Northwest Fishing Reports

O.K. so we have the species that we have all caught now lets put the size to them:

Largemouth bass - 3lbs
Smallmouth bass - 2lbs
Black crappie - 2.25lbs
Yellow perch - 1.25lbs
Brown bullhead - 12"
Common carp - 15lbs
Rainbow trout - 5.5lbs
Brown trout - 12"
Chinook salmon - 18lbs
Northern pikeminnow 12"
Kokanee - 11"
Pumpkinseed sunfish - 8"
Bluegill sunfish - 1.75lb
Sculpin - 5"
Saltwater sculpin - 12"
Pile perch - 4"
Flounder - 15"
Walleye - 6.5lb
Ling cod - 7"
Black rock bass - 5lb
Dog fish - 10lb
Steel head - 9"
Rock bass - 7"
Sockeye salmon - 6lb
Coho salmon - 3lb
Mackeral - 3lb
Tripliod - 2lb

No huge trophies but very fun fishing none the less. And remeber the lower set the record is the easier it is to break LOL

brown trout - 5lbs
brook trout - 18"
cutthroat trout - 12"
rainbow trout - 4lbs
largemouth bass - 6lbs
smallmouth bass - 2lbs
spotted bass -3lbs
peacock bass - 6lbs
striped bass - 15lbs
rock bass - 1lb
bluegill - 1lb
pumpkinseed - 10"
pickerel - 5lbs
pike - 7lbs
yellow perch - 1lb
sucker - 3lb
carp - 10lbs
sturgeon - 43" (two inches to short to eat )
silver salmon - 3lbs
bullhead catfish - 3lbs
channel catfish - 8lbs
crappie - 1 lbs
sheepshead - 4lbs
grouper -15lbs
snapper - 5lbs
smallmouth buffalo - 2lbs
redear - 10"
warmouth -10"
50lb snapping turtle on a t-rigged worm (that was fun!)

Triploid-6.5lbs
Large Mouth Bass-1.8lbs
Small Mouth Bass-3.0lbs
Cutthroat Trout-10"
Yellow Perch-1lbs
Brown Bullhead-5" (he put up a fight lol)
Bluegill-1.7lb (he really did put up a fight)
Kokanee-1.9lbs
Dogfish-27"
Some Sort of Saltwater Catfish in Florida- 7lbs
Ladyfish-3lbs
Sheepshead-5lbs
Red Snapper-14"
Red Drum-12"
Florida Gar-4lbs
Spotted Seatrout-16"
Almost had a Tarpon that was estimated at about 25lbs. Not huge but it was fun.

some of these will be in inch measurements...some are estimates

cutthroat trout: 20 inches
brown trout: 20 inches
brook trout: 16 inches
lake trout: 8 lbs
rainbow trout: 26 inches or so (7-8 lbs perhaps?)
sea run cutthroat: 4.5-5 lbs
largemouth bass: 5lbs even
smallmouth bass: 4.5 lbs
rock bass: 2 lbs
bluegill: not really sure (8 inches?)
pumpkinseed: same as above
yellow perch: 13.5 inches
suckers: 4-5 lbs
carp: 4-5 lbs
kokanee: 15 inches
king salmon: 42 lbs
pink salmon: 8 lbs
sockeye salmon: 8 lbs
silver salmon: 17 lbs
chum salmon: 15 lbs
brown bullhead (catfish) 18 inches
bullhead (saltwater sculpin) 22 inches
freshwater sculpin: 6 inches
squawfish: 15-16 inches (why measure those garbage fish)
ratfish: 2 feet
dogfish: some 4+ footers
rock cod: i'd say some that are over 28 inches
sea bass: standard sea bass size
lingcod: 12 lbs
cabezon: 15 lbs
flounder: regular flounder (again, i don't measure them or weigh em)
halibut: under 10 lbs
squid: 13 inches
dungeness crab: some 8 inchers in alaska
rock crab: 6-7 inches (most i throw back)
all sorts of clams: no measurement or weight
shrimp: regular spot shrimp size, nothing huge out here in the Puget Sound
crawdads: some pretty big ones that might have run 10-11 inches
pile perch: a 3 lber
barracuda: arms length, and i got a 6'5" wingspan
redear sunfish: 7 inches
skates: we got it up to the boat before it snapped my line....Maybe 5 feet long
crappie: dink 8 inchers
snapper: 20 lbs?

