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By: salmonbarry
Posted: 12/10/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So after my buddy Matthew called and said he was going to try and make it today with his son, I got to the launch around 9 am and was taking my time getting the boat ready when I met "here fishy-fish...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 12/9/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Was planning on taking my customer and his 4 year old out today but he had a change of plans at the last minute so wanted to go on Sunday instead; so I figured I would get out anyway to make sure eve...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/25/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2017
Hot Spots: 2
So finally saw an opportunity to get the boat wet again so my good buddy and customer has been anxious to get his 4 year old out fishing again after our last successful day on Lake WA so decided to tr...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/25/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2017
Hot Spots: 1
So with my wife out of town for the weekend I had another opportunity for me to hit the water again today but needed to stay closer to home as we had some construction people coming by to fill in the ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So after a great trip to Baker lake Saturday ( I say great as the scenery, company and running into WAfisehman and DJbutler was fantastic- the fishing was a struggle for us only managing 3 kokanee} I ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/26/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So Friday I had hoped and planned on fishing with a couple of lake guru's Djbutler and Wafishman20 for some Lake Sammamish cutthroat chasing but alas the four letter word (work) dashed my hopes as all...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/26/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2- Woke up at 2:30 am to the smell of coffee as Craig had been up at 2 am getting everything ready so filled my thermos with coffee and down the hill we went again to pick up Kyle at 3:15! We go...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/17/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So since I missed out on last weekends cutthroat derby, a few of us from our church decided to do our own competition on 2 boats with 3 on each boat today on the big lake! On my boat was Ron Brown a...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/7/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So I have been absent from the web site for a while as I was out of town most of May ( 12 days of fishing and a business trip) and came back to computer issues; so finally got things ironed out now so...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/7/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So with the upcoming Lake WA cutthroat derby approaching that I will not be participating in this year, I wanted to at least get out and see if the lake has finally come to life in time for the derby....
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/15/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 1
So actually this day started at American lake but never got the chance to fish it as the story will tell but did end up here with some success of sorts!
So Fish dawg contacted me yesterday for some...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/4/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've been anxious to try out my new little boat I had bought ( like I needed another one right!) so saw a window of opportunity this afternoon when work cleared up sort of early and was home by 4 pm....
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/31/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/31/2017
Hot Spots: 3
So with this being last day to make use of the 2016-2017 license, decided to give the big lake a whirl and make sure things are tuned up on the Tin cup for the Chelan derby next month! Took it last S...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 12/27/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So I really can't sum it up better then wafisherman20 did on his last report but do agree that it was one of those days when the stars align just right and felt honored to be invited to be a part of i...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 2
So we headed over the mountains last weekend for my wife's family annual birthday bash in Ephrata as she shares the same birthday with her brother but with a spread of 15 years so had a great bbq with...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/20/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2016
Hot Spots: 3
So some days you just make the rights decisions and other days you don't- today was on the plus side of this equation! My airport driver Mark called me Thursday after I told him I was fishing in the ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well its been killing me as it's been awhile since I have been able to fish due to the height of my busy season with work, especially with the opportunities abound right now. A customer had been bugg...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2016
Hot Spots: 3
So last night I was trying to figure out where to fish: Lake Stevens, Lake WA, American Lake, Area 11- Speaking of area 11, before I go on I must mention that for those of you who use the Redondo boat...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I had planned on going back over to eastern WA this weekend to get another shot at some trophy kokanees and had actually made reservations at a motel in Electric City; but work got crazy busy this wee...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Friday May 13-After getting back to the resort and filleting my walleye, I got the 5 cabins ready for the arrival of our men's ministry spring fishing retreat but didn't have good news for these guys ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So after reading Hewesbob report on Moses lake, chose to give it a go today since the troops weren't arriving until around 3 pm so got to Connelly park around 7 am to chase some more big eyes! Starte...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/20/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wasn't sure where I was going to fish today but let the weather determine it as after Craig left yesterday at 2pm, I got back to Sun Lakes and tidied things up a bit. I had heard that a pretty signif...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Craig had to be done today by noon to head back to Longview so picked our last try and some of these world class kokanee! Got to the launch at 5am and were the 1st ones in the water but not too long ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So after a quick shower and some food we repacked the boat up and set out for Banks to try for some big eyes! Craig had never caught a walleye or tasted one so I was anxious for him to get a chance t...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/19/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2- so now it was the time to take everything we learned from Capt. Dave and put it to the test! We set our alarms for 4 am and after some strong coffee set on the road again to Lake Roosevelt for...