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By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Four of us caught limits of 11-12 inch rainbows on Opening Day. Still fished with power bait, marshmallows and eggs, well....everything worked. We were in a small cove just down from the boat launch i...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished Riffe on Sunday from about 0930 to 1400. We trolled various gear including Wedding Rings and hoochies behind a 0000 flasher. We baited these rigs with corn, worms, or shrimp. We cau...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 3/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I got quick limits of 10 to 14 inch rainbows at Martha, We used pink powerbait using about 2 ft leaders off the bottom. Weather was partly sunny and pleasant. It was good to see several ...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I trolled from Humpy Hollow down to the Shipwreck and each caught a limit of Humpies. We used downriggers, flashers and pink hootchies. We started fishing at 60 feet and progressed to 80 ...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 8/25/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished the NE end in about 15 feet of water. We started with worms then switched to perch meat. We caught at least 120 but kept 40 over 9 inches. Thank goodness for electric fillet knives...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 6/26/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I caught about 40 perch. We kept 20 and let the rest go. The size of the perch in Sammamish seems to be decreasing, perhaps from over population. We used worms and perch meat on the NE end ...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife, sister and I fished Roses Lake on Saturday. We caught enough nice bluegills, pumpkinseeds, and perch for a couple of fish fries. We let many more go. Some of the bluegills were 9 inches long...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 5/30/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished along the shoreling opposite Speelyai Bay using flashers and green hoochies baited with cured corn. We caught three nice kokanees about 13 inches long. We were fishing between 20 an...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I caught three rainbows 10 to 12 inches fishing from shore. We were just goofing off and catching some sun for a couple of hours. Another more serious fisherman next to us got his five in ...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Seven of us fished Saturday and Sunday and caught limits both days. We used Powerbait, marshmallows and corn. It was fairly windy at times so we tried to get out of the wind by staying close to the ea...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 2/5/2009
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We ice fished at Evergreen Reservoir from about 1030 to 1430. The weather was sunny and warm, which caused some melting of the ice while we were there. The ice where we were fishing was about 6 inches...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 10/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We stopped by Fiorito on our way back from our fishless attempt at Pateros. We got limits of rainbows in about 90 minutes using marshmallows fished off the bottom. The fish were biting lightly, so the...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 10/22/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished Sunday and Monday at Lake Pateros off the mouth of the Methow River for steelhead. We tried floats and various jigs with no success. A few boats and several people fishing off the s...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 7/25/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We went to Lake Keechelus and fished from 0900 to about 1300. All we managed to catch was one small cutthroat and one kokanee. Both fish were released. Some other fishermen had caught a few small koka...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 6/28/2008
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went out to Lake Sammamish about 1100 Friday. The day didn't start to well as the ignition switch on the boat malfunctioned. We used our trolling motor to go over to the cove just S of th...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 5/2/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Here is our belated opening weekend report for Blue Lake. Four of us fished for two days. Saturday was sunny and warm, Sunday cloudy but pleasant. We were fishing in 16 to 20 feet of water on the W si...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 3/8/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I fished Caliche Lake from 1030 to about 1400 and caught our limits of 10 to 12 inch rainbows. The weather was sunny and about 60. There was no wind to speak of so my beer stayed upright, ...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 1/27/2008
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My daughter, her boyfriend, and myself went out on Saturday. I managed to catch a few seven to nine inch perch using a gold swedish pimple and corn. I was going to use maggots, but the ones I bought t...
By: Bruce Nelson
Posted: 5/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us fished for less than two hours and limited on 10 to 13 inch rainbows using various color powerbait, with red being the best. We were fishing in about 22 feet of water directly east of the ...