Triploid - 6# 6oz Upper Conconully green glitter power bait
Bow - 8-10# South Twin Ferry County Worm behind ford fender
My line went slack so I reeled in. The fish and I looked at each other and he jumped 2' out of the water. Then he swam off as my hook went flying through the air to the other side of the boat almost hitting me in the face. My girlfriend at the time had her back to the fish but when it jumped it made a splash so big that it sartled her. She thought something big fell overboard. That's why fishin' is so much fun.
Bow - 22" Pine Lake Worm behind ford fender
Mack - 15# Lake Cle Elum K-16 chrome and chartreuse
Cutt - 3# Lake Washington worm behind ford fender
Brown - 26" Coocalala Lake f-4 flat fish fire tiger
Bull Trout - 5# Lake Pend Oreille jenny fly behind chrome 0 dodger fire tiger colors
Dolly Varden - 3# Kokiak AK spoon chrome and green
Brook - 3# Lake Pend Oreille rapala cop color

Chinook - +or-40# 48" Skykomish R Mepps spinner size 5 on 3# test line over 2 1/2 hours to reel in. Spooled 3 times. I couldn't land this big buck (or hen) until he was exhausted and motionless.
Coho - 15# Kokiak AK cluster of eggs
Sockeye - 7# Lake Washington 2 red hooks behind size 2 dodger
Pink - 7# Carbon R red hook and yarn
Chum - 10# Kokiak AK cluster of eggs
Kokanee - 3# Rufus Woods large wedding ring double whammy behind ford fender

Sturgeon - 34" Columbia R bait fish
Halibut - 40# Strait of Juan de Fuca copper pipe lead jig

Northern Pikeminnow - 5# Sammamish Slough black mepps spinner 0
Bluegill - 3# South Twin, Idaho worm or rapala never have seen one this big since
Bass - 5# Lake Washington wedding ring

A partial list

Cutthroat, coastal - 26 inches
Cutthroat, Westslope 22 inches
Cuttrhoat, lathonan - 24 inches
Rainbow - 22#
Steelhead - 28#
Brown trout - 10#
brook trout - 18 inches
Dolly Varden/bull trout -37 inches
Golden trout -17 inches
kokanee - 16.5 inches
Atlantic Salmon - 10#
Chinook - 55#
Coho - 20#
Chum - 26#
pink -12#
Sockeye 9#
Mountain whitefish - 21 inches
Largemouth bass - 10.5 #
Smallmouth bass - 6.5#
black crappie - 16 inches
White crappie - 13 inches
bluegill - 13 inches
Pumpkinseed - 10 inches
yellow perch - 16.5 inches
brown bullhead - 18 inches
ling cod - 35 #
copper rockfish -8#
starry flounder - 6#
dogfish -5 feet
White Sturgeon - 8 feet

Tight lines
Curt

Rainbow Trout; 20"
Brown Trout 18"
Cutthroat: 12"
Largemouth Bass 6 pounds
Smallmouth Bass: 12"
Tench: 24"
Perch: 8"
Bluegill: 6-7"
Crappie: 6"
King Salmon: 25 pounds
Sculpin: 4"
Rockfish: 4 pounds
Kokanee: 4"
White Fish: 14"
Sucker: 16"
Calcified Log: 30 pounds
Lassoed Silver: 4lb

I can't remember all of the weights or sizes, but here is what I can recall.

