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By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/20/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Had a heckuva day on Tuesday fishing for Coho in MA-9 with Ben and Steve. Fished westside of Possession Bar outgoing tide. Beautiful day, nice water.
Big Chinook on right off the bat. Got the big f...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/11/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The annual Sprague Lake trip wasn't as productive as previous years but we did put some nice chubby 'bows in the box.
Weather was unusually calm. Lake was like glass for 2 days. Maybe that had some...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/3/2021
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2021
Hot Spots: 1
Judging by Mondays results Lake Samm may be coming back to life! Water has warmed up considerably. TWT about 60 degrees as compared to high 40's a couple weeks ago. My buddy came all the way over fro...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 4/6/2021
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Sammamish has been tough lately. A fish here and a fish there. Mostly skinny cutties in the 15"+/- range. Water temp has been cold and fish have generally been sluggish and reluctant to bite. Thats my...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/17/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Had a fun day fishing MA10 with Katie and Sean on Saturday. Beautiful day, nice water and surprisingly few boats for a Saturday. Cant say the catching was red hot but we did finally end the Chinook dr...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 8/10/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Just a wee bit late on this report. Fished last Monday but I doubt much has changed.
MA10 has been amazing Coho fishing this summer. June and first part of July was rockstar! Easy limits and quick...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 6/11/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great couple days this week chasing Coho in MA-10. Beautiful weather, smooth water and very willing fish. Both days (Mon/Weds) we were done in a hurry.
Big -3 outgoing tide so the only viable...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/28/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Crazy crazy day on Lk Sammamish on Wednesday. Got on the water about 9, beautiful day, one quick fish in the net and then absolutely nothing for about 4 hours.
We threw the box at them, covered a ...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/20/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Stevens wasn't exactly smokin hot on Tuesday. We managed to put a few in the boat. Lot of boats on the lake and marked a ton of fish but didnt see many fish caught.
I think the low pressure c...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/14/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2020
Hot Spots: 3
Cutthroat fishing right now on Sammamish is about as good as it gets anywhere!
It took us a while to find the magic but once we did it was non stop action. Lots of good solid hookups and finally go...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/6/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Great day of fishing on Sammamish on Tuesday. Sure was nice to finally get out of Covid jail. Beautiful day and a lot of folks out there.
Good news is there seem to be a lot of fish in the lake, ba...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 1/30/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/29/2020
Hot Spots: 2
By mid winter standards we had a rockstar day on the big lake Wednesday. Put six nice fish in the net, four cutties and two kokanee. Took a couple home and c&r the rest.
Launched at Kenmore and hea...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/24/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Had a great day of fishing on Sammamish with buddy Pat on Tuesday. It certainly wasnt an easy day but we gotter' done.
Launched about 9am and noticed the barometer had dropped significantly to abou...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/19/2019
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Second trip to Lake Cle Elum this year on Weds. Conditions were tough to say the least. Storm front blowing in, strong wind, rain, choppy water and barometer dropping like a rock. Got hit with some bo...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 6/13/2019
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2019
Hot Spots: 3
First week or so of fishing for COHO in MA-10 has been fantastic! Caught some, lost some, released some. Fish are not big, generally from 2-4lbs but they put up a pretty good scrap on light tackle. Bi...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/22/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Had a fantastic day Sunday fishing the big lake with Robbie. Caught some, lost some and took a few home.
We fished the south end, Coulon, Cedar River and south side of Mercer. Marked general areas ...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/10/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Judging from our results on Thursday, Sammamish has really come to life. We caught a nice mix of fish, cutties, coho and kokanee with the majority being cutties in the 15-18 inch range. Didnt get out ...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/5/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Fantastic couple of days on Sprague Lake with Ben Eggertson!! Had never been there so our expectations were not high. Dang were we wrong! Weather was great and the fishing was amazing. It was FISH ON!...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Opportunity knocked on Friday so I headed down to the big lake to see if I could find some cutties. Havent been there in a while. Launched at Kenmore and headed to the south end. Its a bit of a hike b...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 3/11/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Yes an empty fish box is an ugly thing. The streak is dead, long live the streak, Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall. Have to admit we have been on a hot streak for a verrry looong time but Sunday the wh...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 3/6/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/5/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Got all the snow damaged fixed and headed back out on the saltwater. MA-9 was good.
Fished solo on Monday. Banged around in MA 8-2 for a while. Didnt find anything so jumped over to Possession Bar....
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 2/27/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Not sure whether to give this trip a 1 or 5 rating but figure any day fishing must be at least a 5 and I did catch some fish! Sammamish reports lately havent been real encouraging. Lake is very cold a...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 1/26/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Good time fishing MA-9 this week. Focused on Possession Bar. Caught some, lost some and released a couple real nice natives (and a few almost keepers). Lot of fish on Possession but you really have to...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 1/15/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/15/2019
Hot Spots: 3
Had three great days fishing for Blackmouth in MA10. The Shilshole/Meadow Point area is just loaded with nice fish in the 6-7lb range. Not to mention a ton of almost keepers and little guys. We relea...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 1/1/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2018
Hot Spots: 1
We ended 2018 with a big BOOYAH!!!! Ended up with four real nice fish. Largest was right on 9lbs.
Had a great time, Ryan caught her first and second Blackmouth which is always exciting. Weather wa...