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Posted: 12/14/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
10 lbs of squid in 3 hours off a kayak. Launched at Owen Beach and fished the Point Defiance marina area at depths of 40-70 feet. The squidding was super hot for a good portion of the time and lots of...
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/21/2020
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/21/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Les Davis Pier I went to Les Davis today to meet up with my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and then my son came. On the incoming tide I got a squid which made me happy. A month earlier than last y...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/20/2021
Species: Squid
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/20/2021
Hot Spots: 2
My son Bo and I started fishing at 10am. After launching at Point Defiance we went toward the dock trying to find schools. We located the bullheads, flounders, sand dabs, soles, and an octopus. The s...
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By: Toni
Posted: 12/17/2021
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/17/2021
Hot Spots: 1
We started about 10am and quit around 12:30. I had an appointment to go to. It was about 11:30 before Bo caught the first one. I caught 3 or 4 “sculpins” of which there are over 700 species. I did...
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Posted: 9/30/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Work in healthcare is hard since Covid is still around, but got off of work early. What better to do then go squid fishing since it's therapeutic for me. So off I went to a new fishing pier in search ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 10/22/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 1
This is the first time I have been out trying for squid in 2 years. Also, first time on dock since 2020. It was a trial to see if I could pull my fishing gear out there using a cane. I did it! I alwa...
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By: Toni
Posted: 11/4/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/3/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I got there at high tide, 11Am- 11.9 feet. Low was going to be at 5:18pm at 7.7 feet. No one was on the dock except a seagull, until 12:30. There was a kayak and a boat on the water most of the time I...
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Posted: 9/11/2012
Species: Squid
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Rode my bike down to the pier to see what was going on. Two other squidders, two illegal crabbers, and people doing drugs in the parking lot. No action for me. The short ride since we moved makes i...
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Posted: 12/15/2012
Species: Squid
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went Squid fishing first time this year at Les Davis Pier. Many people there and saw a few limits. Started squidding around 530pm and caught 6 or 7 right away and then slowed way down. I believe if we...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 1/5/2013
Species: Squid
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I finally got out for squid. First time in over 15 years. Went to the Silver Cloud dock from 7 to 9 last night. I got 3; one guy got maybe 12. Most were getting none. Only 10 or so people there. Les D...
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By: aquaking
Posted: 11/7/2014
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/31/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Squid are in and reaching full size around 8inches. Smaller gear which you cannot find at the store are best. I use glow paint on bullet weights with squid hooks. The lighter the better so you can fee...
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Posted: 11/13/2014
Species: Squid
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So I get off at work at 11:30 Pm and head straight to rodonda after work so about midnight very cold this of what I like to call banana.....(big squid) also about a week before on a wed day tons of b...
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By: linh.uw
Posted: 11/25/2014
Species: Squid
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Squidding Report for Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Went squidding from about 8pm - 1 am on Friday night with a friend of mine (Minh). We started an hour before high tide and were in the water by 8:00PM. ...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 12/14/2014
Species: Squid
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After watching guys load up on squid the last couple weeks during the morning I got a spot in the crowd at the dock at the Pt. Defiance boathouse this morning. Only was able to find one of my jigs unt...
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By: triehl27
Posted: 5/4/2013
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Well the sky and temps were fantastic, the water was ROUGH. When we left out of Des Moines it was choppy, by mid way to Pt Beals, it was 1ft rollers, when we got there it was into 2 ft waves. We got...
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Posted: 5/25/2022
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2022
Hot Spots: 0
The wife and I went out for the spot prawn opener in area 11. We decided to try Beal point. We dropped our first sets too deep and found poor results. We decided to move in shallower to the 180ft rang...
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Posted: 6/2/2021
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I got totally skunked for spot prawns in Seattle on the opener which was a first. I really wanted to eat some of those delicious prawns and decided to take the day off to fish the 2nd opportunity in A...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/29/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Vashon near Delco and found some fish!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
First pass at Delco missed 2 strikes but caught the 3rd done in 30min!
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/17/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went down to the mouth of the Puyallup river today and my Coho Killer Green & White Glow did the job trolling 35 to 45ft
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/20/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the mouth of the Puyallup once again and scored with my Glow Skinny G Bon Chovy 35 to 45 ft early morning.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/22/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Windy Day fished for a couple hours off Vashon Island by the Girl Scout camp and had some luck with 4in Bon Chovie fished right off bottom in 80 to 120 ft of water
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Posted: 8/23/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2021
Hot Spots: 0
What a weird day. I’ve been getting my butt kicked in the sound all summer. Launched out of Point Defiance at 6 AM and made a left toward the clay banks. As soon as I cleared the ferry dock, I put ...
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By: Jekbate
Posted: 7/28/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
A heads up for Redondo Pier fisherman, the pier is temporarily closed for inspection as of 7/28/19. No further information was posted.
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By: Jekbate
Posted: 7/28/2019
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
A heads up that the Redondo Pier is temporarily closed to all access. http://waterlandblog.com/2019/07/13/redondo-fishing-pier-closed-until-further-notice/
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