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By: jens
Posted: 11/8/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Barrier Dam a little after 1p. Matt and I met up with Jerry who had been fishing all morning. He had a nice Chromer already banked, gorgeous fish. Using my hot color and set up I foun...
By: jens
Posted: 11/1/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I arrived at Barrier Dam a little before 5:30am. Met up with Bigsmooth and his bud Jeff. Goin_postal, Kinghunter, and Jerry were also fishing along side of us as well. I think numerous...
By: jens
Posted: 10/29/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from 1-4 today. Not many people out fishing. The river was a lot higher compared to over the weekend. I found a nice spot amongst the line and had some nice battles with Kings. I switched...
By: jens
Posted: 10/26/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Picked up D-wizzle by 4:15am with Kinghunter and Goin_postal not too far behind us. We wanted to get to the hotspot early for those reports of the b-run of Silvers. I had another buddy meet us ther...
By: jens
Posted: 10/20/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I took the day off today and my son begged to go. I'll let him play real hooky today. We met up with Goin_postal and hit the water right before 7am. The river wasn't too crowded compared to the w...
By: jens
Posted: 10/18/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I received some inside information late last night which led me here. I can at least say I was upriver from the bridge if that helps any. I thought for sure the river would be totally blown out due ...
By: jens
Posted: 10/17/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Goin_postal. We fished Barrier Dam slightly below the spillway. I was using chartreuse corky and tuft of peach yarn 1/2 oz weight and 5 feet of leader. I was running 15lb main and 12lb ...
By: jens
Posted: 10/14/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Barrier Dam on the Cowlitz. I threw everything today. I found a spot along the shore with a little bit of wading up to my knees. There were 5 guys in the hole I was fishing and a...
By: jens
Posted: 10/13/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with Kinghunter. There was a familiar sound that could be heard from where I was parked, "Are they netting?" I whispered to myself. The spot where we fish was even unoccupied. "I'll stil...
By: jens
Posted: 10/11/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished here 3 weeks ago with my son and didn't catch any fish that day, but I left with the knowledge of what to use next time I fished here. I was shocked at the amount of people not fishing today...
By: jens
Posted: 10/4/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The feeling of being skunked on the Skokomish earlier in the day led me here. I wasn't able to fish my favorite hole due to it being occupied. A few here and there is what I was being told, but all ...
By: jens
Posted: 10/4/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the Log Jam hole from 7am to 12p. I was using small chartreuse corky, tuft of peach yarn and 4ft leader. Right away an angler above me hooked into a gorgeous silver, I thought to myself, "y...
By: jens
Posted: 9/28/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I found a nice secluded spot at the Handicap hole, a few anglers here and there, but not as crowded as prior trips. I was using small chartreuse corky, tuft of yellow yarn and 3/8 oz bass casting wei...
By: jens
Posted: 9/21/2009
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
pics from my last report...
By: jens
Posted: 9/21/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished early am 9/19 with my son and Kinghunter. We woke up to drizzling rain and some showers. We arrived to our spot by 6a. We fished until 11a. I did hook up with a smaller fish, but it came f...
By: jens
Posted: 9/16/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I met Kinghunter after work. He was able to secure a spot for both of us to fish comfortably. The bank was a little more crowded compared to last sunday, so it made it difficult to get a good drift ...
By: jens
Posted: 9/8/2009
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished solo and found an opening upriver under the bridge. I was using a small black corky with black and red yarn with 6 feet of leader and 3/8 oz bass casting sinker. Fish were rolling up and do...
By: jens
Posted: 9/3/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I snuck out for a couple hours after work and took fellow member MattyG with me. He has his inhibitions and frustrations fishing in rivers so it took me all week to coax him to come try it. We arriv...
By: jens
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with my son 8/27, fished with Kinghunter, Tommytitan08 and Atrocious on 8/29 and fished with Tommytitan08 8/30. A rating a 5 isn't high enough. I have learned so much these trips that I am v...
By: jens
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with Kinghunter this morning with TommyTitan showing up a little bit later. This is my 5th time trying to get a Salmon/Steelhead for 2009. Honestly, I have been pretty frustrated. Tommy s...
By: jens
Posted: 8/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished with fellow member MattyG last evening. We arrived at the lake a little before 6p. The parking lot had only 1 trailer and the shore was occupied with swimmers and only 1 older fella fishing...
By: jens
Posted: 8/14/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have never fished here, but this was one of my goals for 2009. I was amazed at seeing how many cars that were lined up the river at 5am. I seen hundreds of anglers with headlights on, reminded me ...
By: jens
Posted: 8/10/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We had a birthday party in Vancouver over the weekend, so I was able to sneak out and fish for a bit. I arrived at the lake a little before 5am. No one else fishing. I was told by several locals f...
By: jens
Posted: 7/23/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fellow WALakes angler and good friend Mattyg was in the neighborhood so I took him to my favorite watering hole. We both were using 7 inch Gambler Floating Worms greenpumpkin color. I have never tri...
By: jens
Posted: 7/21/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived just in time at Kosmos. A tournament was under way and we arrived right after the last boat launched. We headed towards the Fishing Bridge at Taidnampam. I anchored about 50 yards in fro...