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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/20/2015
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 2
The perfect ending to another weekend fishing adventure! I got to fish with Aaron and Rob from NWFR, with guide Shelby Ross of Ross Outdoor Adventures. Today’s adventure was Shelby’s “Cast and Blast” ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/18/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The 2015 chinook season for me ended this weekend with one last trip with guide Dave Grove of Captain Dave's Guide Service. I fished with Gringo Pescador and Dave on Saturday and Sunday. It was a beau...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/12/2015
Hot Spots: 2
We fished the upper Skagit today with River Chrome Guide Service, in Dany’s drift boat, floating from Marblemount to the takeout at Swift Creek. The recent rains had brought the river up – a lot – and...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/1/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/29/2015
Hot Spots: 1
After getting bounced around on Monday off Edmonds we were looking forward to a relaxing change of pace and something new to try. Reading shore fishing reports from Stansjoy and others I decided to ta...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/28/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Today JoAnn and I got to fish our last saltwater trip of the year out of Edmonds. We had a free launch fee having filled up our punch card. The weather forecast was beautiful and I was excited to be p...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/22/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/22/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My last day of vacation and one more fishing adventure. Met up with Robbie at Edmonds at 8am (someone overslept, LOL). We trolled from the Marina down to the Oil Docks using the same gear and techniqu...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/21/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I got to get back to fishing my “home” waters today, launching out of Edmonds Marina with my friend Robbie. I arrived promptly at 5:45am at the sling, only to discover it doesn’t open until 7am! Oh we...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/16/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Day 3 of Ed Iman’s Fish Camp saw us fishing with Jeff Geary’s Guide Service (509-369-2287). Jeff is a local who has fished the Klickitat river all his life. As such, he knows the river like his back y...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/15/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It was another great day in the Pacific Northwest fishing the Columbia River. Today Aaron and I again joined guide Bruce Warren (www.FishingForFunGuideservice.com) and fished outside the mouth of the ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron and I are at Ed Iman's "Fish Camp 2015" where we get to see new products from outdoor recreational companies and fish the mighty Columbia. It's a fun event we've participated in for several year...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
One more day fishing with Don Talbot. Today we had myself, Aaron, and Gringo Pescador in the boat. Having established an effective morning bite pattern on the river, Don took us back to his fast becom...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing Hanford Reach this time of year is considered early, but when Don Talbot invited the NWFR Team to go fish with him for some early action we jumped at the chance. Don told me that he had some s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/24/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I had a special treat today as I got to fish with my son James for pinks. The last time we fished pinks together was 09 when we got the skunk. James is in my first humpy video I ever made, our “Pink ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/23/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another day of Pink Extravaganza 2015. This time JoAnn and I decided to sleep in and catch the HT change at 1:10pm. We launched out of Edmonds and headed to Picnic Point. The game plan was to troll on...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2015
Hot Spots: 1
What a beautiful day to be out fishing, even with the haze from fires coloring the sunrise. Gringo Pescador and I launched from the Edmonds sling at 6am. I was surprised to not see a line stretching a...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2015
Hot Spots: 2
It was a great sockeye season for JoAnn and I, but with the recent reports of pinks starting to show in greater numbers in the Sound we decided it was time to switch gears. We both love fishing Puget ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The last time JoAnn and I fished Yale was three years ago, and we didn’t fish it very long as the fish were running 8-9 inches in size. Lot’s of fish, no size. Because Merwin was fishing tough for us...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a Tale of Two Lakes…
JoAnn and I got to fish one of our favorite lakes, Merwin, and as a bonus spent some time on Yale.
This report will be for Merwin.
We fished Saturday mid-morning, ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/3/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/3/2015
Hot Spots: 1
JoAnn and I and our dogs did the sleep over in the boat Sunday night for a day of fishing Monday morning, with high hopes for some great fishing. Tried a little evening fishing but had no luck, so we ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/28/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
“Baker Lake Two”, JoAnn and my second trip to Baker, along with our dogs Diesel and Rudy (I gotta get a bigger boat!).
We arrived Sunday evening for two nights of R and R and two mornings of fishi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/22/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is a report for Mon-Wed, AM each day.
JoAnn, myself, and our dogs Diesel and Rudy got to go off on a three night/day “boat camping” trip to one of my favorite destinations, Baker Lake. I was p...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The old saying one door closing can mean another one opening certainly rang true for a group of Northwest Fishing Reports anglers this weekend.
Our group had a trip/video planned to fish tuna with...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/7/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
After the 99 degree heat of the afternoon diminished, my friend Robbie and I decided to try Alta Lake for some kokanee. The lake was planted in 2013, 14, and again this year. I had hopes that these fi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/6/2015
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I got to go on a much anticipated two day fishing trip with my friend Robbie, Rob from NWFR, and his daughter Sarah. On Sunday we fished with Jerrod Gibbons of Okanogan Valley Guide Service, and on Mo...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After persuading JoAnn that the heat wasn’t going to be as bad as predicted (97 degrees in the Woodland area) we drove down Saturday evening to find it a delightful mid 80s.
We fished Sunday morni...