. Decided to start trolling ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/25/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing the salt all morning my buddy Dan from work and I relocated to Langus Park and up river we went for the last few hours of the incoming tide with hope that the pinks might still be cooper...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 9/25/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Dan from work and I launched after the masses at 6:50 am and had lines in the water at the Shipwreck by about 7:20. Within about 10 minutes a fish takes my spatter-back hootchie and runs peel...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/16/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another great fishing trip on the Snohomish River! This morning I had the pleasure of taking two of my friends from work out with me. Chris, from East TN had lots of fishing experience but had never c...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/10/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today’s 0.7 low tide didn’t help with fishing this morning for my brother in-law Dan and I with our wives along for the ride. Dan wanted one last shot at these amazing salmon before his returns to NY...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 9/3/2011
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today I took my wife, sister in-law, and her husband Dan out for some Dungeness crab fishing in area 8-1. My in-laws had never been in Puget Sound and had never crab fished. We set 3 crab pots and 1 h...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/2/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Day four of Pink salmon 2011 on the Snohomish River and another absolutely stellar day of catching. I had my brother in-law Dan with me along with my friend Mark from work and we were on the water in ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/1/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day fishing the Snohomish River. Two limits came in about 3 hours due to the difficulty hooking these fish. We would get them on, play them, then they would spit the hook. Ultimately we ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 8/31/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Second day in a row of fantastic fishing on the Snohomish River. My brother in-law Dan and I arrived at Langus Park at 8:00 am and were fishing up river from the power lines by 8:25 am. First cast for...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 8/30/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
If I could rate this trip a 10 I would! I had the pleasure of taking my brother in-law Dan from upstate NY fishing for pink salmon in the Snohomish River. This was my first time taking my boat on any ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 8/26/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Dan and I arrived at the Shipwreck at 6:00 and after cutting off about 20’ of downrigger wire (it had a fray in it) and re-attaching the clip we were fishin by 6:25am. Lots of boats and I tru...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 8/24/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my boat out on the Snohomish River this morning fishin with a friend from work. It was my first time on any river with my boat so I was both excited and a bit apprehensive since it’s a deep V pro...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 8/23/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Humpy Hollow this morning, lines in the water at 6:00 am. Not a single bump for 3 hours and we saw no other fish caught. Maybe 60 boats in the general area between the ferry and the shipwreck. ...
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Baker
Baker
By: Dave
Posted: 7/29/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My friend from work and his son joined me for our first trip to Baker Lake for Sockeye 2011. We arrived at Swift Creek Camp Ground at 4:20 am and the boat launch parking lot was already full. Amazing!...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Dave
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After 3 hours at Possession trolling for Kings without a strike or even a shaker, we motored to Jeff Head and joined about 30 boats there for silvers. We fished the area for 2.5 hours without a bump. ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Dave
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Dan and I were on the water at 5:20 am and after setting crab gear in Area 8-2 we headed to West Possession to join the 100+ boats already there. We trolled green flashers with green spatter ...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 7/8/2011
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Crabbed North Camano Island today. Very few boats or gear out today however we did see three big boats stacked to the brim with pots pass slowly by us headed towards Camano Island State Park. How nice...
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Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
By: Dave
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 2
My buddy Dan and took our first ever trip to Lake Cavanaugh to try our luck at the Kokanee`. We were on the water by 7:00 am and it was like glass, no wind, and the sun was out. What a beautiful lake ...
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Ki
Ki
By: Dave
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After a great weekend of weather I was finally able to get away for a few hours so I headed to Lake Ki to give the evening bite a try. There were a few boats on the water when I arrived at 7pm and the...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Dave
Posted: 5/15/2011
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My first report of 2011. My buddy Dan and I launched from Everett at 5:45 am and headed to Possession. We first tried to catch some flounder in front of Cultus Bay 30-40 feet of water after reading a ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Dave
Posted: 12/6/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
On Sunday December 5th two buddies from work and I headed out to Area 9 for some winter Dungeness. We arrived in the area near Possession Bar and set our gear among about 25 commercial pots that the c...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 9/5/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This morning I took my buddies Dan from work and Pradeep from WALakes.com and his son out for one final go at the 2010 summer Dungeness season. We soaked 8 pots twice for 1.5 hours each time and harve...
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