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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/10/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/1997
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Noel Cabanday and I spent a few hours on the water this morning and came away with a nice catch of two holdovers of 14-15" and several 10" rainbow plants. We were trolling various thin blades in diffe...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/1997
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Memorial day weekend started out wet and cool and the fishing on Lake Washington was about the same. My friend Manuel and I launched out of Sand Point at 6:30am with a steady light rain coming down. W...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/1997
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My sons and I fished from 5pm to 7pm on the south side of the 520 bridge. I drive across this bridge every day and feel envious of the fishermen while I head in to work, so it was kinda nice to troll ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/30/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/1997
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My sons and I spent a couple hours trying for cutthroats on the lake. We trolled thin blade spoons without success, came in at noon when the wind started to pick up. Saw no one else doing any good. Th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/17/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/1997
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I read in the dreaded FHN that Dec and Feb were good months to try the lake for cutthroats, so I loaded up my boat and my two boys and spent a couple hours this afternoon in pursuit of the red-throate...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/7/1996
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Went fishing on Lake Washington today for coho from 4 to 6:30pm. The weather and conditions couldn't be nicer. A light breeze and sunny skies with temps in the upper 60s. Perfect indian summer. The la...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/1/1996
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/1996
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I went fishing from 4pm to 7pm today, the opening of the coho fishery. We launched at Magnuson Park and went to the east side of the lake around the Juanita Bay area. The fish are in thick. Lots of ju...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/18/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/1996
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The perch fishing on the lake is at it's prime now. My sons and I went out this afternoon and caught non-stop perch ranging from 8-10" on the keepers with a couple to 12". We found the best bait is t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/1996
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Dave Weitl, my sons and I went fishing for sockeye this morning. We started at 5:30am and fished until we limited which occurred at 8:30 am. The standard setups produced well: a black hook with a dodg...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/9/1996
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/9/1996
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Attempted fishing this morning but the water was very murky with lots of debris floating on the surface. Quit after 45 minutes. Lots of steelhead smolts jumping on the surface, reminded me of a rearin...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/1996
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SOCKEYE FISHING STILL GOING STRONG
Dave Weitl and I went out this morning to do some sockeye fishing and based on the number of fish we saw caught I can confirm that this fishery is still going st...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/2/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/1996
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SOCKEYE FISHING CONTINUES STRONG
The weather conditions this morning did a 180 degree change from previous week's fishing but it made not a bit of difference to sockeye in Lake Washington. Despite...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/1996
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DOUBLES AND LIMITS
The sockeye season was extended this week to daily fishing with a two fish limit until the sports catch is reached. Latest estimate I saw was 490,000 fish, meaning sportsman hav...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/22/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/1996
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Well I missed the weekend fishing but managed to go out this evening for another shot at the Sockeye. My son, his friend, and I went out at 5:30 pm to the SW side of Mercer Island. Using the standard ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/20/1996
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/20/1996
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I fished for a couple of hours in the morning (6am) without success. I did see several fish rising as I rowed my thin-bladed spinner around, perhaps a fly-fisher would have had better luck...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/19/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/1996
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This is an update for those of you curious about the salmon and kokanee fishing on the lake. I spoke with Mike at the Issaquah hatchery after I caught some jack salmon a few weeks back. He told me tha...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/1996
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Well the final day of the sockeye season was a repeat of yesterday. My son and I hit the water at 6:15 am and fished off the SW corner of Mercer Island. We saw a few caught but had no strikes until 7:...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/14/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/1996
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My son and I fished from 4:45 am to 9:45. At 5 am we observed a nice bite with several boats pulling in fish. We had no strikes. At 8 am a second bite occurred. We lost one due to a release malfunctio...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/1996
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The Sockeye season is open for the first time in eight years with a one fish per day, very brief season. Initially it was announced that the season would last only from one hour before sunrise on Satu...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/1996
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I fished from 6:15 to 9:30 am on a sunny, calm and warm Sunday morning. Caught one 14" rainbow at 35 ft. on the downrigger in 70 ft. of water. I was trolling a white/red small needlefish. Other angler...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/21/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/1996
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We fished from 6:30 to 8:30pm and caught four keeper rainbows on super dupers, three of four off the downrigger at 10-15 feet and one on long-line. We also caught several smaller fish. The keepers onl...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/16/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/16/1996
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My son and I fished from 6am to 9:30. As good as it was last week it was slow this week. We caught one jack salmon (3lb) at 8am at 30 ft on the downrigger using a super-duper (silver/red head). Tried ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/1/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/1996
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Fished from 6:15am to 9:45am. Weather clear, warm, and calm. My son and I trolled Super Duppers at 15 ft on the downrigger and also on longline. Caught and released two jack salmon (chinook), one was ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/26/1996
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/1996
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Fished about an hour from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Target was bass and was not successful. When my sons and I returned to the boat launch we did meet a couple who had several rainbows and two nice 2-3lb sea-r...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/7/1996
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My son and I fished a couple of hours in the morning with limited success. We were trolling super dupers and thin blade spinners with worms. Caught a couple small rainbows and perch. Water clarity was...