Northwest Fishing Reports

Brand new and unused. Selling here for $57 LL Bean Flyweight Stocking Foot Waders I bought the wrong size and so trying to sell here instead of returning to LL Bean Size L -- olive colored For those of you familiar with LL Bean, they sell nice products and have a no-questions-asked lifetime guarante...

Just what the doctor ordered. PM sent! Thanks

Think I might give it a shot today. It's been a couple years and the Nooksack refuses to give me any luck. Question, is floating a jig in compliance with anti-snagging rules? Seems like it straddles the line legally. The answer depends on your jig. If the hook on your jig is more than 3/4 inch from...

Try Gene Coulon park in Renton. Lots of shoreline access (dock and shore). All of the parks along the Bellevue and Kirkland shoreline will also get you into bass. Basically, all or most parks should give you a shot at good bass. I have yet to find a public park on Lake WA where I have been skunked f...

Plasti Dip liquid rubber (not the spray) is good for fixing leaks in neoprene. The stuff will soak into the neoprene and seal the pin holes

I was on the sno & sky in several spots yesterday, saw lots of fish rolling. Unfortunately they seemed fairly stale and didn't see any hookups. I was twiching a marabou jig with no hits. I decided to switch up to a float and small jig (1/16 and 1/32 oz jigs under a float has always been the ticket ...

I've caught river humpies on lots of things: hootchies, marabou jigs, dick nite, kastmaster, sandshrimp, corky + yarn, buzz bombs, crappie jigs, wedding rings, etc. But, I've never caught a humpy on those pink teardrop spoons that seem to flood the shelves of the sporting good stores during every hu...

Believe it or not, I do really well in Lake WA fishing a white crappie tube about 3 feet under a bobber. This is from a dock or shore. Cast it out and work it over the weeds slowly.

The traditional bass rigs frustrate me too much on lake WA, due to the thick weeds near the docks/shorelines.

Hi, what is still available from your original post?

Are you ever near the Bellevue/Seattle area?

Flounder and sole will munch on the barnacles, as well as the sea perch.

When you see a dark fish that "turns white" when it flips around the pilings, those are most likely sole/flounder.

The pile perch are also "light colored" and can be seen eating off the piling.

Regs change from one river to another. in some rivers, unciipped jacks are OK to retain; in other rivers, they are not.

also, according to the rule quoted above, unclipped jacks would be illegal to retain (since they are not "hatchery chinook")

I saw a similar ad for some other product (a kayak paddle) on Amazon, a couple weeks ago. An item with an unbelievably low price. It appeared to be a seller with 0 ratings. They were selling not only the paddle, but also non-fishing items like electronics, household goods, etc. What was strange was ...

here's the issue you will have with night fishing. In general, fishing is open 24/7 by the WDFW, unless there is some special night closure rule in the regs book. However, what the WDFW allows and what a city allows are different. You can fish at night legally in Lake WA, but you can't fish from a B...

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I may possibly wet a line there this weekend.

The docks at the marina in kirkland were lighted years ago. Didn' t catch anything in the one night i tried fishing there. Not sure if they are still open at night. Probably still are. I really don't fish for perch at night. Conventional wisdom is that they are sight feeders, and daylight is much be...

I lay off the perch once they start to soften up and look a little pale due to ripening up for the spawn. If you still want to fish for them, your best bet is to start out in the deep water and work your way in until you find fish. They don't like rapid depth changes so they will slowly work their ...

Now the local seafood will have a more nutty flavor than normal

I've fished the Allyn pier a few times in the spring and summer. The fish there seemed to be small shiner perch and juvenile flounder (smaller than your hand). Hard to fish bait since the shiners thick in the summer and are really good at stripping the bait. I think if I fished the dock earlier in t...

What is the best way to cook these guys up?