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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/29/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I took my ten year old son James to the late opening at Pine lake. The opening was delayed this year due to road construction. Also new for this year - the rough boat launch has been closed to trailer...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/29/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I took my ten year old son James to the late opening at Pine lake. The opening was delayed this year due to road construction. Also new for this year - the rough boat launch has been closed to trailer...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/25/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing today with Uncle Wes. Fish being marked throughout the water column but no takers. We trolled from 7am to past noon and came away with two perch and a squawfish. In other words, the fishi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/21/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Had to back the Jeep Cherokee up into the lake till the rear bumper was under water, but we finally got the boat in the water. Fished this lake up and down for hours with all sorts of lures. Nothing t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/17/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 10am to noon. Got one small planter and several bumps. Used black, olive leeches. Slow for everyone I spoke to.
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/17/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/17/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7am to 9:30am. Caught several small planters but overall pretty slow. Caught on trolled black leeches. Decided to check out Blackman's lake and headed over there...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Clear lake. It's a nice enough lake, quiet, calm. No view of Mt Rainer due to clouds. I fished from 9am to noon. Caught plenty of 10" stockers on olive leeches, wolley buggers, an...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/26/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake from 9:15am to 1:00pm. First time I've fished Rattlesnake. What a great place to fish! Stunning views and hawks soaring overhead - can't ask for more. I started with a Montana nymph an...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/5/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Got out for a couple of hours on my friend Brad's boat. We fished four rods, two 30-35 feet on riggers and two surface rigs. An assortment of lures produced just one, a nice 16" cut. Caught on a yello...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/23/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Wouldn't you know it - yesterday was sunny, sixties, and I spent the day doing yard work. I kept telling myself "work today, play tomorrow". Well tomorrow became today and the weather turned cooler an...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/8/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was beautiful, warm, sunny - what a great day to be out! Fished from 9am to 1pm. Still learning the ropes on this new fangled indicator fishing. Used chronomeds mostly, trolled woolly...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/18/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/18/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished during midday, arriving after the rain and leaving just before - good timing! Used my trusty sinking line and tried a wooly bugger, Montana nymph, and a large bluish-yellowish streamer. The str...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/11/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Visited Beaver lake for the first time to try out my new pontoon boat. I fished for a couple midday hours with nary a bit. Slowly rowed a sinking line with various wooly buggers. The sun was shinning,...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/5/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 11/5/2003
Hot Spots: 0
The zone was full of fish - non-biting fish. The day started out bad with my throttle cable malfunctioning so I had to run the three miles via my 8 hp kicker. 30 minutes instead of 5 to get fishing....
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/10/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My mom is visiting from Wisconsin. As she is getting older the O-Dark Hundred start times just don't cut it. So we got a civil start at 9am from Shilshole. Dropped two crab pots and went over to W...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/7/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My boys and I launched Friday night and anchored around the corner from Jeff Head. Ate popcorn and watched a movie. At 6am we motored over to Jeff Head for salmon. The bait was as thick as I have ev...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/3/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Carl "Easy Limits" and friend Brad. We started at 6:30 and trolled south from the boat launch at Mukilteo. The standard pink gear in the water. LT at 4:30am. DR depths varied but most prod...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/27/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Took out my friend Brad and his daughter, plus my two boys. We fished from 6:30am to 11am. The action has slowed down, at least for us. I still saw plenty of humpies being caught. We ended up with f...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/20/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
A much anticipated Wednesday fishing trip with my sons and Tom Jacobs. A beautiful day full of promise as the Humpies are back in town. And what an appearance! We started fishing at 6:40am with a lo...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/9/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with my friends Brad and Manual. We launched out of Edmonds and ran up to shipwreck. Fished from 6:30 to 9am in the rain. Using humpy setups (pink lures, white flashers). Ran three rods, 65...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with Mike's Bassin Adventures for a day on the lake. My kids were with us. We had moderate success, catching several 2-3 pounders. Best lure were sluggos and lizards on a Carolina rig. It was...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/12/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 4am with Carl C and pounded the water four six hours. Low tide (-3 ft!) was at 10:30. We threw a variety of gear at them and fished the entire water column. Nothing, nada. Heard s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/18/2003
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/18/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Had some some time and decided to search for chinook. Fished from 6 to 9am. Started at Robinson Point and trolled for an hour. Saw bait balls and herring dimpling the surface but no luck. Decided to...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/20/2003
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/20/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Pulled the mothballed seaswirl out of the carport and took it over to lake W. with my two boys. We fished a couple hours in the afternoon, north side of 520 over to Kirkland. Downriggers and flat-lini...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I went over the mountains for some winter fishing on lake Chelan. We started fishing at O Dark Hundred. After fiddling with ling lines (pulled two lines and yielded one ling) we started to jig - but n...