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By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/21/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I found out that WDFW had posted their fall stocking report with last year's information, so I thought the triploids were being stocked in November and totally missed last weeks big days.
I...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/17/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I was hoping for a repeat or better from Wednesday, but didn't see any fish rolling or jumping and no bites. We trolled up to Thomas Eddy and cast spoons, spinners and corky/yarn with no success - th...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/14/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We put in at Cady pre-sunrise and putted up to the Pilchuck & anchored. We tried 1st bite with spinners, jigs and spoons but didn't get anything other than a big nasty humpy that took my yellow vibra...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We put in pre-sunrise and were anchored up at the mouth of the Pilchuck river by sunrise. Within 10 min of anchoring, my buddy caught a super bright 6lb hen on a yellow/black vibrax. I started with...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/9/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Dang! I've just got fish kryptonite or something! We got there just before sunrise and put in. I have small boat with an electric motor, so we can't zip around anywhere...we putt slowly! We trolle...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 10/8/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Man! My Coho mojo has been a no-show mo-fo so far this season!
We started at Cady park about 7:30am and pulled plugs down just past Farmer's riffle about 1 mile downstream from the Hwy 9 bridge. ...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/4/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got up at 2:30 this morning and out the door before 4am to hit pre-sunrise at the Samish river mouth. I was stunned to see a lot full of early-birds wanting to hit morning bite. I can't actually eve...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 9/3/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another awesome day on the river. We got caught in a couple of serious showers, but that made for some spectacular photography! Great rainbows!
Back to fishing - we put in about 2pm and motored d...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/31/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day on the river - saw 3 fish pulled out total. I didn't get any bites but had one bump my line. I DID get wet :(
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/27/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We really worked at it today but couldn't limit! Still, very happy with five pinks, 3 of which were pretty bright, although small. We were right in the middle of a couple of big schools rolling al...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/26/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great day! Put in at Cady park and half drifted, half slow trolled down past Farmer's Riffle. I saw all the bank and wading fishermen where I normally fish. It was an odd perspective being in th...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/24/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2015
Hot Spots: 1
This is actually a combined report for a 4 day odyssey of persistence from Thursday to Sunday.
Thursday - jockeyed trucks around and ready to leave. My truck died in the driveway w/a bad starter....
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/8/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the river at low tide and saw a large one swim past us within the first 15 minutes. Caught a small bright pink (maybe 1.5 lbs) on a pink buzz bomb and let it go.
Another BIG salmon (not ...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 8/6/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at Mukilteo around 6:30 and motored/trolled down to the first set of homes just before the shipwreck south of the lighthouse. We caught a few small steelhead (geez..I think that's what they we...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 6/13/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Rattlesnake Lake today using barbless single hooks & no bait (fishing restrictions in place there). Caught 1 fish, but had several bites as well. At the end of the day I let my fish go - cou...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2015
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Langlois about 7am. Water was so still it was hard to tell the reflection from the real thing (see photo) We tried both casting and trolling. I had the first hits on a kokanee Dick Nite. 4 s...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 12/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the hatchery this morning with a full arsenal of fish catching equipment. Got there to a full parking lot and a large crowd of people fishing the banks on both sides of the river.
I tried ev...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 12/6/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/6/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got down to the kiddie pond at about 8am. The bite was good but not as good as yesterday.
Lots of folks fishing bait - and lots of bait/gut caught fish being thrown back.
I saw one in its death...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 12/4/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went down to the 3-year old kiddie pond today for first bite. They were picky but I kept changing out lures until one worked, then would change again once it didn't. The most successful lure was ...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 12/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got there early - only a couple other folks out braving the low temps, but my down-filled bibs from Cabela's are the bomb!
I was expecting another slow day - the sun was just starting to shine o...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 11/28/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went the past few days and it's been getting steadily worse. Hundreds of people taking 10 a day and hundreds of cormorants taking 4-5 a day depletes the stock pretty quickly.
Yesterday (Thanks...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 11/25/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My mojo was off today so I can only report on my own experience. Lots of folks catching especially using bobber/worm or power bait on a bobber.
I was having tough luck today - started off with the...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 11/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
A good day fishing - better than yesterday but not as good as last week. An early big crowd, but everybody seemed to disperse by noon (when I left). Most folks were using power bait. I stuck to lu...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 11/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was tough - crowds were huge and the fish were finicky. More poachers with as many as THIRTY on a stringer. :(
Wind early on made it impossible to use anything but a kastmaster.
I...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 11/22/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was all excited to be there for sunrise today - got down there about 7:15 and was halfway down the drive when I realized I forgot my tackle box (and license). Had to go home, so didn't get back unt...