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Hot Reports
Check out these most viewed reports from the last two weeks to discover new fishing destinations!
By: oldgoatlures
Posted: 8/2/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We fished out of Masons Resort last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for the kings. We were running the OG2s--primarily the 2.8" fluoro-green/fluoro-orange and a new 3.9" in purple/black-scales. (The n...
By: CaptainDavesGS
Posted: 7/29/2020
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The Brewster pool continues to be very generous to us. I’m pretty excited to hear that the sockeye limit will be raised to four next week. Shrimp tipped spinners behind a Dodger is the staple here and...
By: rseas
Posted: 7/28/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a year; between work (retired yes, work yes but I would do it for no wages. I love my job) and life, fishing trips have been few and far between. Rating this trip is a challenge. The ratin...
By: baudie12
Posted: 8/2/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
First report after being a long time reader! Launched out of Mukeltio at 6:45am and made our way down to Possession Bar to try for some Kings. This was my third day out this season, with the previous ...
By: Rising Son GS
Posted: 8/6/2020
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
We fished August 1-5 in the Brewster Pool and the fishing was tremendous! Full boat sockeye limits every day for us and some great King fishing too! Coon shrimp dodgers for the sockeye trolled slow ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/30/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The Kokanee fishing just keeps getting better. Do me a favor come on over and grab these fatties before they spawn so next year's fish have plenty of food and get bigger! Fish were hitting anything pi...
Recent Articles
The latest and greatest articles from our Northwest Fishing Reports staff writers!
Google Maps Can Make You a Better Fisherman
Google Maps Can Make You a Better Fisherman
Author: Rick Lawrence
Posted: 8/9/2020
A Google map’s isn’t just to find your way to Grandma’s house anymore. For many years I have been using Google maps to find new fishing spots. You can learn a lot about a lake or river by just studying it in close detail on Google maps. You can find sunken islands and logs, rock plies you never knew were there and my favorite weedlines, as well as down trees, but in the last few years I have bee...
Lake Wenatchee Sockeye
Lake Wenatchee Sockeye
Author: John Kruse
Posted: 8/9/2020
Anticipation is running strong for the Lake Wenatchee sockeye season opening August 3rd. This season is never a sure thing, always dependent on the number of salmon returning up the Wenatchee River to this wood-lined lake in the Central Cascades and there have not been enough salmon returning for a season to take place for several years.
That changed this year with a strong run of sockeye comi...
Hover Fishing for Fall Salmon
Hover Fishing for Fall Salmon
Author: Jason Brooks
Posted: 8/9/2020
Salmon often rest in deep pools and cooler water as they make their way up rivers. This is true of just about every river they are migrating, from the mighty Columbia to the coastal rivers. Since they hold in one spot you would think catching them would be pretty easy. Instead the fish are weary and often have lock jaw as they sit and rest. I’ve tried just about everything to get them to bite, fro...
The Lake Washington Kokanee Mystery
The Lake Washington Kokanee Mystery
Author: Hannah Pennebaker
Posted: 8/9/2020
Kokanee are one of the Northwest's greatest treasures. If you've got a hankering for smoked salmon but the big boys aren't running, you can always head down to your local lake and get your limit. Kokanee are landlocked sockeye salmon; they tend to prefer cold, clear water with plenty of krill to feed on. They are smaller than their ocean going relatives but still incredibly tasty. Smoked kokanee i...
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News Releases
08/07/2020: Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon fishery update
08/06/2020: Chinook daily limits increase to 2 fish in Marine Area 9
08/06/2020: Chinook daily limits increase to 2 fish in Marine Area 10; Elliot Bay fishery to open 4 more days
08/06/2020: Chinook daily limits increase to 2 fish in Mairine Area 11
08/05/2020: Marine Area 4 recreational salmon season to close
07/31/2020: Baker Lake to close for sockeye
