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Wynoochee River
Wynoochee River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 1/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
1st time out for 2012 so I decided to hit unfamiliar territory. Got the the 7400 bridge at 7am, rain, 35 degrees and a line of drift boats ready to launch. Above the bridge is selective gear/no ...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a fellow WaLaker out for a taste of bank pounding for steelhead. Took two rigs, parked one upriver, then drove downriver and fished our way up to the 1st rig. Covered about 1.5 miles of river t...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/3/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After a week of negotiations, I was actually able to get out this morning. I had until noon and I was going to squeeze every second out of it! Got up at 4:30, made my coffee, filled my thermos, we...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 11/14/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Sky at sunup to see if I could find any winter steelhead yet. Nice day - overcast, light rain off & on water visability was not good (maybe 4'). Thought it would be colder/wetter. Hooked on...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 10/3/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I rate this a 3 because I ended up catching 1 Coho, 1 King, 1 Steelhead and 1 trout. But all in all it was a VERY slow day. Hit my spot on the Duwmish about 7:30am. Fished until 2:30pm. It rained...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/26/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Now that the bulk of the pinks have moved through the lower system it's time to target silvers. Hit the outgoing tide from sunup until about 11am with a couple friends. The rain stopped about the ti...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/15/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry this report is late. Was hoping to attach some pictures with it but they were not taken on my camera this trip. My aunt has been following my river adventures for the last few years and kept c...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/28/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the banks! Yesterday a couple of my friends hit the Duwamish and blanked. One of em and I were hitting the water this morning. Hmm Snohomish or Duwamish? Decisions decisions… ...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/24/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got a weekday off, talked my buddy into a "double limit challenge" 1st hit the Sky for steelhead and then the Snohomish for pinks. Well we both blanked on the Sky (see report posted) and hit the Sno...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had to work extra hours last weekend, so got a weekday off. Talked one of my buddies into trying a "double limit challenge". The idea was to hit the Sky for steel, then run down to the Snohomish and...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/20/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fire up the smoker honey, it's pink season!!! Blasted out of work as early as I could get away with to try and beat traffic down to the Snohomish. Well it was a nice try anyway - ended up taking t...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/17/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got the day off work, so hit the Sky to try for some summer steel. Slow slow slow... Started at about 7am fishing the cable hole and worked my way downstream. I was using float/jig in various colors...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 2/6/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the hwy side of Reiter this afternoon. Got there about noon, as I was gearing up a guy walking out said he tried spoons and float/jig, got no strikes and saw no fish caught - not a good sign. Go...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 1/10/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't posted a report in awhile, figure a bunch of "I got skunked again" reports would get pretty old.. Went to Reiter on Friday and again Sunday. Friday: Started at sunup on the hatchery sid...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 10/17/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Duwamish from 700-noon. Cold thick fog on the river until about 10am, then sunny and nice. Low tide was at 7:30. Hooked up a decent Coho at about 8am, spit the hook about 30 seconds later. ...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 10/10/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
1st I'd like to thank the friend who let me in on this little hole on the Duwamish. Hopefully I can return the favor sometime soon. Got to the river about 9:15, water was pretty high. We started dr...
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Green River
Green River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 10/4/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I don't really know exactly where the Duwamish officially turns into the Green, so I will just post this here. Started off at a spot just downstream of I-5 at 1st light. Fished it until 11am. Like ...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/26/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the Duwamish with a couple friends for low tide and started casting about 11am. By 11:30 or 12 I had my first coho of the season! What a way to start the day! Between that one and 3:30...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/6/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Three rivers in three mornings and still not a hookup to be had. Fished upstream around the corner from 112th from 6-9:30 am. Tried drifting corky & yarn and spoons. Saw fish (both coho and kings) ...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/6/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Reiter Ponds at 1st light to see if I could pick up any Steelhead. Fished from 6-11am. Tried the hatchery, cable hole, and even stopped at the big eddy on the way out, Used float & jig, drifting...
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Puyallup River
Puyallup River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/4/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the river at 5th st. again. Fished from 6-10am about 100 yards downriver from the bridge. I could see about 30 lines in the water from where I was and only saw 2 fish caught & 2 hooked. None of...
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Puyallup River
Puyallup River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/30/2010
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Snuck out on Sunday morning to give the Puyallup a try. Never fished it so really had no idea where I was going. Ended up finding a little riverside park (I think was 5th st?). Got to the water abo...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 8/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Arranged to have some free time this morning. Wanted to hit a lake I haven't gotten to this season. Called up The Quadfather and set the time at 7am. Sure enough, he gets to my place and work calls...
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Skykomish River
Skykomish River
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Reiter Ponds on the South side of the river this morning to take a shot at the summer runs. Got there are 6am got up on a good rock and started casting. I had yet to catch a steelhead and after ...
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Green
Green
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 5/6/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I have been itching to try out my new spinners from the 1st WL.com RYO spinner swap and finally the weather and my schedule aligned so I ran down to Greenlake for a couple hours. Fished from 6-8pm, t...
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