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By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/13/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Gotta start catching up on my reports. Hit the Shonomish on Thursday afternoon with BlueRock. Rated this trip a 1 for fishing, but I really the main purpose of the trip was to get me out on the rive...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/4/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
From reports it didn't sound like the rivers were hot yet, so we decided to give the salt a try. Launched out of Shilshole at about 6AM and headed NW over to the east side of Indianola where we dropp...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 7/27/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I've been out playing, but this was the 1st fishing attempt in my new-to-me boat. Since I am still ironing out the routine and in learning mode decided to try something a little more low key to start...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After being buried in a new job and then taking a month long vacation I am starting to get back into the groove. One thing I needed was to punch my 1st steelhead on my new card.
Got to the river abo...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I love it when things fall together!
A guide friend of mine put the word out she had an open boat for a 1/2 day on Lake Stevens for Friday morning to fish for Kokanee. I jumped on the chance to get ...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by 3 Rivers to look at a couple boats. They had a kids pond set up and BlueRock was volunteering. She is buds with my daughter so the two quickly had a line in the water. My kid takes after...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 4/1/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day three - got to the lake at 6am, only person there and fish rising all over the place, water almost boiling. I frantically threw everything I had at them and no takers. About 7 they abruptly stop...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Found the bed at the Motel to be really comfortable and so I slept in this morning. Didn't get down to the net pens until about 8am. Already 6 people there plunking PB but no fish on the shore yet. ...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wife and kid were at the in laws until next week and I needed a little break from work so I took the day off, packed the gear and the dog this morning and headed east.
Stopped at Coulee Playland ...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
As a buddy said this morning... "I've fished in rain, sleet, snow & wind. Now I can say I've fished it all at the same time!" On the river an hour before daylight. The time spent waiting for light w...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got the offer to get off the bank and on the water for the day. We launched at Sultan and worked the river from there on up a ways past the Wallace. We got to the launch before light and it was rain...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 12/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to hit the river this morning. Went with Kzoo and we weren't expecting much as the forecasts called for high winds and rain and the river was supposed to be on the rise. Got to the rive...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 10/21/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Now that the lower river salmon are winding down, some friends wanted to see if the rains brought in any steelhead up higher in the system. It is about a month early for winters but maybe we could fi...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/30/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well today wouldn't have happened without friends from this site. My friend, his 9yo son, Kzoo & I have been slowly dialing in the coho on the lower Duwamish in my friend's new boat for the past mont...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 9/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It is so nice having the sun come up later and my closest river open! Got up without an alarm, made some coffee and casually strolled out the door.
Hit the Duwamish just as the tide started to go ou...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/12/2012
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a family BBQ in Enumclaw so I convinced my wife to give me an hour on the river on the way. Packed my daughter's tricycle and my wife threw in her skates and went down to the 5th St bridge so the...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 8/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My wife kept hinting at taking our daughter to Seafair. All I could think was Parking, crowds, 3yo, 90 degrees, ugh...
So at breakfast I asked my daughter if we should take the dog and go on an "a...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 7/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My 3yo daughter is catching the bug. Before she was born I found a 4' batman combo so I started her out with that. Then she saw the infamous Barbie combo and HAD to have it. So of course! I've tak...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was able to sneak out for a few hours in the afternoon to wet a line. Looking at the graphs, the river was high, but not climbing (at the moment). On the drive out the weather was overcast and the t...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 6/14/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday was my birthday, so I took today off and met up with another WaLaker on the river at 5:30am.
By 6:30 he had a nice bright hatchery hen on the bank. An hour later I hooked a little native...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished the morning/day with another WaLaker on the Cowlitz with no luck (see report). So decided to check out Riffe. Hit the fishing stairs off hwy 12 at the dam around 5:30pm. About 10 people spre...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Met up with another WaLaker and headed south to the Cowlitz hoping for late B-run Steel or Early Springers. Started at Blue Creek around 7am and fished our way down to the old creek and back, threw e...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 4/14/2012
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It was such a nice evening we decided it was the perfect time to take my daughter (age 3) out for her 1st fishing adventure. Man was she excited! I rigged up a little Batman combo I found on a riverb...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 3/9/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Worked extra hours last week so had a day off this week. Man did I pick the right day! This was my 1st "solo" float in my cataraft and my 1st run with the trailer I built for it. The trailer worked...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 2/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Worked some extra hours last week so got to flex a day off this week. Had stuff to do in the afternoon so I ran up to the Sky to see what was happening. Wind started about Sultan and just got strong...