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By: rseas
Posted: 6/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Whoo-hoo, we made it out on the water! It took the perfect storm but it happened. Karen got herself a new fishing kayak and wanted to break it in, we were invited to visit friends that have a place on...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Clams? Clams anyone? Ok after our screw up on the lake Stevens Kokanee derby it was supposed to be a no nonsense chores day. Well, I needed a beach excuse so I declared that the dogs needed their week...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Ok, we blew it, I was trying to get the last minute big one and we missed Lake Stevens kokanee derby weigh-in. Very dumb on my part we already had 10 fish, three of which were at a pound but I wanted ...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Sorry for the late report, between work, my kid’s SAT testing and prom; life has been a bit crazy. After very long dry spell we finally got to go fishing. This report summarizes our entire Chelan trip...
By: rseas
Posted: 10/22/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Yea, two weekends in a row! Well sort of anyway, we were able to get out for an hour or so. We launched at Gardner on the Skagit in Burlington and set up for an uphill troll just upstream of the RR B...
By: rseas
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The pattern here is not good, the last time we splashed the boat was 7/28. The stability of my overall sanity requires that I fish from a floating contrivance at least once a week. That said this summ...
By: rseas
Posted: 7/29/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Whew! I finally had the opportunity to get my boat wet. Decision in place about 10:00 Saturday night, our gang and Tony (bassplayer17) were planning to meet at 4:30 Sunday morning for the drive to the...
By: rseas
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Lawn mowed, a million other chores done and everybody awake meant we had a few hours to go fishing. We had not been to Cascade Burgers in Concrete for quite a while and I wanted to check out the Baker...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Between fish and chickens a very busy weekend at compound rseas. Saturday we did the 4th Annual Lake Stevens Kokanee Derby. Then Sunday we laid a foundation and built a chicken coop. Chickens safely ...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 2
This is a report for our Lake Chelan kokanee trip May 3-May 6th (fishing the 4 and 5th). For the whole story read the “Lake Chelan Kokanee Get Together May 3-6th” forum posting:
After months of col...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/29/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday morning and due to a less than comfortable weather report there were no plans to go fishing. I get up, make coffee, look at Sunday Morning on the TV, check on the chickens and generally just se...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to drive up to Lake Samish this morning and see how the AIS enforcement effort was going. But wait, I might as well haul the boat along just in case the program hasn’t quite made it to the l...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/14/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I had a couple hours to kill so hooked the boat up and headed for Lake Samish. First Samish trip this year and I am always a little apprehensive about heading to Samish during low traffic periods. The...
By: rseas
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It’s Easter… and sunny… and no wind, do I dare ask? I did and it was OK so boat in tow my son and I headed south to Everett for a few hours of salt therapy. We arrived at the Everett launch about 7:00...
By: rseas
Posted: 3/23/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Sunshine, let’s go fishing! After a lazy morning based late start, sometime around noon we were finally on the road headed south. The problem was we still didn’t know where we were headed. What we did...
By: rseas
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well after a very long hiatus and many months of no-troll fever I finally made it out on the water. My two sons, one of their girlfriends and I found some time and we hit lake Washington for a few hou...
By: rseas
Posted: 9/24/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I didn’t think that I was going to get to go fishing. Although I had a ticket to the derby I knew that Saturday was a no fishing day and based on some other obligations I thought that Sunday was also....
By: rseas
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Coho Mania! At the Everett boat ramp maybe, on the water not so sure but you can decide. After prying 2, 13 year olds out of bed at 3:30 in the morning we arrived at the Everett boat launch at about 4...
By: rseas
Posted: 9/13/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had a few meeting cancellations so boat in tow I hit the road for the launch in Everett. I planned to fish Shipwreck for a couple hours then head home and work the rest of the afternoon. Arriving at...
By: rseas
Posted: 9/10/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had a few hours Sunday morning so I decided to scout the Nooksack. I hiked into various places on the South Fork and the river is loaded with coho, the opener should be a good one. I also checked ou...
By: rseas
Posted: 9/4/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry about the delay in getting this posted, I was at a family reunion and haven’t had access to a computer. First this is a summary of Labor Day 2012 adventures with the fish report being posted und...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/26/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I think that someone hid a banana in my boat some where. While fishing Johnson Point and Fishtrap in the south sound we went 0 for 8 on some nice kings. Not sure what was up. We had it dialed in and h...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/19/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another trip to Area 9 and with the WDFG early chinook closure on Monday probably my last salt water chinook trip for the year. Friend and fellow WashingtonLakes regular Idstud were the first boat out...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/15/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After a quick trip to Bellingham to eat at our favorite Chinese restaurant we headed down to Whatcom Creek to walk off the meal and check things out. The subject of our culinary adventure was Best Cho...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/12/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First let me start out by saying that it pays to read the regulations and not just figure that you know what they say but more on that later. With a late start we didn’t arrive at the Keystone launch ...