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By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 1
So after at least 4 attempts this week I was so excited to finally get a chance to fish Deep lake today so Nick and I loaded up the boat with kokanee and lake trout gear and made our way through the s...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/18/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Friday May 16th~ I needed to get the cabins ready for our group to arrive and get the Tin Cup in the water and slip for our annual father/son/grandson mens retreat this weekend at Sun Lakes Resort. ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So many lakes, so little time~ what was a guy to do? Since I had some banking business to do early in Ephrata decided that I would just start at Moses Lake and see what the rest of the day had in sto...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2014
Hot Spots: 1
First off I want to thank all who have been so kind as to give me all kinds of great advise on what to do get into some fish over here and it really says a lot about how this wedsite is so helpful to ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Today's plan was to just cruise around Park lake with the sonar and make notes of some signicant drop offs and ledges for which to work when the gang gets here Friday so we can get the kiddo's into so...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My last report I had the date wrong so not sure how to correct that but should have been May 10th. Now on to today~ well I guess my boat whoas rubbed off on Joe from Lake Chelan Adventures because he...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 2
So here we go! The Tin Cup was sitting at my brother-in-laws house in Ephrata waiting for me to get back over to try our luck again at the Sun Lakes resort annual fishing derby today. Work was a bea...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
DAY 2! What a difference a day can make! Woke up at 5am and was surprised not hear wind blowing and quickly got packed and out of hotel room by 5:30 and headed to the launch to see if I could get th...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 2
So here we go!! I have been looking forward to this weekend for awhile but not so much as to learn a new fishery but to actually meet up with so many WA lake folks that have had the pleasure of shar...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Was so excited to hit the ling opener to try out my newly rigged KGM sand dab swim baits that I almost didn't get to sleep Wednesday night! So was a little late to Don Armeni boat launch to meet up w...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/26/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So with the opener today I knew there would be crowds to tend with so wanted to pick a couple lakes close by where I could run the motors and try out some new lures and rigs.
1st choice was Angle w...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/13/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So after getting all chores done Saturday I drove down to lake WA at about 5pm to see a pretty stiff north wind blowing so didn't even bother launching the boat and figured I would wait and see what S...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/11/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got a call this week from buddy Craig in Longview that he was taking Friday off in honor of them keeping the Columbia open and invited me to join him for some springer fishing! Of course I said YES!!...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/7/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So needed to get out the pontoon on it's maiden voyage and today looked to be a perfect day to break the ice! Got home a little later then I had hoped but managed to get the toon on the truck and get...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 4/1/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/1/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I've been itching to get out since Sunday with all the nice weather so finally saw my opportunity tonight as I got home from work about 5:15 and the wife was heading out to go to a class so kissed her...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/27/2014
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I am now 0 for 2 on springers but you can't catch 'em if your aren't fishing for 'em! Met the boys at the Red Lion at the Quay boat ramp at 7am and was met with a stiff south wind in our faces. We s...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/23/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decisions, decisions! So found myself today trying to decide between American, Angle or Lake WA but since I wasn't ready until about 2:30 drove down to just check out the action on Angle. Saw a coup...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/22/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2014
Hot Spots: 3
I have been itching to get the Tin Cup out on the water lately and Saturday was shaping up to be the day to do it. Weather looked like it was going to be decent, wife was visiting her mother in Wena...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So wanted to keep the mojo going and had someone I have been promising to take out to the Skookumchuck so we hit the fields at daylight and worked our way all the way down to the power lines without a...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
25 years ago on March 14th my father passed away also yesterday would have been his 98th birthday, so in honor on his memory took yesterday day off to do what he loved best, to go fishing!! He introd...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was excited to finally fish again on this beautiful west side river and what a day it was!! After hearing mixed weather reports on what to expect, was pleasantly surprised on the drive down at 4am ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So had my sights on some steelhead fishing Saturday but 2 of my buddies who were going to go had other commitments so thought about hitting the Nisqually. After reading so many negative reports on th...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 12/15/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
What an epic day of catching and spending a great day on the river with a some nice folks. I had planned on fishing the Cowlitz Saturday but my buddies job kept him away from home all week so he never...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/23/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/23/2013
Hot Spots: 2
So after seeing my post last Saturday on Lake WA, JD39 contacted me and asked if I was interested in taking him out on Lake Sammamish where he has had some great success. Always wanting to try some n...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 11/16/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/16/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Went to plan B after being totally disappointed with our trip to Chico Bay and got to Gene Coulon park at about 10am and launched the Tin cup and made our way over to the south tip of Mercer. A prett...
