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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/29/2018
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2018
Hot Spots: 1
I got to fish with Jeff Witkowski of Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service, filming for a future TV episode on laker fishing. Along for the action was Bobby Loomis of Macks Lure.
The weather fro...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/13/2018
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/10/2018
Hot Spots: 2
The Clearwater River is putting out some BIG B-run steelhead this time of year! I just returned from our weekend Northwest Fishing Reports Members Adventure fishing with owner/operator Toby Wyatt of R...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/6/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
A break in the weather down south allowed for a winter fishing trip to Merwin for some tasty kokanee. My truck being in the shop, Rseas generously volunteered his boat and made the long drive from Bur...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 1/15/2018
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2018
Hot Spots: 1
With the recent good blackmouth reports being posted I contacted NWFR member rseas and asked if he’d like to hit the fishing down this way? The weather forecast for Sunday was excellent (it turned out...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/4/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Having read last week’s report on Cassidy crappie fishing by member ilvcassidtlake Gringo Pescador and I decided to try something different and give a shot at these tasty slabs.
The weather foreca...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/22/2017
Species: pheasant
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
THIS IS NOT A FISHING REPORT!
Montana Pheasant Hunting 2017
It was my second annual trip to visit to go pheasant hunting with my son Matthew. The drive to Great Falls left rainy Seattle behind ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/17/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It was a beautiful, clear morning with the promise of a pleasant day of trolling for trout on Lake Ki. I met up with Gringo Pescador at the “launch”, i.e. gravel shoreline and we loaded my pontoon and...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/7/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish and catch up on life with my friend gringo pescador, had been too long since we last got out together.
We decided a river float would be fun, and the Sky was the choice. My wife JoAnn g...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/10/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I got to go on a much anticipated and looking forward to “Cast and Blast” adventure this weekend!
Saturday was fishing Deer Lake with Aaron and Dave Mason of Toyota, and then Sunday we got to go phea...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/5/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2017
Hot Spots: 1
If you read my report from yesterday’s trip out of Edmonds you know we had a good day. Well, today was like yesterday on steroids. I’m telling you, the fishing in Area 10 is official off the charts in...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/4/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2017
Hot Spots: 1
It’s September so that means one thing in this household – JoAnn and I are coho fishing out of Edmonds!
This year as many know is tough with closures and reduced fishing opportunities for coho. Tha...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/2/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2017
Hot Spots: 2
More San Juan Island adventures!
After Tuesday’s Atlantic Salmon trip to Cypress Island rseas suggested that on Friday we try for some Chinook Salmon on the west side of San Juan Island. He had a ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/29/2017
Species: Atlantic Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/29/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Thanks to rseas from NWFR I got to catch my first Atlantic salmon.
After hearing of the pen disaster I was curious to check these fish out first hand. So Randy graciously offered to take myself an...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2017
Hot Spots: 1
My wife JoAnn and I owe thanks to the sun and the moon for this awesome fishing report and adventure!
On Monday I realized that our planned weekend trip to Lake Merwin would put us smack dab in the...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Stevens has the best of me…
I took out my visiting brother Chris and his wife and daughter for some relaxing local fishing. I arrived and had the boat in the water and fishing around 6:20am. M...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I had high hopes and expectations and was full of the excitement of getting up early and going fishing. I guess that’s a good sign as I get older that fishing still holds that special appeal.
JoAnn...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of my friend Robbie and mine fishing adventure. After pounding Cle Elum and missing a trophy laker we loaded up the boat and drove to Keechelus to target kokanee. The lake is dropping but ther...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/31/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2017
Hot Spots: 2
This is a report about the one that got away…
My friend Robbie and I got the green light to go do an overnight fishing adventure. I had a plan in place and was (pretty much) ready to execute it. As...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2017
Hot Spots: 2
What to do when the chinook are not cooperating at Brewster? How about a little kokanee fishing at a seldom reported kokanee lake just a few miles away?
Alta Lake is a 200 acre lake that is plante...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2017
Hot Spots: 2
I had the honor of fishing out of rseas’s new boat, a 21 foot Thunderjet. He, myself, and Gringo Pescador fished Mid channel Bank on Monday, from Crack-O-Dawn to around 11:30. The chinook season just ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/12/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Holter Lake -
Day 2 fishing with my son Matt in (his) new boat, My old 15 foot Klamath. We picked a launch 4 miles down from the dam launch. It put us right on top of some fishy spots that unfortu...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Off fishing in Big Sky County, visiting my son and DIL . I brought my 15 foot Klamath boat over to transfer ownership to my son Matt. Time for me to thin the herd.
We drove 2 hrs north of Great Fa...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/22/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Our second NWFR members adventure to Zeballos, Vancouver Island was a huge success. The fishing remains very good for Chinook salmon, halibut, lings, and bottom fish. The lings were smaller for us t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I had the privilege of fishing the 2017 Yale Kokanee event “The Fallen Outdoors” with my friend Robbie (first mate) and three vets, Chris, Jason, and Misty. For those of you not familiar with this awe...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/5/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 2
I got to fish Lake Merwin with my friends Robbie and Mark. Having fished Yale yesterday as part of The Fallen Outdoorsevent, we decided to hit Merwin and try for some bigger fish and a change of scene...