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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/18/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/17/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I got to fish today with Nate Treat, floating the Green river from the launch above the metzler drift down to the take out at Hwy 18. I really enjoy floating new water and was looking forward to this ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/17/2013
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Sometimes plans just don’t go the way you hope they will…
After seeing salmonbarry’s nice Chico report I decided to explore this fishery as I’d never been there before and hadn’t really thought abo...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Cady this morning, fishing with Nate Treat. The water was high. Nate gave me a shrug when I said I only had a few hours to fish and wanted to give the Snoho one last shot, hoping to fi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/5/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the same location as yesterday with totally opposite results. One meager bobber bounce and no fish in the boat. I fished solo today and hit the same slots we caught six at yesterday. The hole w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First off, no “Hot Spot” locations on this report as all our fish came from a spot that Nate Treat scouted earlier this week and hit fish in, so thanks Nate!
I got to fish this morning with Gringo ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/28/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/28/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Another day off, forecast of sunny skies, of course I’m going fishing!
I gave Nate Treat a call and he was down for fishing out of my boat. Gotta give a guide a break and take him fishing, right? W...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/23/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today was “convoy” day as a group of WashingtonLakes anglers got together for a nice float from Sultan to Monroe. It was a chance to drift a different part of the river, shoot some video, and catch so...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 2
My salt water trips are done for this year so it’s off to the rivers. After working the weekend I was ready for a fishing day on my (one) day off this week. I called up Nate Treat and invited him on m...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/8/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Last trip of the season on the salt water for JoAnn and I, and our last fishing trip for the year as well. We started way back in April with a super successful trip to Lake Chelan for kokanee. Sad to ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/5/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Clean Up Day on the Snohomish!
Met up with Gringo Pescador, Oneshot, Steelheadin360, and other members of the site for some fishing and cleaning up of the Snoho. We broke into groups and headed off...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/30/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/30/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got to fish today in the wind with Gringo Pescador and Nate Treat, out of my boat. We launched from the Edmonds sling and as we came out of the marina I immediately scratched my original plan to run d...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/24/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/24/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Fished today with Gringo Pescador and a co-worker, Robbie. We launched out of Shilshole and had lines down at 6:55am. HT was 9:45. Winds light-mod out of the south, temp 50s. Cloudy to start, and clea...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/24/2013
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/23/2013
Hot Spots: 2
What a treat I had today, fishing with Big Bass Dez and Shelby Ross of Ross Outdoor Adventures. Shelby had called me to let me know that “the crank bait bite is hot right now”. Sign me up, I said. I t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Our last day of Fish Camp and one more shot at Columbia Fall Chinook. Where else but at the mouth of the Deschuetes river. Aaron and I are again fishing with Bruce Warren of Fishing For Fun Guide Serv...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/18/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Another fun day on the water! Fishing with guide "Walleye Willie" (http://walleyewillie.com/, 541-993-7335) off the mouth of the Deschuetes River on the Columbia. We used standard hover techniques wit...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/17/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Ed Iman's Fish Camp 2013!
Aaron and I are in Merryhill, WA at the Columbia river for this year's Fish Camp 2013, put on by guide Ed Iman ((503) 658-3753). This is a yearly gathering put on by Ed Im...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/9/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2013
Hot Spots: 1
The fog was thick – and so were the fish!
JoAnn and I launched from the Edmonds sling at 6:15 along with a half dozen other boats. My plan had been to run over to Possession and fish the tide chang...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/2/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Gotta love it when a Plan works out the way you hope it will.
JoAnn and I launched out of Edmonds today for some end of summer coho fishing. I was hoping we would have another morning like we did l...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/27/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2013
Hot Spots: 2
An Epic Day at Edmonds
Wow, sometimes fate plays a big role in one’s fishing success. After yesterday’s poor fishing at Shipwreck, I decided to forego the pinks and target silvers. Changed all my f...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/27/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day 4 of my Five Day Fishing Marathon.
We launched out of Edmonds. My wife JoAnn, and our friends from Montana, Bill and Joanie. This was their first time fishing for salmon. I wanted to get them ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My five day fishing extravaganza continued today as I fished with Nate Treat, his BIL Jason, and Aaron. We did the Skykomish/Snohomish drift from Tualco Rd to Cady Park. The Tualco launch is for drift...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/24/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish today with Gringo Pescador and Aaron who is visiting from Spokane to see our amazing pink salmon fishery. I would like to say I got him on limits of saltwater chrome brite pinks but alas...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/13/2013
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I went on our finally overnight gunk holing adventure of the year to lake Cle Elum. When we arrived, we were shocked at just how low the water had been drawn down. The end of the concrete ra...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/2013
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 1
A brief separate report for this Alpine Lake. Hope lies at the end of a 1.5 mile hike up the Tunnel Creek Trail, which is quite forgettable. The lake itself is more like a pond. James and I arrived at...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son James and I went on our (mine) much anticipated overnight hiking trip to Trap Lake in the Alpine Wilderness. The trailhead is located just before you reach Stevens Pass, at the hairpin turn.
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