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By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 5/9/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2021
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I caught a nice kokanee limit on Stevens before 9 AM! I went with a great guide, John Kernaghan. I personally catch a lot of kokanee and feel confident in my skills. However, John is at a whole other...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 9/6/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2020
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An amazing morning of fishing at Shilshole on Sunday, September 6.
Since it's near the end of crabbing season, I decided to go Sunday and use up my freezer burned fish and unused kokanee scented co...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 4/13/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2019
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A really fun day on Stevens yesterday. Great weather, a limit of nice fish, and learning some new stuff.
All my fish were caught from the surface to 20 feet using a 50/50 blue God's Tooth and a co...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 3/15/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/15/2019
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It was a beautiful sunny day on Lake Stevens with no wind. However, fishing was slow. It was my first day of kokanee fishing this year and I was not a particularly efficient fisherman.
I measure...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 7/11/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2018
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A very nice day of fishing on Lake Samish. Josh Hoines recommendations from a few days ago were spot on. My only problem was losing my favorite God's Tooth 50/50 gold-silver spoon. It was a bit odd...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 12/14/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/13/2017
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This was my day to fish and not catch. I found a lot of midges and birds feeding on them but could not come up with the right combination to catch any fish.
I did some experimenting with a lead ...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 10/3/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to try the coho fishing on Lake Washington, something that I had never done. I read rseas report and tried to duplicate his technique and of course results. While I learned some stuff and h...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 9/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/8/2017
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I like to read reports on a lake before I fish it. Brianna Bruce posted some good suggestions. While my pink hoochies did not do much, the pink splatter dodger (Shasta) and the clown dodger (Macks) ...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 9/3/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I finally tried kokanee fishing at Kachess. It's a high mountain lake that is in a beautiful setting. At 2000+ feet, the feed is not as plentiful as say Lake Stevens or Merwin and the fish are small...
By: Ben Eggertsen
Posted: 8/25/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2017
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I decided to fish Lake Samish again on Thursday to see if my lessons from my first trip there on Tuesday would improve my productivity. I started fishing at sunrise where I had some success on Tuesday...