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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/19/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I got to host CJ and Janice Kogler of the Facebook Group Hard Core Salmon Fishing for a weekend of fishing. This is a report on our Sunday trip.
We met at 7am at the Edmonds sling. Helping out toda...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/15/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2018
Hot Spots: 2
Another weekend in September, must be Puget Sound Coho Fishing!
Robbie and I joined new Canadian friends CJ and Janice Kogler, Admin of the Facebook fishing group page, Hard Core Salmon Fishing. Wi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/10/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2018
Hot Spots: 2
Our last day of a four day "weekend". JoAnn and I hit the waters off of Edmonds in search of more coho.
Conditions: partly cloudy, 60s, winds out of the south 10mph, LT at 11am.
The first fish...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/8/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Tougher morning than I expected...
Caught our first fish at 7:40, 70 ft on the wire, purple hoochie heading into the tide (south). 8:10 another one at 45 ft on the wire, army truck hoochie, with the ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/7/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2018
Hot Spots: 1
A brief report on Area 10. JoAnn and I decided this year since our first weekend of fishing out of Edmonds coincided with the derby that we would moor our boat for the weekend. We arrived and got a sl...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/7/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2018
Hot Spots: 1
What do you tell your friend if you're fishing and they get sick and throw up? "Suck it up, there's fish to be caught!" What do you tell your dog? "Darn Rudy, let's get you in to shore right away."
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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2018
Hot Spots: 3
Billy Clapp has been on my Bucket List for a while now. The potential of 20” kokanee (past performance does not equal present reality) had me salivating. Throw in walleye and bass and I was more than ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/14/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The original plan was to fish lake Roesiger however, when JoAnn and I arrived we found the lake down about a foot and after givign it some thought I decided to pass tring to launch my 20 foot Thunderj...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/6/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2018
Hot Spots: 2
Had an opportunity open up to fish Baker lake for the weekend and was able to have NWFR web guru Aaron Borg join me for a boat-camping-fishing outing.
We met Friday evening and put the boat in the ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/31/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My son James and I hit the road Friday as soon as I got home. Our plan was to drive to Rimrock lake, put the boat in the water and anchor up to a nice peaceful sunset, then go out in the morning and s...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/26/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I had the good fortune to visit Tofino with our dogs, fishing again this year with Rob Frawley of TofinoFishing.com. Joining us fishing were Rob and Hillary Holman of NWFR and Noah, a memb...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/14/2018
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2018
Hot Spots: 1
JoAnn and I missed fishing Baker Lake last year but this year we found an open window and were able to get in a day of fishing.
We arrived Friday evening at Panorama Point boat launch and put in th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/4/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2018
Hot Spots: 2
I got to go fishing with my son James on our annual overnight trip. Decided to head over to Cle Elum and use some of shad I had caught on the Columbia. Last time I tried this I got a huge laker of aro...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/29/2018
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Late report...
Last weekend I got to fish with Jacob Munden of Rising Son Adventures for a future NWFR TV episode on shad fishing the Columbia River. Joining me were Rob and Hillary Holman and Rob ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2018
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Our 3rd NWFR Members Adventure at Zeballos, Vancouver Island with Reel Obsession Sport Fishing was another huge success! The fishing is kicking into high gear and Rob Holman and I came home with full ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2018
Hot Spots: 2
I met up with my friends Robbie and Luke from the NWFR group (he moderates our Facebook group page and is an expert angler when it comes to hunting kokanee and silvers). Our target was the landlocked ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Due to work schedules JoAnn and I were unable to make our long anticipated trip to Conconully (major bummer…) so instead we headed down I-5 and hit Yale and Merwin.
We hit the road at 3:30am and m...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of our short Memorial Day trip had us fishing at Merwin. We ate in at the hotel and drove the 17 miles to Merwin. Arriving at 7:30am I was a bit surprised to see only 8-9 rigs in the parking l...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/19/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2018
Hot Spots: 1
With the Lake Stevens kokanee derby happening and my desire to get some rest and relaxation fishing, lake Stevens seemed a poor choice. This was confirmed when I spoke with rseas and he indicated "aro...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Myself, Aaron, and Noah are up on Vancouver Island fishing out of Tofino with TolfinoFishing.com. We're filming for a future TV episode. Guides Rob and Gibson took us over to Hya Point to target some...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I don’t ever want to leave this place.
How’s that for a fishing report? Today is Day Two fishing with Aaron and Noah at Tofino, B.C. with Charter TofinoFishing.com. Yesterday we had a pretty good d...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Our final day fishing with Tofino Fishing. Our guides Rob and Gibson have shown us some of the amazing fishing to be had in this area of the Pacific Northwest. We met at 7am and discussed what we wan...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/13/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
After having my boat in the shop getting a new bow mount electric trolling motor installed (Ultera) I was itching to finally get "Reel Zen" wet and test out all my new toys. I worked hard on Saturday ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/2018
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish a Bucket List location on a trip with Rob and Aaron to the Snake River, Hells Canyon, with Snake Dancer Excursions. We fished on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was mostly about exploring,...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/30/2018
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This is a late report from an April Cast and Blast trip NWFR took on the upper reaches of Lake Roosevelt with Lake Roosevelt Charters. We stayed at Bucks Canyon Lodge and I got a a bonus crack of dawn...