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By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 1/14/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Ward Lake in Thurston County around 11 am today, only one other boat on the water. I've never fished this lake in the winter, and if it's typically like today I won't be back during this time of y...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 3/6/2022
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Well it's been a while since I posted a report so I thought I'm due for one. Fished Riffe Lake yesterday afternoon starting at around 11:30 am. While I was putting my boat in the water, a really nice ...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit American Lake this morning, began fishing around 8 am. FIshed all over the lake in search of kokanee since they weren't to be found in my usual fishing area on the west side of the island. Threw a...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 3/18/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Question: How does a seasoned fisherman with 50 years of fishing experience get skunked at a lake that "allegedly" was stocked only a few days ago with 20,000 trout?
Answer: He can't! The stocking ...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 4/8/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally brushed the cobwebs off my kokanee gear and headed out to Merwin Lake to see if I could pick up a few for the grill. Beautiful day on the water, sunny skies with light winds. Trolled for about...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 2/7/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a fantastic day on the Cowlitz River near Longview fishing for smelt! The fish were so plentiful (and so was the crowd!) I'm sure that no one who was dipping went home empty handed. The DFW reall...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 7/11/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the day off from work and decided to finish up my kokanee season at Merwin Lake. This turned out to be a very good decision. I arrived at the lake at approximately 7:30 a.m. and there were only 4...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First visit to Meridian, and this is how all first time visits should go. Arrived at the WDFW launch at approximately 7:00 a.m. and immediately met a fellow WashingtonLakes.com member machewbacca who ...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I thought this report was lost from my computer when Internet Explorer crashed but I found it here when I was about to start a new report!
Started the day by hitting the road later than expected on...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 1/24/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Very disappointing morning at Riffe Dam today. Conditions were perfect, almost no wind and overcast but no rain. No hits no runs no errors. Didn't see anyone else have any action either. Oh well I wil...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 12/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I don't usually fish on Sundays but I decided to get the cobwebs off my porta-bote today and hit the lake for a couple of hours. Started fishing at 1:30 and was off the water by 3:30 without so much a...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 7/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake at 4:30 p.m., would have arrived sooner but got stuck in heavy traffic. The wind was blowing pretty good but not so bad that I couldn't manage my porta-bote with my electric motor....
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to a buddy from this site and his report last week I decided to take the family to the Grayland Beach fishing area to try for some surf perch. We started out by pulling some sand shrimp out of ...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
FINALLY! I caught my first kokanee at American Lake after numerous trips trying. Arrived at the lake at about 2:00 pm. Only a few other boats on the water. Wind was blowing pretty good but I managed t...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 2/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take my little porta-bote out on this lake for the first time. Weather was overcast with a few sun breaks. Met up with a fellow fisherman I had met at Long Lake a couple of weeks ago and in...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 9/15/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for the Quadfather since he will be happy to know that the pinks are finally winding down, at least in the Tacoma salt water areas, so probably not too many more reports...
;-)
Hi...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 3/22/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day on the water by the dam today. Didn't see a single fish caught, but nice group of guys out fishing by me. Where are those slivers?? Last year at this time I was slaying 'em, maybe (hopefully...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 11/3/2012
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First time posting in awhile. Went to Kennedy Creek along with half of the state of WA today! Anyway after scouting out the creek for awhile I found a slot in between a couple of nice guys that were h...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 1/27/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake late in the afternoon after reading that the lake had been stocked with some catchables and broodstock. Trolled for about 2 hours with no so much as a strike. Tried flies, plugs, k...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 8/21/2011
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Puyallup later in the afternoon after trying for several hours and striking out at Brown's Point during the morning hours. Big disappointment after the previous Saturday at Brown's Point when ...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, after reading the report earlier this week on Goose I decided to head up there with my son. We made it about 3/4 of the way there when we suddenly came upon two vehicles that were stopped in the...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 5/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up after work to Merrill for some afternoon/evening fishing.I got out on the water around 4:30 and was surprised to see how high up the lake is. The water was way past the start of the boat lau...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 2/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, for the first time this lake skunked me. I read the report of a recent plant and made the 1 and a half hour trip to the lake, only to be disappointed by a very meager showing. I saw one fish cau...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 12/30/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My boss and I went out on my boat this morning in hopes of taking a few of the fish planted a few weeks ago. We arrived at the lake around 10:30 a.m. since it was so cold it didn't seem necessary to g...
By: flyfisherguy
Posted: 11/4/2010
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took the day off from work yesterday and went with a buddy to Kennedy Creek to check out the chum action. Arrived around 11:30 a.m., tide was still very low. Not much going on so we drove up to Hoodsp...