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By: DjButler
Posted: 10/9/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Yes,
Here is another Lake Washington report. I am sure some of you are probably tired of seeing my reports as I have been fishing every morning this week. I promise after tomorrow there wont be as...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/8/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I think the netting has slowed the bite down. 4 hours I lost 2 salmon, landed one and landed another cutt. Bites were far and few between each other. Compared to the past few days, it has slowed ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/7/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was really hoping that today was going to end up like yesterday but I had to work hard for my fish. There was a very thick fog that stuck around all morning long that probably had a factor in why th...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/6/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
WOW, what a morning on the water. I went 4/4 on the Silvers and a bonus 19 inch cutthroat. I was fishing by 8am and done my 10 am. Spent a bit of time messing around with my downrigger. As soon as I c...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/5/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give Lake Wa a try for some coho. G-Man's reports made it an easy decision this morning. Didnt really start getting bites until 10:30 40 feet on the wire. Used my home made spinner hoochie....
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/1/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Oh thought I would give the Duwamish a try this morning. Threw all my spinners at them to no avail. Tied on a black and red Maribou Jig and hooked an old king. First time I have hooked a king on a jig...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/27/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This weekend was a huge treat for me. My clients from work have a cabin right on the water and let my girlfriend and I stay out there for the weekend. The trip was cut short due to some medical issues...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/20/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Eddy in my toon, lots of fish rolling, mostly old kings with a few bright silvers in the mix but they are not willing to bite. Not worth the effort as this was my third attempt and still ha...
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/30/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
As promised here is the report for our last day fishing Sitka Alaska.
The morning started out a bit slow so we boated on up to Cape and fished where no one else was. There were a fleet of commercia...
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/29/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hello all,
It's been a while since I have posted a report so I decided its about time. This report is from my Alaska trip that I am currently still on. 3 day guided fishing trip in Sitka.
Firs...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/21/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was just an outstanding morning of fishing. I was blessed with the oppritunity to fish for Baker Lake Sockeye which happened to be my first time ever. My intial plan was to wake up at 3 ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/16/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well I finally got back on the water after a week of crazy busy work. Ran into member Coyoteking and chatted with him briefly before heading out. The first 3 hours was slooooooow. Boated one koke aro...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up at 4 am was on the water by 5:15. Had my limit by 8 am which I should have had it by 6:30 but I could not keep those fish on the hook. The bite was absolutely red hot this morning. So far Wedn...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
You know those days where you feel like you should sleep in instead of rising early? Today was that day and boy should I have listened to my instincts. Got on the water around 6:15am trolled around f...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got on the water at 5:30am this morning and had my Limit by 8 am. Fishing with NO electronics had me playing around for about an hour figuring out what color the kokes wanted and what depth they wer...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well today was an absolutely amazing day for fishing in general. Tons of fish hooked, released, and lost. My main goal was going after those trophy 15-17 inchers. 25 ft down on the wire seemed to be w...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Meridian again this morning in high hopes of having another day like Wend. Not so much the case today. Fish were deep and worked hard for these 3. All of them pushing 15 inches. Green was the g...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Work got pushed to later tonight so I decided to load up Gator and head on down to Lake Meridian. Started trolling with the dick nite clown dodger and red wedding ring tipped with corn. Caught 3 Kokan...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well this was a day of fishing that was unexpected. I happened to be in Bellingham for graduation at WWU for the weekend. As I was driving back down I decided to stop at Samish last minute. I bought a...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/8/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up around 4:30am and headed out to Kent. I noticed once I got there that the fish were barely surfacing so I threw on a half ounce banana weight, went 55 pulls back which roughly puts me around 1...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try Stevens out for the first time and I was not disappointed. Don't let the 3 star fool ya, I'm only rating it that because I didn't think it would be possible to catch a koke in a pontoon...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had some time to kill before heading back to work so I hit up beaver for some trout. Plenty of fish but they were not cooperative. Hooked just one and missed a few others. Fished the opposite side of ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/21/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The past 3 times I have been out on Meridian I have been skunked on the kokes. I have been throwing everything at them at all depths. I noticed today that in about 30 feet of water there were these st...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Very slow morning for the kokes. Went 0/3 losing them halfway. I was using a 1/2 oz weight 55 pulls back, whatever depth that puts me at. After 7am nothing bit so I took off the weight and fished the ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My mom and I headed up to Baker lake Saturday for our Annual Mother and Son fishing trip for Mother's Day. I trolled around a bit outside of Kulshan Boat ramp. What beautiful scenery! I used my Pink W...