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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: Dave
Posted: 9/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/21/2008
Hot Spots: 1
I fished Lake Sixteen from 5:30 pm till about 7:15 pm. Water temp was 64.1 degrees F, Calm, no wind, cloudy. Fish rising and jumping at the north end of the lake. I trolled flies near the top (no floa...
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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: Dave
Posted: 9/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Lake Sixteen from 5:45 pm till dark trolling a variety of flies. I first fished the south east portion of the lake where the majority of trout seem to hang out. My finder indicated no fish in...
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Clear
Clear
By: Dave
Posted: 9/9/2008
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Clear Lake for the first time in 30 years. Last time I fished this lake I was a kid and recall my dad and I couldn't keep the perch off. So, knowing that trout fishing would be slow, I decide...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 7/31/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Crabbing continues to be amazing. 3 hour soak on 7 pots, 5 of us on board. We counted every keeper and there were 50 total! Kept 25, returned 25. All very nice size, most in the 7" range. Many others ...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Dave
Posted: 7/30/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Just a quick report. Lots of bait in the water and lots of 5" shakers jumping everywhere. No salmon to be found. I spoke with two experienced old timers the day before this trip and both told me the s...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 7/24/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Once again absolutely great crabbing in 8-2. We (3 of us) set 6 pots south of Hat Island in 65 to 80 feet of water at 7am and returned to check them at noon. 3 of the 6 pots had been raided or picked ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 7/17/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Myself and 3 buddies from work crabbed area 8-1 this morning south of hat Island in between 65 and 125 feet of water. We soaked 8 pots for 1 ½ hrs and caught 25 keepers tossing 5 back and keeping our ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 7/11/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Four of us crabbed 8-2 south of Gedney Island and near the Mukilteo oil docks and took 20 nice big males in under 3 hours. One was 8". We released maybe 10 others that were barely under legal and hand...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 7/3/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
RATING: 2. I had a great time, the crabbing was poor. At 3pm after pouring rain and more thunder and lightning all morning long, we went to the spot I have been crabbing at for the last 10+ years. ...
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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: Dave
Posted: 6/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Sixteen from 6:00 pm till 8:00 pm, trolled several different flies for most of the time. Trolled wedding ring w/power bait, kastmaster frog pattern. Not one bite. The water was 68 degrees. I ...
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Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
Area 8-2 Ports Susan and Gardner
By: Dave
Posted: 6/22/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I took a friend up on an offer to go on a sturgeon trip in area 8-2. He is a guide whose clients had postponed their trip so we and another buddy were out on the water at 11:00 am, about an hour befor...
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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: Dave
Posted: 6/12/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Lake Sixteen from 7:00 pm till 9:00 pm Thursday June 12, 2008. I trolled a green Jameson Shrimp fly which I hooked one fish on however he spit the hook at the boat after a nice fight. I also ...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Dave
Posted: 5/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I took my buddy (who is also my boss at work) and his 8 year old son to Cranberry Lake this morning, on the water by 9:00 am. Water was 63 degrees F. The youngster had never fished before and had neve...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Dave
Posted: 5/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived and was on the water by 8:15 am. I fished the same spot in the middle, in front of the entrance to the camp ground, used the same Dick Nice frog / pearl spoon I always use at this lake. Had ...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Dave
Posted: 5/22/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2008
Hot Spots: 2
I arrived at Cranberry Lake and was on the water at 9:00 am. No wind or rain, 55 degrees, and overcast. Not another boat on the lake and only two folks in lawn chairs, fishing from shore. Water temp w...
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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: Dave
Posted: 5/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Lake Sixteen at 3:30 pm. There were several boats on the lake. It was 60 degrees F outside and the water temp was 55.6 degrees F. It was cloudy, no wind or rain. I began trolling a small ...
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Ki
Ki
By: Dave
Posted: 5/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2008
Hot Spots: 1
I arrived at Lake Ki at 7:00 am. There was one boat on the lake and one about to launch. No one fishing from shore that I could see. It was 43 degrees outside and the water temp was 52.2 degrees F. I ...
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Heart
Heart
By: Dave
Posted: 4/29/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, what was I thinking this morning? As I left for Heart Lake at 4:15 am it was cold and cloudy. The trip is 45 miles one way for me. By the time I reached I-5 in Mount Vernon it was 38 degrees and a...
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Heart
Heart
By: Dave
Posted: 4/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Heart Lake at 5:30 pm to fish the evening. There were about 15 to 20 boats on the water and several fishing from the bank. No major wind issues, cloudy and overcast, air temp was 61 degre...
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Cranberry
Cranberry
By: Dave
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at 10:00 am. The sun was out, 50 degrees, and no wind. One other boat on the lake, a few fishing from shore, and three float tubers along the roadside portion of the lake. Water was 52.8 De...
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Cassidy
Cassidy
By: Dave
Posted: 4/1/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Influenced by the first sunny day in a while and a plant report from the WDFW of 6,045 ¼ lb RB planted on March 25th, I headed out to Lake Cassidy at around noon. The water was calm and there were 3 o...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Dave
Posted: 2/24/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first report for 2008 and my first time out on the water this year. I gave in today (major cabin fever) and went to Lake Goodwin for an hour or so to wet a line. My expectations of catching...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Dave
Posted: 11/22/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/22/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I took my buddy and his two sons out crabbing north of Greenbank where over the years it has been absolutely spectacular. Like this last summer season, once again Tulalip Tribes crabbed for three week...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Dave
Posted: 10/4/2007
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This post is for those who responded to my “forum post” a couple weeks back regarding surf perch fishing in Westport. I usually don’t like reading reports where the person didn’t fish but I wanted to ...
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Stillaguamish River
Stillaguamish River
By: Dave
Posted: 9/6/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Stillaguamish this morning at the Sylvana Bridge. Large schools of bright fish. Jumping everywhere. I had one hooked on my trout rod and it fought like mad. Great fun until it spit the ho...
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