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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/6/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Tough fishing on lake Washington this evening for silvers. We started 5pm (myself, sons Matt and James) running wiggle warts and spoons off Juanita Pt. Some nice sized schools in the 50-60 ft depth ra...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/20/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After moving from Nahwatzel Bob J and I fished Phillips from 11:45 to around 1:45. The fishing was better - more action and more followers seen. We used the usual assortment of gear but again could no...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/20/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
The day started out foggy and a little cool. Bob Johansen was showing me another of his "harem", Nahwatzel. He had mentioned how clean the lake was and I would concure. We started fishing by the line ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/12/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day a few minutes late. Tom and I had the boat in the water and fishing at about 6:50am. We worked Meadow Point first, running two poles off of downriggers. Within 20 minutes our first fis...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
...moved over from Long lake to Horseshoe and fished this lake, once around the lake. What a contrast to Long lake! Crystal clear water (however, there is a warning sign regarding swimmers itch - so d...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Long lake today with our Featured Writer, Bruce Middleton. We'd spent the summer trying to find a day to get together and finally managed the trip. The weather was great, the lake had some fo...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/30/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the morning from 6:45am to 10:15, cloudy to partly sunny. Water temp ? Tried a variety of bass rigs and had success with everything - but nothing outstanding. Caught 3 bass and 2 crappie. No ke...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/15/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
The Pinks are in! Well, depending on when you fish. We launched at 6:30am from Mukilteo and ran about 1/2 way down to SW, then started trolling. Anglers were: Dan, his son Max, myself, and my son Jame...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
A beautiful day for fishing with this site's web engineer, Aaron Borg, and friend Tom J. We ran up from Shilshole to Possession and were fishing by 6:30am. Immediately began hooking up with some of th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/25/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at O'Dark hundred with my friend Dan. We had gear in the water at 4:45am. Started with a KoneZone green flasher and a cut plug for me at 45 ft. Dan had a large green glow flasher and lg h...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/18/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/18/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Slow continues to be the word. Went out with my friend Dan. We had the riggers running at 5am and ran into dogfish at 5:01am. Actually wasn't that bad. Over the course of the morning we went through t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/12/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/12/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing continues to be dead slow, but, we were fortunate enough to be one of three anglers to catch a chinook as of noon. Chris and I started fishing at 5am working our way from the launch to Todd Sh...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/10/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well the king fishing was dead today. I did catch a nice rockfish but we threw everything at the kings with no success. Fished with friends Matt and Chris. Saw a couple caught/lost. Not too much press...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/27/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son Matt for some evening bass fishing. We fished from 5pm to 6:30 before he called "uncle". He's not hard core and I wasn't going to force the issue. We had no strikes, pretty dead. I think t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Long after a dead 2 hrs at Hicks. We had our rods set up with jigs, spnners, floating minnows, and plastics. Saw a few bass anglers north of the launch so we decided to head to the south en...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/20/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 5:30am to 7:30am with Bob Johansen. We didn't touch a fish, didn't see anything other than a few babies no bigger than our rapalas. So it was off to Long lake for hopefully better hunting....
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/13/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake today to test out my new trolling motor and bow mount conversion. The motor worked great but the fish and weather were tough. A strong breeze and cloudy skies to start the day gradually c...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Island lake Bob Johansen and I moved over to Limerick to see if we could connect with some nicer fish. This lake was quite a change from Island - the water is a browner, mineral color. W...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/7/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
After working way too hard for the past two weeks I finally get a day off. Hit Island Lake bright and early with Bob Johansen. Started fishing at 5:30am and immediately we were into many, many bass. T...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with DJ Larouche of West Coast Custom Tackle. We started bright and early, 7:15am. Pounded a couple different spots with a variety of soft baits, crank baits, jigs, etc with nary a bite. At 10:...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/10/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
This was a test trip for me. Applying some of the fishing skills I learned from Bob Johansen, I decided to hit Big lake for some bass action. It was also a trip to do some boat work. With my new found...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/2005
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Ah, much better! Bob Johansen and I fished from around 10am to 2ish. The rains had stopped and conditions were much better. We motored over to a small cove and started flipping jigs with worm trailers...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8-10am in wet conditions with Bob Johansen. Bob Warned me that the fishing might be kinda slow but we were into the bass pretty good. I had good luck with a floating crank bait while Bob w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/30/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Opening Day. I don't know why I had such a sleep-less night, guess the anticipation got to me. Matt and I arrived at 5:45am at Pine lake and hit the water. Not too crowded, plenty of space in the park...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/26/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the pond about three hours today. Weather was nice, overcast, lake was flat. Ripples all over the place. "Looks good" I thought. I started with a floating line and black leech, just slowly trai...