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By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My day began at 0115 with the foggy cobwebs of a short sleep giving way to the soft tones of the alarm. The day included more than 8 hours and 500 miles of driving for just 4.5 hours spent fishing. It...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/25/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Father's Day Kokanee - A Fish Princess Adventure
As the wild storms clattered and battered away on Saturday evening I prepared rods and gear for our first ever foray to Lake Stevens in search of ko...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Memorial Day Campout 2016 - A Fish Princess Adventure
Having been thwarted by Mother Nature on Friday, we reset our plans for Roosevelt to Saturday and thankfully the forecast called for wind to to...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/5/2016
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Memorial Day Campout 2016 - A Fish Princess Adventure!
We arrived at our campsite at Sun Lakes State Park on Thursday evening just in time to join our posse for dinner. Following the fine meal we g...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 2
NWFR Spring Gathering - A Fish Princess Adventure
We closed our Lake Chelan adventure for 2016 in style.
Knowing we would have to pack up and break camp by mid-day we got on the water about 0600...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2016
Hot Spots: 3
NWFR Spring Gathering - A Fish Princess Adventure
We were up bright and early on Saturday morning at about 0430 with plans to fish the sunrise bite then come back in for breakfast. Well, the fish h...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/4/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 2
NWFR Spring Gathering - A Fish Princess Adventure
Mike and the whole NWFR team put on another first class event for those of us that made the trek to Chelan for the weekend! Thanks to the NWFR team...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 4/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Combined report for 4-16 & 4-17. Fished the Something Catchy derby with DJ Butler.
Rolled into town on Friday evening just in time for a burger and brew in Manson on our way to the captains meetin...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/5/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Fish Princesses Rule the Day on Lake Washington – A Fish Princess Story
The Fish Princess and I took my son Keith his friend Jade and her dog Thorin out on Lake Washington for some cutthroat fishin...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/16/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 3
After getting shot down by not one but two prospective fishing partners for the Lake Washington PSA Cutthroat Derby, I was very happy to get an 11th hour invite from Salmonbarry to join him aboard the...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 5/31/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Launched at the WDFW ramp today at about 0530 as park launch was not open yet. Lot was full so had to park on the street. Fishing commenced about 0615. Started along the north side of the lake at the ...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 9/30/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got to Shilshole ramp about 0630 and it was somewhat of a zoo. Boat in the water around 0715 and fishing around 0730. Incoming tide until 0845 so ran north a mile or so and trolled southbound in the c...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 9/16/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Buoy 10 Fish Camp 2014 – A FISH PRINCESS ADVENTURE
This combined report covers Sunday, 8/24 – Friday, 8/29.
Friends were already camped at Cape Disappointment State Park since Thursday. Had a te...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 9/15/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Launched at Shilshole at about 0745 Sunday morning. Tide was incoming with he high around 1000 so I motored about a mile north and west of the marina and started a southbound troll working the current...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 8/3/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2014
Hot Spots: 3
PSA DERBY 2014 - A FISH PRINCESS ADVENTURE
Fished the South King County PSA derby with the Fish Princess. BIG thanks to all the PSA volunteers who put on another GREAT event!!
Launched at Pt. De...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/30/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Beautiful Day on Baker Lake - A FISH PRINCESS ADVENTURE
Wasn't sure I was going to get a shot at one of my favorite lakes this summer so I'm sure glad to be writing this report on another banner da...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2014
Hot Spots: 1
LOON LAKE NIGHT FISHING - A FISH PRINCESS ADVENTURE
The Fish Princess and I enjoyed a fun new dimension of kokanee fishing courtesy of Downriggeral on Saturday/Sunday 7/19 - 7/20.
We made the lo...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/12/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Just another dreary day in the Pacific Northwest - NOT!!
Got an early start today in hopes of getting my fish before the full-on scorcher set in today. Proved to be a wise choice. Had to put in at ...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/6/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 3
What a great way to spend Independence Day!
Took the Fish Princess and a friend out for some fishing and crabbing in MA11. Stopped in at the Pt. Defiance Marina tackle stop for a bait jar and a doz...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Thanks to recent posts by DJ Butler and others showing glimmers of hope, Fish Princess and I decided upon our local Lake Meridian for today's kokanee adventure.
Started out at about 0645. Loaned an...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Took my buddy Mark along for a koke trip to American.
After a shore side boat inspection by Pierce County's finest we were on the water about 0630 and had lines in the water shortly thereafter. Cli...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2014
Hot Spots: 2
Lake Washington PSA Derby Day!
My son Neal, a.k.a. Dawg 'Bone (on account of the fact that he's a trombone player in Husky Marching Band), was out with me for our annual Dad's Day excursion.
Wea...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/9/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Set out to fish Lake Washington on Sunday, 6/8 in preparation for the Lake WA PSA cutthroat derby next weekend.
Fish Princess and I headed out at 0440 and made a quick stop for cup of worms and cup...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 6/3/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Fished a Sunday a couple of weeks ago (the day they shot the Day One Outdoors kokanee episode) and went home with tail between legs and skunk firmly entrenched in the boat.
So I went back to school...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 5/27/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Got my first chance to fish Omak Lake and only second chance to get into my first Lahontan Cutthroat on Saturday (5/24). This is a beautiful setting and a top notch fishery.
I was camped at Pearryg...