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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/13/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Good morning at the Claybanks!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Delco 80 to 100ft staying on bottom and was rewarded!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
First pass at Delco missed 2 strikes but caught the 3rd done in 30min!
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Posted: 8/9/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Had one of the best days of crabbing in Puget Sound that I can remember. We fished the incoming tide with two pots between three guys and had two limits of big, full dungies in two pulls. Lots of re...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/1/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Des Moines Pier 8-1-21 My son and I were on the dock from 7 to 10am. He, of course, got the only keeper crab. Only one salmon that I saw fought at the end of the dock. It was grabbed by a seal. A lot...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Vashon near Delco and found some fish!
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/26/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the Des Moines Pier about 6am and left at 9 after my 3rd pull without any crab. The tide was also starting to move very fast. Kim and I were doing a shake down. I forgot crab bait but she ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Claybanks right off bottom and had some success
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By: rseas
Posted: 6/16/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The Marine Area 11 opener was awesome with a side of awesome! From within the walls of our home, it was a long-anticipated event. Preparation started as the NoF process concluded, we both had taken th...
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Posted: 6/2/2021
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I got totally skunked for spot prawns in Seattle on the opener which was a first. I really wanted to eat some of those delicious prawns and decided to take the day off to fish the 2nd opportunity in A...
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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...
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Posted: 12/14/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The squid are still out there even though it's a bit later in the season! I launched my Hobie kayak out of the Point Defiance marina about 1.5 hours before the AM high tide. I fished for a little unde...
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Posted: 12/14/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
10 lbs of squid in 3 hours off a kayak. Launched at Owen Beach and fished the Point Defiance marina area at depths of 40-70 feet. The squidding was super hot for a good portion of the time and lots of...
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By: Toni
Posted: 12/7/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Point Defiance 12-6-2020 We Launched at 10am and left at 3pm. High tide was at 9:53 am 12.5 feet, low tide was 7 foot at 4:07pm. It appears that my job is to clean the bottom. I brought up a lo...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/27/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Point Defiance 11-27-2020 Black Friday for my son and I was a trip to Point Defiance. But not the fishing pier. We brought the boat with us. This new launch was a first for us both.. I headed over ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/23/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Point Defiance 11-23-2020 Kim asked me if I was going squidding. I said I would. Then I drug John Knudsen away from his perch fishing to go. We got there about 11am. Later Kim came followed by her so...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/16/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Point Defiance 11-16-20 It was a rainy, really wet Monday. I haven’t been fishing in a couple of weeks and the governor put restrictions on the state to start Tuesday 12am and Wednesday 12am. I thoug...
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By: Toni
Posted: 10/26/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
2 day report Sunday the 25th we (family) went to the Point for a few hours of fishing between 12 and 2. It was cold and windy but sunny. Caught a few squid. On the 26th I met John Knudsen at th...
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By: Toni
Posted: 10/12/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/12/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Area 11 Les Davis 10-12-20 John and I arrived at noon and quit at 3. I got 6 he got 7. I think Kim arrived around 1-1:30pm. She had 1 by 3pm. Looking at the video it seems like there wasn’t a big sch...
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By: Toni
Posted: 10/7/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I met Kim on the dock about 3 and I stayed until 6. She caught 5 squid and I ended with 2. My nephew came about 5 with his friends. They stayed later, 8-8:30pm. Kim said she got around a dozen. Tides...
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Posted: 10/3/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take Thursday off so I could see if there were any squid out and about Wednesday evening. Headed to the south sound. I arrived an hour or so before dark and met my buddies. The action reall...
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By: fishgrabr
Posted: 9/29/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Marine Area 11, Des Moines Pier, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.,m. Tried salmon fishing, Coho hopefully. For hours threw 3/4 oz. to 1 1/2 oz. spoons and Wilson darts various colors. Other than an occasional ti...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 9/26/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/26/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Turned out to be a decent day weather wise after the rain storms the last few days. Trolling near the stage pile, owen beach and out in the middle produced no silvers. I used hootchies, spoons and a s...
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/21/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Les Davis Pier I went to Les Davis today to meet up with my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and then my son came. On the incoming tide I got a squid which made me happy. A month earlier than last y...
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/8/2020
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Area 11 Des Moines 9-7-2020 Went out to Des Moines for the last day of crab. I met my son, brother, and sister-in-law there. From 7am-11am. We were under wind advisory. It came up around 8 died down ...
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