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Posted: 3/24/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out around 11am to the Boat House Marina near Anthony's by Point Defiance Ferry Dock. The boat house was out of live herring, so just used the frozen ones. Fished with bobber with herring at fi...
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By: Nelly1
Posted: 2/21/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day for a boat ride, so went to pt. defiance with the wife. Couple guys @ the launch had a 10lb blackmouth caught on the incoming @ dalco. That was encouraging. I Trolled a green glow flasher/wh...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/11/2009
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went out to a spot somewhere over the bridge , to get in to some salty steelies..... well the four to six pound brats sure are here but no big dogs yet. caught some resident coho as well as a black m...
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By: Arimaguy
Posted: 11/25/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
There was a lot of boats out for a Tuesday morning. Don't people have jobs? Oh Well. We didn't have any luck today. Just shakers. Every time you put the line in the water seems like you get a 5in blac...
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By: Arimaguy
Posted: 11/19/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a day looking for some winter black mouth in front of pt. Defiance. we had more shakers than we could count though. only got one keeper, a 7.5lbs 25in hatchery black mouth. we are trolling at 3-...
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By: fishndude
Posted: 9/15/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went on a friend's boat around Gig Harbor. I caught a hatchery king and silver. Both were about 15 lbs. This was my first time salmon fishing. I was using a 1 ounce Kastmasters with single barbless ho...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/10/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My brother inlaw and I met up with his mom's good friend. We were out for about an hour or so and I hooked into this nice KING. This was my first salmon and what a fight it was. Ryan
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/15/2008
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the water about 0530. Launched out of the Tacoma Boat House. We had to come in early (0700) because my fishing buddy got sick. That was OK with me because it was strictly "Combat Fishing" o...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/8/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took my youngest son to the train station to catch his bus. So I thought that I would try Redondo or Dash Point to see what they were like now, haven’t been there in over 20 years. I got to Dash Poin...
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Posted: 8/6/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went out this evening for a couple hours got a few shakers, and some flounder. one guy got a 24" 5.1 lb hatchery blackmouth using an anchovy pt. wilsons dart dark blue and silver I'm guessing ancho...
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Posted: 8/3/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I took my brother and his friend out to Des Moines this morning at 6am and fished for salmon till 12 and no hookups only small shakers. were fishing in 60ft-200ft with our down riggers hugging the bot...
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Posted: 8/3/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got out to the pier about 9:30a.m. on an out going tide, it was windy and bit nippy but soon heated up and was beautiful and warm, anyways one guy already got one on the pier 15lb king using a silver ...
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Posted: 7/31/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out at about 7:00 p.m. The tide was very high and numerous fish were jumping. Had two bites but didn't get a chance to land one. I'll probably try again tomorrow.
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Posted: 7/30/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't catch any salmon but saw a very nice one caught off of a pink buzz bomb. It had to be around 10 pounds.
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Posted: 7/28/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from the shore using a buzz-bomb. I didn't get any fish but there were about three boats trolling. They should be coming in any time now.
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/20/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I spent 3 hours (1:30-4:30) at the dock casting. The only thing I saw in the water were small ones chasing my bait. 2 kings were carried up from the boats. The people fishing there on the dock were di...
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By: matador
Posted: 7/12/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Redondo boat launch at 2:00 pm spent an hour at the launch watching a circus. Finally got on the water about 3:00.. Trolled on Redondo side for an hour and did not get a bite. Headed over...
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Posted: 7/7/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
went out to redondo pier about 3:30 today. beautiful day sunny and warm, the family went to the beach, and i decided to toss the dart around for awhile, i was the only one on the pier but shortly afte...
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By: Chrisw023
Posted: 7/6/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished dashpoint from around 1 to 5pm there were quite a few people out, about half fishing for salmon the other half bottom fishing. Didn't see any salmon caught well there, was told there had only ...
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Posted: 6/29/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got out on the water trollling glo gear around 4:45am just before sunrise. switched up to UV flasher and lure setup including UV spoons and Ace His. all the fish I saw caught were relatively small but...
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Posted: 6/29/2008
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the water about 6:00 and fished till around 11. I think it's pretty early and nobody has been catching any salmon really, although we did hit a couple nice flounder.
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/13/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I had to be in Tacoma twice today so I thought I would give salmon fishing a try. I fished at the dock at Point Defiance from about 10:30 to 12:30 using a filleted herring and a one ounce banana weig...
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By: Moe
Posted: 4/13/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got down about 10:00 am and no one was on the pier. Just went to practice casting for when fish starts biting and weather warms up. I was there with my step-son who was visiting from SoCal and wanted...
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Posted: 3/22/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water, however no luck. Last few weekends landed two 5lb blackmouths in this area. Guess I'll chalk this day up to putting in my time.
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By: CanMan
Posted: 2/22/2008
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Clay Banks about 9:30 am., couple hours before low tide. Trolling close to the bottom at about 2-3 mph. Using 11" green-glow flasher, Ace Hi Fly and herring smelly jelly. Water was flat, not ...
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