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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/18/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 9:30 to 11:30am. Kinda slow till I stuck with the old stand-by black leech on a sinking line. Caught two bows, missed 3-4 hits. Lost of fish rising but couldn't get the right surface fly. ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/11/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My son's patience ran out, the wind picked up, and the fish began to bite. But not in that order. We fished from 7:30 to 11am. Saw a few caught and had one BIG cutthroat grab my chironomid - and let g...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/15/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Tom and I fished the lake from 9am to around noon. We were fishing chironimids in 10-12 feet of water. I hooked and landed one decent 12-14" inch rainbow around 10:15. Caught on lower fly, a green co...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Took the ferry over to Lone lake ($6 surcharge because my raft is on top of my truck - ouch!). Anyway, I fished from 9am to about 12:30. Fished chronimeds under bobber. Water temp 47 degrees, cloudy t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/21/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the two reports below I guess I'm the tie-breaking. Well, our boat was skunked. Five lines out fishing 8am to 2:30pm. Trying all types of combinations and depths - and speeds. I can't bl...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
A new place to fish! Tom and I did some exploring to find a new chum source. Little did we know we would discovery a late run coho river. Arrived at 7:30am and there were fish jumping everywhere. I ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/9/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The fish are IN. Carl (AKA Easy Limits) and I hit the water at 8am, fishing an incoming tide (high tide 1pm). Fished south of the zone, caught a couple. Moved to the zone and we were in fish heaven. H...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/1/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 11/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The fish are still in and still not biting. Tried for about an hour with my friend Brad. High tide was 10:30am. Note to self - for high tide fishing use the WDFW parking lot north of the creek, the ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/12/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 7:30 - I forgot to check the tides. Low tide was at 10:30, 2.5 ft. I barely had enough water to launch and get out to the bay. I wasn't able to get back in until 12:40 (just a reminder to...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/21/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7am to 12:15, high tide at noon today. Started at Meadow Point. Standard gear, green hoochies/Hot Spot flashers, large size. Worked our way down the depth column. We caught our first fis...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2004
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day it turned out to be! The forecast was for wind, rain, and cooler temps. Wrong. We had calm seas, breakthrough sun and wonderful mild temps. I went fishing with my friends Tom and Uncl...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at o-dark hundred (5am). Easy Limits and his friend Jason, my sleeping son Matt, and myself. We pounded the Meadow Point area until 8am using the usual suspects - mainly trolling shall...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with my son James and friend Tom. We started 6am out of Shilshole, fished about 1/2 hr till it was more light and ran up to the oil docks south of Edmonds. Our gear: DRs on the corners ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/31/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
One week of illness left me too tired to put my boat in the water - so I decided to fish the pier instead. I got a lazy man's start and fished from about 10:30am to 12:15. The pier was pretty crowde...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/23/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Shilshole with my son James and his friend Avery. We dropped a couple crab pots and motored over to Jeff Head. Started fishing three lines ( 2 riggers and a Deep Six). A bit of a bre...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We anchored at Seward Park yesterday evening and really enjoyed getting out of the heat. Swam and had a good time with my son James, my friend Tom, and his daughter Elizabeth.
This morning we hit t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My son, friends Brad and Tom and I joined the mass of humanity out for the one day sockeye season. We got to the Gene Coulon launch at 3am and waited about 1 1/2 hours to get the boat launched. Once...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/28/2004
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Rating: 0
Fished: 6/28/2004
Hot Spots: 0
6-28-2004
Mike Carey
Took my kids to our secret Mackinaw lake. Special thanks to Dave AKA FFF for showing me this wonderful gem. We started fishing at 7:30am and hooked our first one of the day ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/26/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to explore a near-by lake I've never tried before. Hit the water at 6:30pm. The parking lot/ramp area is terrible. Very small and the swimmers are right there. Oh well, after kicking for a bit...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/21/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake for an evening of fishing. I started at 6:30 on my new Caddis float tube/mini pontoon. Nice and high out of the water for a kick toon. Began letting out most of my sinking line and trolli...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/15/2004
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 6:30am. Ran to the cove on the far end of the lake and trolled a variety of leech colors on a sinking line. I had several hits and caught a couple small cutthroat. Wanting to get so...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/12/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Back to the lake, earlier this time. I started fishing at 7:30am. I brought my tube which hasn't been used in 17 years! It still floats, happy to say. I started off with trolling a black leach on my s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/8/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I got a late start - 9am. First time fishing this lake. What a gem! So close to home and it's undeveloped - just two houses on the whole lake. The fishing was slow. I trolled a Carey Special and then ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/8/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 10:30, working along the shoreline with my trusty black leach on a sinking line. Started paying off in short order. The planted rainbows were very cooperative today. Had sever...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/31/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30am to 9:15am. Things have slowed down quite a bit. I suspect the fish are all stuffed with power bait. Anyway, I trolled a variety of flies, caught three fish 10-12" on olive leeches...