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Riffe
Riffe
By: Thor
Posted: 6/10/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My college buddies and I fished mon tues wed Thursday. No fish. I got lots of good info from fellow waLakers jaydog and salmonkiller indicating low water levels and no fish.. My report is to confirm...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Thor
Posted: 7/18/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Decided to hit opening day with a couple of buddies. We fished west side of Possession and caught two on either side of noon. We tried some other areas, releasing the dogfish and dabs, picked up sev...
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Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
Area 9 Admiralty Inlet
By: Thor
Posted: 8/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First Chinook in Puget Sound! My buddy and I have been out pounding the water (and the water pounding back on some days) six different times. On Thursday we finally hooked one and went through our r...
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Clear
Clear
By: Thor
Posted: 5/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Hit Clear Lake Sunday morning. What a difference from the previous day. Lake was, for a short time, windless with not a ripple on the water. That changed to a slight breeze. Trolled pop gear and w...
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Tiger
Tiger
By: Thor
Posted: 5/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Opening day tradition for my fishing buddy and me. Got to Tiger about 8:00 and was greeted with wind and people getting blown off the water. We launched and started trolling pop gear, worms and powe...
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Baker
Baker
By: Thor
Posted: 7/11/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy had a rough night and so we didn't try to hit the early morning bite. We also might have been a little discouraged from our attempt the previous evening. We had to get back and break camp b...
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Baker
Baker
By: Thor
Posted: 7/11/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to Baker Lake (Shannon Cr. campground) late Monday morning, got camp set up, waited for a rainstorm to pass by, had early dinner and launched boat. Rseas was certainly right about debris; i...
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Mayfield
Mayfield
By: Thor
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2012
Hot Spots: 2
We camped at Tacoma Power's Mayfield Park, choosing a site that allowed us to put the boat right next to the campsite. We had had a great evening the night before with a good dinner and beautiful sun...
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Mayfield
Mayfield
By: Thor
Posted: 6/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Never fished Mayfield but wanted to try something different. While Dave drove back to pick up gas we had forgotten, Dan and I went exploring from the Tacoma Power's Mayfield Lake Park boat launch. We...
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Clear
Clear
By: Thor
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2012
Hot Spots: 3
There were two of us for today. After sleeping in we got to the lake and launched, immediately seeing Osprey circling over the end of the lake marked as hot spot 1. We headed there and started catch...
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Mineral
Mineral
By: Thor
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Our group of four decided to try Mineral Lake on Sunday, willing to put up with the long launch lines. There must have been a heck of a party Saturday night as there essentially no boats waiting to b...
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Tiger
Tiger
By: Thor
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Four of us hit Tiger early (for us) about 5:45 am. We were surprised that the parking lot was only about 2/3 full but it did make easier navigation on the lake. Fish were caught everywhere on the la...
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Tiger
Tiger
By: Thor
Posted: 5/16/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great time on Tiger Lake, catching fish off the left side of the lake (headed out from boat launch) up near the point about 150 yards from launch. Only a couple of boats on the water and one...
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Haven
Haven
By: Thor
Posted: 5/16/2011
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After trying Wooten, we thought we'd give Haven a try. Wanted to report that the boat launch was too shallow for us to want to try to launch (16' Duckworth). It would probably have worked with my fl...
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Wooten
Wooten
By: Thor
Posted: 5/16/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had never fished Wooten but wanted to give it a try. A nice little lake with fish surfacing here and there. We trolled with a variety of offerings (spoons, worms, flies) but only hooked a couple....
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Phillips
Phillips
By: Thor
Posted: 5/16/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
On our annual fishing trip / reunion we tried Phillips Lake and had a blast. Before I could even figure out which direction we were going to head from the launch we had a fish on. As the rest of the...
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Mineral
Mineral
By: Thor
Posted: 5/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday we went to Mineral to see how crowded it would be on the day after opening. We were greeted by a Lewis County Sheriff who took the boat through a quick inspection. It was the easiest inspecti...
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Tiger
Tiger
By: Thor
Posted: 5/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing buddy and I headed for Tiger for opening day, kind of a tradition for us by now. We decided to sleep in a little and let those with the energy to get up early to go for it. We arrived at ...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Thor
Posted: 4/19/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The rating of 1 was because of no fish, but what a beautiful day! Got on the lake about 7:15 and trolled mostly in the middle and the east side. What I was really doing (besides enjoying the wonderf...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Thor
Posted: 3/28/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy was on a furlough today so we decided to try out my new (to me) boat. We were on the lake by 9 am and tried trolling a variety of blades, wedding rings, white shoe peg corn, maggots, and pow...
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Snohomish River
Snohomish River
By: Thor
Posted: 9/23/2010
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I rated this a 4 because I finally caught my first Coho ever, I guess I should have rated it a 5 as I won't forget this. Was on the river at daylight from Langus, motored up just past the float p...
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