Northwest Fishing Reports

Hi Tom, I'm actually not guiding anymore. I might start up again at some point, but I wasn't able to balance work, guiding, and my own personal life. I reached the point where I was turning down requests on too consistent of a basis, which is no way to run a business, even if it was just a part time...

This time of year, the smallies will be anywhere from 35-50 feet. Fish isolated rockpiles around the southeast side of Mercer Island as well as around the deeper sides and out away from the bridge pilings. There are also a few nice areas out around the VMAC that can be good for a late winter type bi...

Don't be shy about going after largemouth this early in the year, especially if you get 3 or 4 days of consistent (stable) weather leading up to your outing. I've caught them on Sammamish in less than 5 feet of water on a swim jig before valentines day. Not saying you'll load the boat, but there are...

Another great job on the video! Way to crush 'em guys!

Congratulations Mike! Well deserved and that video put "potholes Airboat trip" on my bucket list!

Side Imaging or side scanning is something that you want to use to locate structure more so than fish, Down scanning on the other hand gives you a great view of whats happening directly under the boat, including baitfish, predator fish, and more importantly, a clear distinction about what type of st...

basically yes, the "true bottom" will be at the top of your screen. In my example, If the line at the 25' depth is faint you won't see anything at the deeper interval levels. If the line is hard/strong at the 25' then based on whether you see another line at the 50', 75' or 100' marks, dictates how ...

Agree with kzoo, or also braided line with a 1 oz. Carolina rig. When you can "count rocks" as you bounce over them, you have your sensitivity dialed in! Here is a depth finder trick I use all the time .....make sure you are in manual not automatic depth range mode. set your max depth to 3 or 4x the...

Travy, you have a ton of options and I definitely won't try to cover them all here, but I'll give you a few basics to start out with to hopefully shorten your learning curve. The rule of thumb on electronics is that you want to buy the best that you can afford, or to put it a different way, it's not...

Great job guys, lots of great info, quality catches, and nice job promoting Phoenix and Limit Out Tyler!

Nice job Mike and Bob! That little red cabin right next to the launch that you show at the beginning of the video is my wifes family's lake cabin. Nice quality fish, great video! thanks for sharing!
Dave

rjn, would you mind sending me the contact info? I promise not to try to squeeze in ahead of you! I'm interested to know what his work entails.

Thanks!
Dave

I may be a bassboat kinda guy, but I know a sweet rig when I see one! Congratulations, that's a real beauty Blurock! Have fun!
Dave

Don't get me wrong man, I throw 65lb powerpro braid too and totally agree that you can cast a mile, I was only implying that I thought it was harder to use to learn with than say a large diameter mono or copolymer. Most of the people I take out who want some pointers on throwing bait casters seem to...

have to agree on the Braid (expensive) comment. I throw braid alot, but I've found it more difficult to get used to than monofilament, or even better, a nice low memory co-polymer like McCoy! Also when you get a birdsnest with low diameter Braid and it decides to knot up on you, it's game over! The ...

Where I grew up on Lake Erie, they have a trash fish called a sheepshead. They look like a Drum, and they are STRONG! When you hook one up on bass or walleye gear, you just sit back and watch your drag peeling for about 15 seconds. Wouldn't ever want to eat one, and people back there won't admit it,...

Hey Quad, just to add a little to what the others have stated. Basically, they will bed just about anywhere that they can find a hard bottom and that the sun can penetrate deep enough to reach the eggs once the female drops them. In general, Mud / Soft Dark bottoms are great attractors for early sea...

Hi Jim, The perch fishing on both Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish can be ridiculous! If you launch out of coulon just head straight to the southeast tip of mercer island, get out in 20-30 ft of water, and start looking for schools on your depthfinder. At times you'll see your screen look like it ...

I have the same setup, I use the broadband sounder on the console unit, and I have an identical 28 HD unit on the bow, networked to share waypoints. I see a pretty big difference in target separation, especially when the fish are belly to the bottom, my bow mount unit just can't create the same sepa...

No problem on the zip ties, that's what I have on mine, and haven't had any issues!