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By: DjButler
Posted: 12/30/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/30/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I don't even know where to begin so let's start by giving Mike Carey, Salmon Barry, Rseas, and Wafisherman20 a HUGE shoutout for giving us their report on the success they had the other day! It encour...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/29/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It was nice to have the morning off from work. I got the toon ready and headed on down to the water. Got set up and launched around 7:45am. Didn't want to waste any time so I trucked over to Kirkland ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish again this morning. Kind of hard when Lake Wa is my back yard. Less than 5 min drive to my favorite beach I launch my toon and on the water by 8am (ya I slept in.) Didnt have to travel...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/24/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went out this morning with no luck at all. Called it quits to watch football. Around 4pm I grabbed my other battery and did a evening troll. Got 1 very small coho. Thought it was a trout and I did man...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/6/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful afternoon on Lake Washington. Calm waters, light breeze, and not another soul to be seen. I had the entire bay to myself right in front of Downtown Kirkland again. After taking notes ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 9/4/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Oh how I have missed this lake. First time fishing it this year and it didn't disappoint. Well at least the last two hours. I started trolling near downtown Kirkland in the bay. Wiggle hoochie with ni...
By: DjButler
Posted: 8/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What way to start my weekend with a very first time on the Columbia. Got my first Wa State King Salmon ever and ended up with a limit of 1 Coho and 1 King. It's kind of a bummer to drive 4 hours for t...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/16/2016
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Boy what an early morning. Woke up to my alarm sounding off at 2 am. Grabbed lunch out of the fridge and headed on up to Baker Lake. Despite the overcast and sporadic rain fall, the lake was pretty mu...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Slept past my alarm this morning, didn't get started fishing until after 7. It didn't seem to matter much. Had consistent action for two hours. Went 6/10 on kokes. The first 6 were all well hooked, th...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/23/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what an epic fishing trip. Got the pleasure of staying at a family friends beach house on Wapato point. Just like the first two reports posted the feeding frenzy was unreal. Basically if you drop...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was a late start as I slept through my alarm. My buddy Aaron's text with a picture of two fish he had already caught woke me up and got me pumped. Finally on the water around 5:30. Wire s...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/17/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Made the decision to wake up at 3 am and hit the road to Chelan for the weekend. Packed up all the gear and I was off. Absolutely epic out there in terms of bites. Started at 40-50 ft in 140-160 fow. ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Stevens was much nicer to me today. Finally found the perfect combo that got hit consistently. West side of the areator was the hot spot. 35 ft on the wire. Went 6 for 10 and they were nice and chunky...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Was in the area finishing up with a client so I decided to pop by meridian. Same results as last outting, NO KOKES. Not sure what it is but I must say I did locate lots more schools on the west side o...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was actually quite disappointing. With good weather and calm waters I thought for sure today was gonna be a killer day to fish. Got to Stevens around 5:30am was fishing at 5:45. Had a str...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/30/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Well, this morning was much more successful than yesterday. Taking notes from my last outing I headed back out to the point and found my first marks in 90 fow. Fish were suspended between 25-50ft dow...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Today is the start of my memorial weekend! My original plan was to fish CLE Elum lake but those plans changed quick when my sister and her boyfriend invited me to stay at their cabin off of Wapato Poi...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Stevens is a very tough lake to fish in the afternoon. Started at noon and didnt get a strike until 2:45pm. Wire was down with one rod at 42 and the other at 32. The the only strikes I got were at 32....
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a fantastic way to end a weekend get away in Bellingham. Weather was perfect and fishing was even better. I gave my buddy Vanhine a call to see if I could convince him to bring his boat out to Sa...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would see what was going on with the Lake Meridian Kokanee and to be quite honest, NOT A WHOLE LOT. Barley marked any fish. Nothing hit the surface rod. Tried different combos and colors you...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Ha, what a funny day of fishing. Had work done by 11 so I packed the gear up and headed on down to Stevens. Good 35 min drive. Same ol setup as the previous trips this time using Kokanee special oil s...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/24/2016
Hot Spots: 2
4:30 am my alarm goes off but I don't wake up. Thought I hit snooze but apparently I turned off the alarm completely. Finally get out of bed around 6:30. Packed up and got to the lake by 7:15 and was ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Toying with the idea of going to Meridian, my decision was easily outweighed due to recent fishing reports. I packed my gear up and headed on down to Stevens. This is only my 3rd time fishing the lake...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had the pleasure to finally fish Chelan for some kokanne. This was my first time ever. FISH DAWG gave me a buzz and was generous enough to have me fish along side him in the "Something Catchy" Derby. ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/1/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Only had two hours to fish today and only used 1 of them. Threw on the good ol wedding ring and dodger combo in green. Slapped a chunk of night crawler on the hooks and had a field day on the trout. D...