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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 8/28/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the afternoon tide which was only going to be about a 5 or 6 foot drop. We fished Browns point first to try to pick up a quick pink or two on a pink hoochie. Then headed to Dash point. Had o...
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Sol Duc River
Sol Duc River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 1
After a week of rain the Sol Duc was running pretty high but barely fishable. It was coming down but one more day would have made it a lot better. Not a lot of fish caught by the other boats on the ...
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Green River
Green River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 10/27/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/27/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I've been hitting the Green in my spare time for several weeks and haven't seen anything but zombie pinks. After reading a few reports the Green was picking up Brett and I decided to try our luck. W...
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Skagit River
Skagit River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 10/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Drove 125 miles to fish the Skagit thinking it would be a sure bet. Nope. It's as dead as the dang Puyallup. Nobody was catching anything on the big sand bar. We were using 50/50 Dicknites, and th...
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Puyallup River
Puyallup River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 10/17/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Went to the gravel barat 116th st. in the evening to see if there was anything happening. No sign of anything but zombie pinks. River running pretty clear, a tad higher than normal, but fishable. J...
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Puyallup River
Puyallup River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! We went to Cabelas to look for a net since the last time we were at the river we broke our cheapo net. We didn't find what we wanted there so we headed to Sportco and found a nice net. ...
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Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
Area 11 Tacoma - Vashon
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 7/26/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Brett and I have been going to Browns Point for about 2 weeks on weekends and some evenings and finally got our first pink today. This guy must have been a loner because there were no others caught i...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 7/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Was out at Browns Pt. theSaturday looking for pinks with no luck, but did talk to a fly fisherman who said he had done well with coho and cutthroat at Narrows Park. We headed down there on Sunday wit...
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Minter Creek
Minter Creek
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 11/24/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Minter creek with Brett about 1:00 PM, about an hour before high tide. Figured we'd catch the last of the tide, leave for a couple hours when the bite slowed down, and come back on the out going ...
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Waughop
Waughop
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 2
There were no fish visible on nests anywhere. We spent an hour or so trying to find fish and threw some plastics out in the pads and around areas we caught fish before but we didn't have any bites. ...
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Waughop
Waughop
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Started off a little slow. Had some great people down there at Waughop helping us out. After a couple of hours of futility my 10 yr old fisherman Brett switched from a purple worm to a peach glow co...
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Waughop
Waughop
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 5/18/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Took the boy out to get him away from his video games. He was complaining about never catching any fish, so I saw recent reports at Waughop and saw it was producing so thought we'd give it a try. To...
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Tokul Creek
Tokul Creek
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 1/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got there 9 AM and there was a modest crowd which got me worried right away. Saw people leaving with no fish, which got me more worried. Rain pouring down, about 39 degrees. Creek was running prett...
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Minter Creek
Minter Creek
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 11/5/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started about 9:45 to catch the incoming tide. No fish anywhere. Walked all the way to the old pier pilings on the south side of the estuary and didn't see any fish moving up. Tried fishing by the ...
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Kennedy Creek
Kennedy Creek
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 10/23/2011
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got there and found out we'd forgotten Brett's waders so were stuck with staying on the grassy point adjacent to the parking area. Not a bad spot. You can see the schools of chum coming up the creek...
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Green River
Green River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 10/11/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out about 4 PM across from Auburn golf course. Were about 4 people there plus me and a buddy. Started out with spinners, tried pink, gold, copper. Nothing. Went to a Dick Nite, tried black wi...
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Duwamish River
Duwamish River
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 10/1/2011
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Rough day just north of the foot bridge at Oxbow. Fish were there, jumping and rolling all over the place on the out tide. Couldn't buy a bite. No one got a single fish while we were there. So we...
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Steilacoom
Steilacoom
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 3/27/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got a new 11.5' noodle rod at Cabelas and got to my buddy's dock on the south end of the lake pretty late, around 7:30 PM just to try it out. Put on my usual crappie jig and started casting. There w...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 3/6/2010
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for my first try at Sea Run Cutthroat. I didn't have my fly rig together yet but a friend at work told me they go for small spoons, so I grabbed a couple at Big 5 that looked like something ...
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Steilacoom
Steilacoom
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 2/19/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/19/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Put my old reliable crappie jig, red and green in about 6:45 PM just at dusk near the inlet of Clover Creek at a friend's dock. This guy was in about 6-8 feet of water just above the weeds about 20 y...
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Steilacoom
Steilacoom
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 2/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Started with clear skies and a little sun. Soon as the bite started pulled in a real nice est. 14" rainbow in about 6' of water probably 25' from shore around 4:30 PM. Then the clouds came in and th...
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Steilacoom
Steilacoom
By: Bretts Dad
Posted: 1/3/2010
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing a red and white crappie jig just before darkness and got a nice Kokanee. I hooked it but handed the pole to my son. He fought it hard and got it into the dock. We didn't know what t...
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