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Hot Reports
Check out these most viewed reports from the last two weeks to discover new fishing destinations!
By: walleyemark
Posted: 4/5/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Took Glenn and Mike out to the Arm. We had a really good day. We caught about 40 or so eyes and kept 35. I caught and released a 4-5 lb female and a 9.5 lb 30 inch male. You may ask how did you know ...
By: buc
Posted: 4/5/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went back down for the beat down
Needed some fillets. Check please! Huh...
By: Fishnuts59!
Posted: 4/7/2021
Species: Flounder
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out into the Nisqually flats with the wifey to search and fish for the 3 varieties of flounder here in the Sound, Rock Sole, Dab and the Star flounders. Went out on incoming tide for the 1st vent...
By: JediMbs
Posted: 4/9/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Logged another trip below Keller. Got on the water as the sun was coming up and had a good bite for a few hours then the fish got flighty and it took a lot of finesse to entice any bites. Had a limit...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 4/6/2021
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Sammamish has been tough lately. A fish here and a fish there. Mostly skinny cutties in the 15"+/- range. Water temp has been cold and fish have generally been sluggish and reluctant to bite. Thats my...
By: walleyemark
Posted: 4/11/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Mike and I went out with Glenn on a very cold morning; we were chipping ice out of our rod guides till 0900. We went up the Arm and fished the same areas as last Saturday. We drifted with the current ...
Recent Articles
The latest and greatest articles from our Northwest Fishing Reports staff writers!
Ten Kokanee Lakes You Should Fish
Ten Kokanee Lakes You Should Fish
Author: Michael Carey
Posted: 4/12/2021
Kokanee angling has been in a renaissance for several years now. Once a fishery relegated to a cadre of select anglers in the know, kokanee fishing has exploded on the scene the past few years. A growing following of enthusiasts have discovered that kokanee are a worthy adversary. They are delicious and provide the angler with a plethora of techniques to learn and fine tune their skills on. The ge...
Best Opening Day Lakes East of the Cascades
Best Opening Day Lakes East of the Cascades
Author: John Kruse
Posted: 4/11/2021
Wondering where to go for the Lowland Lakes Trout Opener on April 24th? There wasn’t an opening day last year thanks to the six-week spring fishing closure imposed by Washington State at the start of the Covid pandemic. However, we can get some pretty good ideas of where to go by looking at the top lakes from the 2019 lowland lakes opener. All of the lakes mentioned are east of the Cascade Crest...
Key Tactics for Early Spring Bass
Key Tactics for Early Spring Bass
Author: Rick Lawrence
Posted: 4/11/2021
Rule # 1 The key for spring bass fishing, (whether it be Largemouth or Smallmouth you’re after), is the water temperature. If the temps are below 40 you might as well stay home, because it’s going to be a very long row to hoe. Once the water hits 45 deg. you can start catching a few fish, at 50 deg. you can start having some pretty good days, and when the water temps hit 55 is on like donkey-kong....
10 Western Washington Opening Day Lakes
10 Western Washington Opening Day Lakes
Author: Hannah Pennebaker
Posted: 4/11/2021
Opening day of fishing is nearly upon us at last. Many of us grew up fishing for stocked rainbow trout, so there is always a certain nostalgia associated with that day. Rainbows are one of my favorite fish to catch, since they are delicious on the smoker and put up a surprisingly good fight on ultralight tackle. Opening day is fun for the entire family!
There are two main ways to catch recentl...
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