Largemouth bass (4 pounds)
Smallmouth bass (3 pounds)
yellow perch (12 inches -- guestamite)
crappie (1 pound -- guestamite)
channel catfish (21 inches)
yellow bullhead (do not recall)
carp (4-5 pounds)
rainbow trout (18 inches, 2+ pounds)
triploid rainbow trout (see above)
brown trout (21 inches)
sucker (2-3 pounds -- guestimate)
eastern brook trout (11 inches)
Chinook Salmon (4 pounds, it was a jack)
Redear sunfish (do not recall)
squwafish (northern pikeminnow) (do not recall)
kokanee (do not recall)

some of these are educated guesses....

largemouth- 6lbs even
smallmouth-4lbs 4oz
perch-little over a pound
black crappie-1.37lbs
white crappie-11"
pumpkinseed-8"
bluegill-14oz
rainbow trout-over 4lbs
brown trout-12"
cutthroat-14"
kokanee-14"
squawfish-15" or so
carp-4lbs
chinook-30lbs
tench-couple pounds
yellow bullhead-about a pound
brown bullhead-same
chanel catfish-5lbs
sculpin-6"
pile perch-1 1/4lbs
surf perch-same
flounder-12"
squid (not really a fish but...)-i guess around 12"
golden eye-12"
stickleback-4"
walleye-12lbs
saugeye-14"
drum-3lbs
sturgen-20"
rockfish-2lbs
lingcod-i don't quite remember, but it was 1inch from being legal!
rock bass-10"
dogfish-i don't know, normal size

good thread gpc...

Largemouth bass - 5lbs
Smallmouth bass - 5lbs
Yellow perch - 14"
Brown bullhead ~ 12"
Common carp - 10lbs
Rainbow trout - 3lbs
Brown trout - 5 lbs
Chinook salmon - 30lbs
Northern pikeminnow 5lbs
Kokanee - 18"
Pumpkinseed sunfish - 8"
Bluegill sunfish - 9"
Sculpin - 5"
Saltwater sculpin - 8"
Flounder - 15"
Walleye - 7.9lb
Ling cod - 15lb
Black rockfish- 7lb
Dog fish - 7lb
Steel head - 8lb
Rock bass - 10"
Sockeye salmon --
Coho salmon - 15lb
Mackeral ----
Tripliod - 10"
SRC (sea run cutt) -- 18"
Northern Pike 10 lb.
lake whitefish - 4lb.
Lake Trout 10lb
Muskie (the real kind)-- 10 lbs.
Sheepshead - 6 lbs.
Channel Catfish - 15 lbs.
Green sturgeon... 10"
green ling -- 18"
brownling--- 18"
sucker--- 3 lbs.
redtail perch--12"
Brook Trout -- 12"
Tilapia-- 6lbs.
atlantic salmon--14"
chain pickerel -- 3lbs
crappie-- (white I think) 2 lbs
sauger--14"
pink salmon -- 5lbs
ratfish-- 18"
various kinds of rockfishes.. 3lbs.

Largemouth Bass - 7lbs 11oz
Smallmouth Bass - 5lbs 10oz
Spotted Bass - 2lbs
Yellow (Bar)Bass - 10in
Striped Bass - 16in
Hybrid Bass - 12in
White Bass -12in
Northern Pike - 10lbs
Pickeral - 3lbs
Yellow Perch - 13"
Bluegill/Sunfish - 1lb
Black Crappie - 2lbs
White Crappie - 2lbs 8oz
Carp ~at least 10lbs
Sheepshead ~at least 10lbs
Rainbow Trout - 4lbs
Brown Trout - 4lbs
Brook Trout - 14in
Flounder - 18in
Walleye - 7.5 lbs
Sauger - 16in
Copper Rockfish - 2lbs
Rockbass - 13in
Common Grouper - 20in
Mangro Snapper - 12in
Red Fish - 16in
Blue Fish - 10lbs
Blue Sea Bass - 5lb
Dog Fish - 24in
Triploid - 18in
Chum - 10lbs
Channel Catfish - 6lbs (such a long time ago)
Freshwater Dog Fish ~at least 10lbs
Tilapea - 10in