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Hot Reports
Check out these most viewed reports from the last two weeks to discover new fishing destinations!
By: Toni
Posted: 10/6/2024
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2024
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished out of Point Defiance from about 8am to 12 pm. The tides were high 9:15am at 9.8 feet with low at 5.8 feet 2:40pm. Water temp was 57 degrees. It was mostly cloudy around 70 degrees...
By: schu7498
Posted: 10/6/2024
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2024
Hot Spots: 0
First time at Waitts lake and we stayed at Waitts lake resort. Super lovely place to stay. It seemed like a very quiet weekend on the lake. We took the girls out on the resort dock to do a little fish...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 10/9/2024
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/8/2024
Hot Spots: 0
Once in a while the perch show up, and it's great fishing with bonus crappies.
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/5/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I got up early and fought traffic construction to make the long drive the Leavenworth and Eight mile lake. I figured it would be good fishing due to the time of year and the weather and it definitely ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/6/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I hiked up to Annette lake with my raft last month and found some fish. The bite was around 11:15 to 12:00 and after that they would only eat bugs. The trout population is healthy but small fish, the ...
By: CarpMouth
Posted: 10/13/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2024
Hot Spots: 0
Where has the summer gone? We always have to stop fishing around 4th of July as the Resort draws down the lake level so badly that we can't launch our boat. But this year the "closed" resort, under...
Recent Articles
The latest and greatest articles from our Northwest Fishing Reports staff writers!
Outdoors Roundup Feb 18-24
Outdoors Roundup Feb 18-24
Author: John Kruse
Posted: 2/18/2022
THE WASHINGTON OUTDOORS REPORT February 18 – February 24, 2022
OUTDOORS ROUND UP
STATE PARKS HIRING: It’s already time to think about a summer job if you are a college student or graduating high school and one great place to work if you enjoy the outdoors is with Washington State Parks. Some 350 park aides and an additional 40 senior park aides are hired to work at our parks from April t...
Visit Ocean Shores This Winter!
Visit Ocean Shores This Winter!
Author: John Kruse
Posted: 1/3/2022
Most people don’t consider a trip to Ocean Shores and the beach during the winter months but there are actually all sorts of good reasons to do so!
BEACH TIME: Any day at the beach is a good day! There is something about the rhythmic crashing of waves, beachcombing, flying a kite, or just watching the sunset over a bonfire that will draw you to the beach no matter the time of year.
RAZOR C...
A Bass Boat for Christmas
A Bass Boat for Christmas
Author: John Kruse
Posted: 12/2/2021
Call it an early Christmas or a mid-life crisis dream come true. Rusty Johnston is my best friend and fishing partner of 45 years. The two of us have dreamed of fishing out of a tournament ready bass or walleye boat for much of that time. We have fished several bass tournaments and we know how to catch fish but the small size of his 1994 aluminum Starcraft with a top speed of 29 MPH has limited ...
Razors and Rainbows
Razors and Rainbows
Author: John Kruse
Posted: 11/16/2021
RAZOR CLAMS:
Last year, between Covid-19 and unhealthy levels of a marine toxin called domoic acid, there was very little opportunity to harvest razor clams on the Southwest Washington coast. Last season’s loss is this year’s gain though in what is shaping up to be a banner year for razor clam diggers.
Dan Ayres is the Coastal Shellfish Manager for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildl...
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