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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 8/25/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was fair this morning at the Hollow. The weather however was another story. Windy again and 4 to 5 foot waves made trolling miserable. The run from the Everett launch to the Hollow was over 30...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 8/20/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tough fishing conditions today at the Hollow. Very windy and 4 to 5 foot swells from about 7am till we left the area at 10:00 am. We had our lines in the water at 6:00 am and our first action came at ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Dave
Posted: 8/9/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the water by 5:30 am and set 4 crab pots south of the Clinton Ferry before heading to Possession to start fishing. There were maybe 30 other boats in the area. We trolled green Hot Spot’s w...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 7/10/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great crabbing continues in area 8-1. After an all night soak (11 hours) we (6 of us on board) pulled 4 pots and harvested exactly 30 big male keepers. We only handled a few females and a couple males...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 7/9/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wednesday evening we set our gear in area 8-1, north end of Camano Island. This morning at 6 am we returned to see what a 10 hour overnight soak accomplished. In 4 pots we handled 29 big keeper males ...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: Dave
Posted: 5/31/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake McMurray this morning. I arrived at 6am and there were 6 others already on the water or launching. Fish were very active on the surface mainly turning and breaking the water. Later in the ...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: Dave
Posted: 5/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another great trip to Lake McMurray (my third in the last five days). This morning I was on the water at around 7:30 and headed north past the tree stump where I trolled a 3/0 Les Davis chrome dodger ...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: Dave
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Basically a repeat trip from yesterday except I kept a full limit this time out and lost 2 others at the boat. Yesterday’s fish that I kept were very good eating so I decided to have another couple tr...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: Dave
Posted: 5/23/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Wow! Great bite this morning on Lake McMurray. This is the first time I have fished this lake and I was impressed. I started out trolling a wedding ring tipped with worm behind a small chrome dodger. ...
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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: Dave
Posted: 5/5/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was on the water at 9:40 am with maybe 6 other boats. I trolled flies, Dick Nite spoons, Mack’s Flash Lite w/Wedding Ring tipped with power bait, and I bait fished where lots of fish were marked on ...
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Heart
Heart
By: Dave
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I don’t like writing negative reports so please forgive me in advance. I now remember why I don’t like to fish opening day weekend at a newly opened lake. This morning I launched at Heart Lake at abou...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Dave
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Cranberry Lake this morning for 2 hours starting at 8am and only managed 2 fish, one of which was a perch which surprised me. The other was a small plant. Fish were turning everywhere and I t...
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Blackman's
Blackman's
By: Dave
Posted: 4/19/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 0
What a difference two weeks makes! Today I was on the lake at 7am. I trolled an olive woolly bugger for about an hour where just two short weeks ago I knocked em dead with this exact fly. After an hou...
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Flowing
Flowing
By: Dave
Posted: 4/18/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I had no idea what to expect today on my first ever trip to Flowing Lake. I knew the lake was recently stocked with thousands of fish and most of the reports up to this point were positive. I took the...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Dave
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cranberry Lake at Deception Pass. We were on the water shortly after 10:00 am and trolled our usually spot where we always catch our limits in a short amount of time. Water temp was 48 degrees ...
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Blackman's
Blackman's
By: Dave
Posted: 4/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I was on the water at 7:15 am. The lake was covered in fog and there were just a few folk’s present fishing and getting ready to fish. It was 32 degrees outside according to my vehicles outside temp g...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 4/2/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
On Monday March 30th I joined my friend and local Guide Doug for a “test trip” in area 8-2 for sturgeon. When Doug doesn’t have clients he takes these trips to stay on the fish so his clients have th...
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Gissberg
Gissberg
By: Dave
Posted: 3/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
As the third Saturday in April gets closer, I find myself chomping at the bit to go fishin. I actually want to go fishin all the time but today I definitely felt the need to just get out for a few hou...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Dave
Posted: 2/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This is a re-post for Lake Goodwin. My original report didn’t make it through last week. Anyway, I fished Lake Goodwin on Monday 02-02-09 from about noon until 2pm. I fished directly out from the laun...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: Dave
Posted: 1/1/2009
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
What a way to start the new year. We arrived at Howard Miller Steelhead Park in Rockport at 8:00 am. It was snowing heavily with about 15 inches of new snow overnight. Air temp was 32 degrees. There w...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 11/27/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Sky for Chums with my buddy Doug who as I have mentioned before is a local guide in Snohomish County. It was a “survey trip” for him which he often takes on the rivers when he doesn’t hav...
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Heart
Heart
By: Dave
Posted: 10/19/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Heart Lake shortly after 9:00 am. There was one other person at the launch getting ready to fish via float tube. After launching my boat I said hello to the brave fisherman who was about ...
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Ki
Ki
By: Dave
Posted: 10/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Lake Ki on Tuesday evening September 30th starting at 5:30 pm. It was calm, and water temp was 64.8 degrees. No one else fishing. I began trolling a 50/50 Dick Nite with red tip and out of th...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 9/28/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished area 8-2 and 9 near and south of the Shipwreck this morning with two friends from work. We arrived on the water a bit late due to battery issues so lines weren’t in the water until 7:30 am. O...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/22/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Today I fished the Snohomish River with my buddy who is a Guide and his friend who is also a guide. I caught a 9.2 pound silver and lost a second fish at the boat which looked to be around 6 pounds. M...
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