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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 12/31/2017
Species: Flounder
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I launched out Luhr's Landing and fished around Anderson Island from 12-4. Caught around two dozen sole and one big Starry flounder. We kept 16 of the rock sole; released the bigger clearl...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 2/10/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I fished the Lind Coulee Saturday and Sunday targeting perch and hoping for a couple walleye too. Ice was great- 8 to 11 inches. Perch fishing was outstanding-- easy limits of 25 on Swedis...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 1/18/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I hadn't been razor clamming since my son was born in early October, so some friends and I decided to go to Roosevelt Beach Friday for a night dig. I surf perched from about 10:30-4:30. I got 8, inclu...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 12/29/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Crabbing continues to be great for red rocks out of Boston Harbor. Went out twice in the last couple of weeks. Easy limits of red rocks (only on the water for about 1:30pm -4:00 pm both times). I've b...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 11/24/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went crabbing with a buddy out of Boston Harbor from about 1:00-3:30. The trip was basically to keep my boat motor active. Only took out two pots, and did four pulls total. I wasn't really expecting...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Clams
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I was in Westport Thursday night thru Saturday night. Went Razor clamming at Grayland Thursday (opener), Friday, and Saturday night. Thursday night the clamming was excellent. Typical twin harbors siz...
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Carbon River
Carbon River
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Alarm went of at 3:30. I arrived in Orting at 0-dark-thirty, greeted by pouring rain, thunder, and lightning-- almost turned back due to the lightning, but glad I didn't. I had a really nice honey hol...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is fairly late-- but figured I'd submit for historical reference. A friend and I launched out of Luhr's Landing around 5:30 pm; returning at 8:30. High tide was 7:33. We dropped two crab p...
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Swofford Pond
Swofford Pond
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is really late-- but figured I'd submit it for historical reference. I fished Swofford Pond twice in August-- on the 1st and 15th from approximately 7:30-10:30 pm. With a friend on the 1st...
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Area 12 Hood Canal
Area 12 Hood Canal
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 8/11/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After work Thursday crabbed and fished Hood Canal. For crab we were using salmon carcasses for bait. The commercial crabbers were just pulling out. Four pulls resulted in about 20 females crabs. For s...
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Area 5 Sekiu and Pillar Point
Area 5 Sekiu and Pillar Point
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 7/26/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I fished Sekiu for salmon Monday-Thursday morning. This trip was a huge learning experience for me. My first time fishing Sekiu for salmon; and my first time manning an electric downrigge...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got a new boat last month (14 foot WC Lund). My fiancée and I took it out for the first time today. We launched out of Luhr's Landing around 4:30 pm; high tide was 6:33. Plenty of things went wrong ...
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05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam
05 - I5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/30/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing for shad for the second time in my life. This was the first time I found success! I fished near Bonneville Dam, but quite aways down from the crowd. I was happy to trade productivity fo...
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Area 12 Hood Canal
Area 12 Hood Canal
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/27/2013
Species: Clams
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Mom to Brinnon Shrimpfest for a late Mother's Day and hit Dosewallips State Park for geoducks. I marked three-- only got one up. The tide didn't stay out as long as I tought it would. The wind...
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Deep
Deep
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/27/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Late report! Visited a friend down at Millersylvania State Park. We fished off the dock for about 40 minutes. Caught one stocker rainbow off of an orange power nugget. I gave the pole to my friend's f...
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Carlisle
Carlisle
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/8/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I've done poorly my last two fishing trips, so after work Monday I decided I need to feel a pull at the other end of the line. I headed down to Carlisle Lake to catch and release some stocked trout. I...
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Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
Area 6 East Juan De Fuca Strait
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Halibut
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went halibut fishing in Freshwater Bay for about an hour and a half Friday evening (7-8:30 pm), and three hours Saturday morning (7-10 am). No luck. Not sure what the deal was, but I lost two set-up...
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Area 3 LaPush
Area 3 LaPush
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I went camping near Norwegian Memorial with a group of guys from April 26-28. The first two days the conditions were pretty terrible. I fished briefly both days, but after about 30 seconds my line wou...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Very late report, but on Easter I went manila clamming just north of the Bay Shore Golf Course near Shelton. Limit of 40 manila clams is easy digging there, even during a low plus tide. Very mucky mud...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 3/20/2013
Species: Black Rockfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Two friends and I fished the incoming tide on the South Jetty Sunday and Monday-- fishing was okay overall. Sunday was slow; between three of us we caught three rockfish and a kelp greenling. Weather ...
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Area 8-1 Deception Pass
Area 8-1 Deception Pass
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 2/28/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Two friends and I participated in the 48th annual La Conner Surf Smelt Derby. It was $2 to enter with a $100 prize for biggest smelt. We fished from 10:30 until the derby ended at 2:00. One friend cau...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 2/9/2013
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Clamming was amazing! When I opened the door to step on Roosevelt Beach the clams lined up and literally started jumping into my car. I had to slam the door before the 16th one jumped in! Alright, may...
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Fish
Fish
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Jordan and I fished Fish Lake from about 12:30-5:30. The ice was about 9-10.5 inches thick-- the top two inches was white, but under that was still pretty clear. The bite was slow at first, b...
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Roses
Roses
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 1/26/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy Jordan and I hit Roses Lake for the first time today. We were on the ice, 4-5 inches thick, from about 11:30-4:30. Fishing was really, really slow the first part of the day. In the first thre...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 1/26/2013
Species: Squid
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A coworker and I went squid jigging Tuesday night before the rains came back. We got one (really small) squid in two-plus hours. The squidding was very slow over all, but it was one of those nights wh...
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