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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/13/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water with high expectations o-dark hundred at Shilshole. Before we get to the fishing - whatever happened to manners? 15 rigs lined up to enter the launch area from the south, and a couple gu...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Started crack o dawn trolling off the creek. Jiggers were already at it. We trolled an assortment of gear, including herring-wrapped Quick Fish. Nothing, nada, no fish. Saw several jumpers and marked ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/31/2009
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Annual father-son boat camping out. Took my son James over to Lake Samm and launched amoung the evening rush of recreational boaters coming in. My wife left with the trailer to pick us up tomorrow. We...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/26/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2009
Hot Spots: 1
wow. Let me repeat that - WOW. Lights out fishing at the Hollow this morning. I was blessed to have my wife JoAnn along for a fishing trip, a rare treat indeed. I figured we would do OK, and we did. W...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK, after approving HH reports and seeing guys catch limits, I really questioned whether I wanted to share today's dismal outing (as concerns the catching, not the day fishing). My son James surprise...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/4/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fun fun fun. I got to fish with Dave Watkins (Sammamish guide) and Big Bass Dez as we explored (for them) a new lake. The day started cool and overcast and we focused on topwater, but could only manag...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 1
After fishing a few hours at Kitsap lake we decided to try Wildcat, Bob Johansen figuring there would be less weeds. He was right. The fishing was still tough with a water temp of 77 degrees and the s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 1
"Hey, where did all that water come from?" Thus started my 6am wake up call on Kitsap lake from fishing buddy Bob Johansen. Opps, forgot to put in the boat plug! That's a first for me. Boat properly b...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the Lazy Daze B and B just in time for host Art Grobben take us to his honey hole for some trophy rainbow trout. I hadn't cast a floating fly line (and Aaron never had) in quite awhile s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Aaron and I finished off our day with an evening guide trip with Justin of FarNorth Charters (509-684-6870). The morning rain was finished and the wind was dying down. Justin ran us to the farthest po...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this morning with Justin of Far North Charters (509-684-6870) and Aaron from WL.com. We fished the upper Columbia river for the huge redband rainbow trout that are renown for this area. A weath...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
OK, this time (I was out last week in the rain) I was focused and hoepful to catch a decent bass. I started fishing at 8am and stop around 11am. Once around the lake, fished a variety of lures (cranks...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Tried this very bassy looking lake as a storm front decided to pass through. My son Matthew was humoring me with an evening of fishing, and actually was pretty OK with the rain. We fished just under t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The humiliation of it all, to be skunked at Pine lake! Granted, I only fished a couple hours, and granted I was tackle testing some gear that probably wasn't suited for the little stockers. But even s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Opening Day turned out to be cool, a little breezy, and definately off the bite for me. I did once around the lake, switching up several different wooley buggers, trying to find that right color...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/19/2009
Hot Spots: 2
Aaron and I arrived in the afternoon at Snow Creek and got the boat on to the water with high hopes of catching limits of lings and bottom fish. Unfortunately, the fish did not get the message. It was...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/21/2009
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
WOW! What an incredible day of fishing. Aaron and I took a charter trip with Capt Tom of ExcelFishingCharters.com. Tom took us over to Duncan Rocks where we were fogged in and in fish heaven. The blac...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/21/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well don't it figure. Spend all winter waiting for my lake to open beginning of March only to have to wait longer for the ice to clear and then finally.....finally I get to hit the water. Decide today...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/3/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/3/2009
Hot Spots: 2
My first experience winter bass fishing. Wet with Mark Maderas and BigBassDez out of Mark's boat, launching at Gene Coulon. We fished a series of underwater humps all the way up to Kirkland. I can't s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/4/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to go fishing with Aaron , and Joe Heinlen and Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service (www.darrellanddads.com). We fished from 7am through 3:30pm and had a great day! The morning bi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/30/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at High Point bridge, first time there - pretty good launch and easy access to the spots I wanted to hit down on the Snohomish - the Big Rock Cliffs. First was taken by a guide but we got to ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/23/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the Snohomish launch heading downstream from 9am to 12:15pm. Launched at low tide, which was interesting as the ramp dead ends in a drop-off. But made it in OK, thanks to a couple guys hel...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/15/2008
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with Louis McMinds of EZMarine and angler Tim Garrard on the Columbia river just below the dam. We anchored in 70 feet of water and used fresh salmon belly carcasses as our bait. The bit...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Tournament pro Michael Gibney and Dennis Clay for smallmouth bass. We spent the morning casting mainly rattletraps. I was using blue, Dennis had perch. Michael uses swim baits, surface lur...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/1/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
OK, so we hit the water and were fishing by 6am. My friends Dan and Bill "Tiger Muskie" Green trolling our gear. Today the fishing was pretty slow. Morning bite was faint, saw maybe 6 fish caught, all...