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Cle Elum
Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
No wind beautiful day on the lake. We started around 8 and didn't catch any fish until around 10 am. I've found that when you catch a fish circle around and head through the same spot. We caught th...
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Cle Elum
Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/18/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My 7 year old son and I fished the south shore near the dam. We caught one near the clearcut at a depth of 150 feet. It was 7 or 8 lbs. He realed for about 5 minutes and handed the rod to me. The f...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Palmer
Posted: 3/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
8:30 am start time Used: Firetiger - flatfish u20 and x7 and also a something? shot (can't remember the name) Several Needlefish - size 2 with red, yellow, white, brass, and frog. Wedding ring wit...
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Washington
Washington
By: Palmer
Posted: 2/24/2008
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I went out this afternoon to experiment with a herring at 100'. I was a mile North of I-90 bridge in 180' - 125' of water. I saw fish sign on the depth finder at 100'-160'. I have frequently seen f...
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Conconully Lake
Conconully Lake
By: Palmer
Posted: 8/13/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I took my family camping at Lake Conconully over the weekend. The state park was full of deer. You can't drive through town without seeing them. On Friday afternoon we went to the North end of the ...
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Cle Elum
Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 7/4/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful Day. On the water at 7:30. Saw 5 boats fishing. One boat caught an 8". Fish weren't biting. Full moon and clear skies all night so the fish may have been feeding all night. Off the lak...
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Washington
Washington
By: Palmer
Posted: 6/17/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I took a few guys out this afternoon. We fished the bottom with a pike minnow for macks, 60' with a cop colored rapala and red hooks with flasher for cutts, 30' with ford fender with a worm, and at t...
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Bead
Bead
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/28/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the North finger of the lake opposite the launch. In our first pass we caught a small 4# Mack. Then we decided to check out some other parts of the Lake. In the Eastern finger we saw lots...
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Cle Elum
Cle Elum
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/20/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This lake is slow this year. We've brought three fish in the boat in 3 trips(2 mac's 5-8#ers) and a koke. I believe it is due to the long cold winter and spring. There aren't many macs stacked up o...
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Washington
Washington
By: Palmer
Posted: 5/20/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
In late spring of last year, I decided to bottom fish between Mercer Island and Seward Park. I was viewing large signs of fish at the bottom so I put on a couple of flatfish and trolled at around 1 m...
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