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By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/25/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Success! So things fell into place and I was able to get to the Atlantic boat launch before 5pm to meet a couple of friends to try my luck again on the Lake. As soon we had motored over to the west...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So after the skunk on the Columbia yesterday, I really wanted to just catch a fish of any kind! A friend of mine who works at one of my accounts really wanted to get out on the boat today so decided ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/23/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Was excited to hit the Columbia for the first time this year for that tasty Spring chinook! Drove down last night with my daughter who is visiting from her Disney cruise job for some time off and spe...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/19/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got home in time to at least go down to scout out the launch at Angle lake and see if the WDFW had planted yet and was surprised to see that the park was completely fenced off and closed until June 26...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/13/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a bit late but here we go! The day looked promising but was actually hoping for more cloud cover but it was just a beautiful day to float a river and cold! Launched the drift boat at ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/2/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
So we were planning on floating the Nooch today but at the last minute, my friends truck wouldn't start so we called an audible and went to plan B which was to hit the Skook. Got to the river at dayb...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/18/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/18/2013
Hot Spots: 3
I took advantage of the Presidents day holiday to work from my boat for part of the day so had 2 friends who wanted the challenge of Lake WA so we launched at Coulon park at 7:30am. After a couple mi...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/4/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/4/2013
Hot Spots: 3
I have been itching to get the 'Tin Cup' out on the water so when I drove my Lake WA today @2:30 was excited to see the water flat as glass around Coulon and the sun so raced home and quickly loaded u...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I met my buddy from Longview with his boat at Potlatch state park boat ramp at 7:30 and there were only a few trailers in the parking lot so was encouraged but while we were getting ready about 4 boat...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/2/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 7:30 as it was just getting light and there were 4 cars already there so got excited to try and get some chum before work got too busy. My co-worker and I crossed the stream and wanted to ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/29/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/29/2012
Hot Spots: 1
So my annual fishing trip to the Queets was cancelled because our guide was sick so since I had the day off had lots of options of where to fish. I was going to try out the Tilton river as it has bee...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/25/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So I had wanted to hit the Chehalis this week but was talked into fishing the Lewis and glad we did! Started out at daybreak boondogging eggs near the hatchery and had pretty much not stop action wit...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/7/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So my buddy came up from Longview and we were going to make the run up to Edmonds in the morning to give the salt one more shot but read a report where the Duwamish was kicking out some silvers so dec...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 10/7/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/6/2012
Hot Spots: 3
I had 2 days to fish while the wife was over in EA WA so was planning on hitting the salt but my buddy couldn't make it up Saturday so decided to take a break from the rivers and salt and headed out t...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/26/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally made it down to the Duwamish today around 8am in my waders and suit and tie! Water was running out at a good clip and there were a couple fellow fisherman on the beach up from the footbridge ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/12/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So after getting totally skunked in the Edmonds Coho derby I needed to get the mojo back so hit Redondo today with a newbie who has never caught a salmon in his life and has lived here 16 years and ne...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/7/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So in getting ready for the Edmonds coho derby I decided to rent a slip that was available at the marina and couldn't resist taking a picture of my 'little boat' nestled among the larger vessels docke...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 9/3/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
with so many options of where to fish now I decided that I would give the salt another shot before I start getting into the river fishing so met my buddy at 5:15am at Redondo and just beat the crowd a...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Lauched at 5:30 hoping to get 1 more nookie before I head off to CA for the rest of the week but the fish were not cooperating today for anyone except my buddy Brandon who happened to land a beautiful...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 3
So after winning the mystery fish last weekend decided to enter this Saturday's south sound derby. Now my wife witnessed my winning check so she wanted to go with me today for her 1st salmon trip; I...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/18/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Pt. Defiance at 5:15 to find about 50 boats already on the water. Started my troll west of the ferry towards the clay banks. Tons of bait fish so started with Brad's cutplug and then swi...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 2
So we had our annual church fishing derby again today but after dealing with the mayhem of the Redondo boat launch last year, we decided to launch at Pt. Defiance and fish the south part of area 11. ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
So after sitting on the Columbia river in the rain all day Saturday with 2 take downs ( yes it was slow) I had booked a room in Morton so I could get an early start on Riffe Sunday morning. But on my...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
So after a so-so day yesterday on American, launched at 6am and fished until 10:30 with a total of 3 trout and no kokanee's, I decided since I had a few hours to kill this morning to hit my home lake...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
so my customer owns a restaurant in Monroe and we decided to try Lake Stevens this morning after all the reports~ we found the Wyatt park boat launch and started our troll towards the aireater. Afte...