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By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/8/2026
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Fished: 9/7/2026
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Glacier lake near Packwood (not listed as an option). Tough hike but the fishing was good. I caught about 10 fish the biggest being 14 inches roughly. Cutthroat and Brook trout. The lake loo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/8/2026
County: Mason - WA
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Fished: 8/8/2026
Species: Largemouth Bass
Hot Spots: 0
Name: Leo Pigott. 10/10 day fishing. Caught 5 bass all over 3.5 pounds. Loved coming out there and also a possibly lake record of 6.6 pounds. This lake was great and I had a fun time catching my pb.
By: Toni
Posted: 7/30/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 6/28/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I like to go to Alder when I can but I checked the lake level website and it said the launch was closed. So, Bo and I went to Clear Lake instead.
It was breezy the whole time we were there. The wea...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/30/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 7/26/2026
Species: Kokanee
Hot Spots: 0
We started out about 8:30am by not being able to get the big outboard to start. Good news was the electric did. Remember last outing the battery died and it quit so we had to balance the batteries and...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/19/2026
County: Snohomish - WA
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Fished: 7/18/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I hiked and fished this epic lake. Video report here- https://youtube.com/shorts/CYczof1Cfrk
Caught 4 fish only one was small. Unbelievable scenery.
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/1/2026
County: Jefferson - WA
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Fished: 6/27/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at this lake about 1:30 in the afternoon. Trout were jumping but they only wanted bugs. I did catch a small perch and bluegill on the dropshot. This lake looks extremely fishy but it was ver...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/22/2026
County: Yakima - WA
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Fished: 6/19/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I went early across the mountains to Rimrock lake. The fish were up early but I only caught 2 at the first location I fished, once was about 18 inches though. Later I went to another part of the lake ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/8/2026
County: Mason - WA
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Fished: 6/6/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I had a hard time finding this place, Google has no idea there's a ramp here. It's very scenic even though there's a lot of houses on one sige. Anyways, the weather was frenetic and I got a late start...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/1/2026
County: Whatcom - WA
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Fished: 5/30/2026
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I did some hiking and fishing in the Chukanut mountains this weekend. I had the lake to myself and caught several cutthroat. Around noon the bite completely died.
By: Toni
Posted: 5/20/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 5/18/2026
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Hot Spots: 0
We were fishing by 10am and first bite at 10:05am. We had our limit of trout by 12. Unfortunately, no kokanee but they were barging out the fingerling kokanee past the island into the lake so maybe in...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/19/2026
County: Thurston - WA
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Fished: 5/16/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I finally checked out SUmmit lake. This is a pretty lake west of Olympia though it is pretty developed. The fish were biting most of the day, though they were a bit hard to hook. There were quite a fe...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/4/2026
County: Lewis - WA
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Fished: 5/3/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I was going to fish Riffe but it was quite windy so I went to Swofford. Perfect conditions but the fish were being picky. Out of several bites I only landed one trout. Once the water comes up a few mo...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/3/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 5/1/2026
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Hot Spots: 2
The weather was 65, sunny with clouds and breezy. We would be going 1.1 then all of a sudden it went to 1.9. The wind would catch us then quit. It made it hard to keep the speed where I wanted it, 1.3...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/27/2026
County: Jefferson - WA
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Fished: 4/25/2026
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Gibbs lake Saturday with my kayak and was on the water before 8. Lots of fish were feeding, mostly towards the middle of the lake, but they wouldn't bite either spoons or spinners. Then arou...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/12/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 4/10/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 1
We were on the lake from about 9:30 to 2. It was supposed to get into the high 60’s. But was cloudy most of the time, warm enough not to wear coats.
My son started getting bites fairly quick. We each...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/6/2026
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Fished: 4/4/2026
Species: Flounder
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the Tacoma waterfront by Ruston and found free parking feet from the water. I have fished in the salt water very little and never have any luck, but today I finally did. They fought hard for...
By: Toni
Posted: 4/5/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 4/3/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 1
We started around 10am launching just to find out that the steering was frozen. The steering wheel wouldn’t turn at all. My son got it working so we were able to launch.
Went out a way from the lau...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 3/29/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 3/28/2026
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
I went to American lake for some spring trout fishing and was on the water just before 8. About 8:10 I got a bite on my spoon which was behind a flasher and about 10-20 feet down. It was a big beautif...
By: Toni
Posted: 1/14/2026
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 1/13/2026
Species: Perch
Hot Spots: 1
First trip of the year and my son is still out catching me. It was a great day to be out. Still waters, mostly sunny and temperatures in the 50’s. The water Temperature was 48. We didn’t start until...
By: Toni
Posted: 12/31/2025
County: Pierce - WA
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Fished: 12/29/2025
Species: Perch
Hot Spots: 0
We arrived at the lake at 11:30am staying until 4pm. It was a cold day with only a little bit of sun to warm us. I did use my Mr. Heater which was nice.
The water temperature was 48 degrees which was...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/21/2025
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Fished: 11/18/2025
Species: Squid
Hot Spots: 1
It was partly cloudy when we launched at 10:30am. My son caught 3 right off in our first spot. Then it died down. We moved about 3 more times and I caught 3 octopi. The last place was the key to our s...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/16/2025
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Fished: 11/11/2025
Species: Squid
Hot Spots: 0
Point Defiance Nov 11 2025
I caught the first creature. But it wasn’t the target creature, squid. It was an octopus. My son got the first squid. When he told me how he was catching his I got my first...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/24/2025
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Fished: 10/21/2025
Species: Squid
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the water from 11-3:30 trying to get squid. There few boats out.
The weather was cold, cloudy, and breezy when we got there but it burned off and was in the 60’s for the afternoon.
My son...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/12/2025
County: Lewis - WA
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Fished: 10/11/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Hot Spots: 0
Riffe lake is very hit or miss for me. I carried my inflatable kayak to the lake from an area that is closed. It started out as a miss, the first area I fished had a lot of salmon 2 years ago but not ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/5/2025
County: Thurston - WA
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Fished: 10/4/2025
Species: Bluegill
Hot Spots: 0
I was in Olympia so I stopped at Black lake for a couple hours. After I moved from the shoreline out to some deeper water I started catching fish on the dropshot. I caught several bluegills and perch ...