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Area 8-1 Deception Pass Fishing Reports

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Posted: 7/2/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
So we have made an annual trip 4th of July weekend to visit my parents and take them crabbing in Area 8-1. This year was nothing short of amazing. We limited out 2 days in a row with nice crab. We f...
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Posted: 7/3/2020
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This trip was an adventure for sure. We headed north to Anacortes Thursday evening only to have the truck breakdown in Everett. Two hours later we had the truck towed north and my parents rescued the ...
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By: reynoldsj
Posted: 2/28/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I went fishing for Kings for 2020. Camano Island King Salmon Fishing 2020 At Area 8-1 Launching at Camano Island State Park We used two setups, all 20' setbacks Gibbs Green Onion fla...
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By: rseas
Posted: 2/25/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, I got lucky on numerous accounts; I had the day off, the wind was tolerable, I pulled the throttle back on top of a bunch of fish and I chose the right gear. My boss and I agreed to this week’s sc...
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Posted: 10/7/2019
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My brother-in-law caught this beautiful 9# Coho after about 3 hrs. with nothing happening. Great fishing conditions except for the over abundance of seals...(need to do something about this please).....
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Posted: 9/21/2019
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Managed to catch a couple of coho right under the bridge. All on a green rotator with a white hoochie and some scent. Next Monday is only a 1 fish limit in area 8-1 just to tell you guys that are goin...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 9/16/2019
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
This was a 1970's ABC's Wide World of Sports type day (for those of you old enough to remember). I had the Thrill of Victory along with the Agony of Defeat. Was going to take the Hobie out to Ft Ca...
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By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 5/13/2019
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time out shrimping by myself (well actually with the wife, but only I have my licence) and thought we would try out Camano to avoid some of the crowds in Everett! Well we arrived a little on th...
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By: rseas
Posted: 3/25/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Hoo-ha, 2 weekends in a row! I’ve been on the water 9 days in a row but only able to drop the DR balls and fish twice. Sunday was an interesting trip. Normally everything on my boat runs like clockwor...
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By: rseas
Posted: 3/18/2019
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
And again, a long dry spell. It's funny, on the water almost every day but I am working and not fishing. So much for retirement... I had to work Saturday so a fishing buddy and I decided to catch day...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 9/24/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Have the week off from work to get the last of my coho fishing in before most everything shuts down. It's a shame there has been no asjustment of the season as it really looks like the coho forecast ...
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By: rseas
Posted: 9/21/2018
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
So the last time we had splashed the boat was July 7 th, that was almost two months ago. Due to family grieving, healing time and just life we missed the Marine Area 9 opener, the entire Baker Lake sa...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 9/15/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Been itching to do some beach fishing for coho. It's one of my favorite methods for coho fishing, and North Beach at Deception Pass is just such a pretty area. I got to the beach about 7am. Maybe 1...
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By: BentRod
Posted: 5/8/2017
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Day three of 3 day fishing trip. Woke to windy conditions. Launched at Cornet Bay with the intent of heading into the Straight to target halibut and spot shrimp. No sooner did we pass through Dec...
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Posted: 3/30/2017
Species: Smelt
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Smelt still running at Cornet Bay. Caught a dozen or so for a tasty meal. Limit is 10 pounds. Can't imagine cleaning that many Smelt, or what I would do with that many fish. Seems to me that a lim...
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Posted: 1/8/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught this pretty 6lb hatchery Blackmouth Saturday morning about halfway between Baby Isl and Greenbank, 220 fow, 125 down. Red Racer flasher and Cookies and Creme. Incoming tide. This area is loa...
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Posted: 12/28/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN WE HAVE VENTURED INTO THE SALT! yes folks I have taken a break from trolling lakes to catch some elusive winter blackmouth with Rmrauscher, the best guide on the water. SHORT ...
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Posted: 8/14/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We headed out earlier than we originally planned to for hitting the slack tide in the afternoon because we'd read about there being a small craft advisory in the area we were headed to. We launched f...
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Posted: 7/17/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We tried a new area for crab and had great success. Normally, we launch at Mukilteo and head south (along with many others!) Yesterday we went north. Three of us caught 15 nice dungeness crab in ...
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By: rseas
Posted: 7/4/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Still enjoying the euphoria of my Lake Samish adventure, Sunday morning we got up and the wind was blowing. Didn’t think that we were going to take the boat out but my daughter didn’t work and had ask...
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Posted: 5/8/2016
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished around the east side of deception pass looking for lingcod for about 3 hours. Found nothing at all, not even a bite. At least I didn't lose any gear.
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By: JoshH
Posted: 10/12/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try something different today from the beach. I've done very well this year with a yellow/green buzz bomb with a pink hoochie. Today I tried a herring under a bobber. I did bring my other p...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 10/8/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at North Beach right about 7am. Caught the end of the outgoing tide, most of the time fishing was during the incoming. Started slow, but as soon as the water started moving, I watched as quite...
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By: LarryRS
Posted: 9/26/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Promised Jonb I would register and post when I got my first Coho (I'm the guy in the inflatable kayak. BTW thanks for the jigs). It wasn't on the Snohomish, but based on the reports I need to get...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 9/26/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to north Beach right about 7am. Caught the end of the ebb. Made a few casts and in that brief time saw a few landed, so I felt optimistic. Sure enough, fish on. Fish followed the lure all the way ...
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