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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/25/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2021
Hot Spots: 2
What a fun weekend of fishing with this year’s Scuttlebutt contest drawing winners! This year due to a “glitch” I got to take out a winner both Saturday (Dave) and Sunday (Kao).
Saturday was one o...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/9/2021
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
we got to fish with Briana Bruce of Livin Life Adventure Guide Service on the Snohomish today for pink salmon to film an episode for NWFR TV. Joing me were Rany (rseas), Hannah, and Chris. It couldn'...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2021
Hot Spots: 1
After a bit of a lull in fishing trips (for a good reason, new grandpa time!) I got the boat out with NWFR writer Hanna Pennebaker and her friend Michael. We launched at 7am at the Edmonds sling. I wa...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/3/2021
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Tongue River Reservoir
A hot summer day in Montana was not going to stop my son Matt and me from getting a few hours in on a lake that is highly regarded for its bass and pike fishing. We drove fro...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/19/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/19/2021
Hot Spots: 1
First trip out this year for the resident coho fishing with my son James and wife JoAnn. We launched out of Edmonds sling and headed across to one of my favorite sots, Apple Tree Cove. Lines int he wa...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/12/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2021
Hot Spots: 1
Our Oregon adventure continued at Green Peter reservoir. Green Peter is Oregon's most heavily populated kokanee lake. So what it lacks in size it makes up for in numbers.
We ran the usual kokane...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/11/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2021
Hot Spots: 1
I got to go on a fishing adventure with Rob Holman and my son James on the Detroit reservoir. The target were kokanee, however, the lake is heavily stocked with nice rainbow trout.
We fished 5 r...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/22/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I flew to Billings for a quick weekend visit with my son and DIL and as luck would have it Matt and I found time to get away for a morning of fishing. Deadman’s Reservoir (seems like a ver...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/16/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2021
Hot Spots: 1
A three day weekend is too valuable to waste on choirs – right? Well, my wonderful wife JoAnn said “let’s go camping and fishing at Yale Reservoir”. You better bet I jumped at that offer! We packed up...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/1/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2021
Hot Spots: 2
I'd heard about the kokanee on this lake being a source for kokanee fry throughout Washington and was interested to give it a try. With rseas on board and NWFR writer Hanna Pennebaker and film assista...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/27/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2021
Hot Spots: 0
It’s been awhile since I’ve fished an Opening Day lake but this year the stars aligned so my wife JoAnn and I took our dogs over to Warden Lake for two days of fishing fun. It’s also been a long time ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/17/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
In search of kokanee...
After speaking with fisheries biologist Mike S. I decided it would be worth giving Billy Clapp another try. Mike informed me that almost 400,000 kokanee have been planted th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/10/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Springer chinook are well known as one of the best eating king salmon you can catch, so I was excited to join Rob, Hillary, and Aaron as we fished with guide Matt Meyers of Double M Guide Service on t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/3/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Shake down trip to start 2021! The boat got cleaned after being under a tarp all winter. I'll be glad to someday have it inside during winter.
Launched out of Newport with JoAnn and our dogs. Trai...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/15/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
What a fun and rare opportunity to fish for trophy Gerrard Rainbow Trout! Aaron and I received an invite from Jeff Layborn of Superfly Flies to join him for a day of hunting these amazing fish on Lake...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/6/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
NOT A FISHING REPORT
I got a bonus hunting trip to Montana visiting my son and DIL in Billings. The plan was to hunt public land day 1 and on my DIL Veronica's dad's ranch the next two days. Matt ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 11/22/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/22/2020
Hot Spots: 0
NOT A FISHING REPORT...
My fall/winter training Duke, my springer spaniel continues. The nice forecast allowed us to head over to Ellensburg to hunt Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning at Cooke C...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/25/2020
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
“Not a fishing report”…
This is my springer spaniel Duke’s first fall hunting season. I recently decided to join Cooke Canyon Hunt Club in Ellensburg. It’s a close drive so we can do day trip hunts...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/29/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2020
Hot Spots: 1
A bittersweet weekend, my last shot at coho in Puget Sound this year, but also a super fun Saturday and Sunday with two great groups of anglers.
Saturday Rob Holman and I hosted the winners of our ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/27/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/27/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Day Two of my last weekend of coho fishing for this year and out with another cool group of guys. Rob from NWFR, his brother Ron, Ryan from Skiprock Distillery, and his friend Dan from Bickford Ford. ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/22/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I went out from Edmonds, fished the Oil Docks for a couple hours and then shot over to the west side of Possession Bar. Called it a morning at 1115am, no bites, a couple shakers. Saw no nets...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/17/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Got to hit the Lake WA coho opener with my wife JoAnn. I would have preferred the morning but hey ya gotta work, just thankful to get a few hours on the water.
We launched out of the tiny boat ramp...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/14/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Ah, the weekend! It means just one thing, fishing (well, after spending Saturday getting my chores done, lol). I met up with friends Robbie and Mark and we launched out of Edmonds, gear in the water b...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/6/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Sometimes fishing will just make you scratch your head and wonder…
Five trips averaging a fish a trip I figure the coho were not quite in. I didn’t have high expectations for this day, fishing with...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/2/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for a couple trips over the past week with friends and family. We've been fishing area 9 and 10, hitting the oil docks, off Edmonds, and out to Possession Bar.
I've seen some nice fish...