Northwest Fishing Reports

I like the idea of using a planar board instead of a weight for plunking but what's your reasoning behind the statement "If you plunk a plug, you can't have weight."? Seems like it would be legal with the right hook configuration and as long as the weight was attached to a drop line 12+" above the l...

What is the consensus on using treble hooks on diving lures like wigglers? The way I read it, with no weight attached to the line treble hooks are okay when I am casting or trolling but if I were to add a weight and plunk do I now need to remove one of the hooks and change the other one to single po...

For next time I would also recommend the Cove Resort at Fish Lake near Leavenworth for Perch and Trout. They have a dock you can fish from for a couple dollars a day and they also have a variety of boats you can rent. Lake Wenatchee State park is right next door and offers a beach with swimming and ...

Thanks Mizm, The X-11 looks nice and is one of the rods that popped up on my radar while searching. For about the same price I was also looking at the Shimano Clarus. The lifetime over the counter replacement warranty has a lot of appeal to me. I think a big source of the trouble I am having making ...

Thanks for the tips Cascadian I was eyeballing the Shimano TDR 8' 8-17 rod as my light weight trolling rod but for the same price including a reel the Cabela's combo is worth checking out. I'm getting anxious for the Coho to start showing up in bigger numbers near me on the Snoqualmie but still don'...

I am looking for suggestions on a good all around setups, if there is such a thing, for my wife and I. I grew up trolling for salmon from a boat but never fished much other than that. I got my wife started by borrowing some gear from a friend and I took her fishing for rainbow trout from docks. She ...