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Posted: 8/19/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So work has been absolutely crazy busy but actually saw an opportunity to get in a little fishing before work today so with the weather, tides and all the stars lining up in place, got the Tin cup rea...
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Posted: 8/23/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/21/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Managed to net this 24" clipped Chinook from Dolphin. Only one takedown for the morning, bite if that, was just before sunrise to about an hour after. Cloudy, dark day should've been on fire but not t...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 8/31/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
got a little wet this morning trolling from the slag pile to owen beach and back then along ruston way. a little foggy and only a few big gusts of wind. trolling the green ace hi fly behind an 8" flas...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 9/1/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
went out in the morning to enjoy this lovely rain and try for some kings. trolled just north of the entrance to gig harbor. 2 kings, the smaller over 10lbs. the bigger almost 12. the smaller one was p...
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Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Monday was a rough bite for us. We had three hits that were most likely pinks and three shakers. Boatingone of the pinks. All looked promising until the whale showed up. He cruised the area forsometim...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 9/14/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
been out fishing almost every morning the last couple weeks with little luck, 2 kings, 3 silvers and a pink for all that time. today wasn't that great. a couple small trout sized kings released. troll...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 10/8/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
late report. 11lb blackmouth off a white hootchie sunday at quartermaster harbor. nothing else hit. nice calm water though. fished a few other imes last week for a couple tiny coho in ma11 too but not...
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By: Larry3215
Posted: 12/15/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for a while today after blackmouth. Got one very very small native shaker. Only saw one very small bait ball the whole time. We trolled from Pt Defiance almost to Commencement Bay and back. O...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 4/10/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Late report. Fished friday and saturday around the clay banks for blackmouth. Action has been decent for some. Saturday was the better with 2 being released due to extra fins, another lost. Friday had...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 2/1/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
fished the blackmouth opener this morning trolling hootchies. nothing. t was a nice calm morning on the water and only a few other boats out. one boat lost a blackmouth on his meatline at the slag pil...
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Posted: 8/3/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day, on the water with my wife Kim who took the day off to be with me on the water. Launched by the Vashon Ferry Dock just before first light and ran out to water around 100 to 120 feet. I dropp...
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By: Rowland84
Posted: 6/12/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my boat out of Redondo around 5:30am headed towards Des Moines Marina started trolling just before the marina and within 10 minutes had a hookup of a undersized Hatchery Chinook then about 10...
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By: Rowland84
Posted: 7/3/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launch the boat at Redondo at 4:30 a.m. headed straight for Point Defiance set the downrigger at 75 feet started trolling from Point Defiance to claybanks got just passed Owen's Beach then all the sud...
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By: Rowland84
Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I'm still fishing as I'm writing this report but Area 11 in front of Owen's Beach is hot right now marking Bait fish and fish everywhere got this nice 26 and a half inch Hatchery this morning
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Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This was a long day, but wasn't a total loss. At the end we tallied a dogfish, a 21" chinook thrown back and 12 reds a 1 dungy from the pots. Last weekends chinook seemed more fulfilling, but we will ...
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By: Hboirie
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out for salmon. We didn't get any...horrific herring bought so we were screwed. Boat next to us landed a beauty. Saw several hits Brought home 10 crab tho. Not bad!!
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By: Nick422
Posted: 7/11/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a Nice Chinook out in front of Owen beach. 26" keeper nice fight first fish of the season. Caught on a dodger rig with a green hoochie at 120 deep. Launched at Point Defiance at 4:30AM. Was one...
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Posted: 7/19/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught two hatchery Chinook Salmon - one released 16" and the second one a keeper 27". Caught @ 10AM trolling at 192' @ 2.5MPH. Also caught a lot of "dogs" and released.
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By: obryan214
Posted: 6/26/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
No salmon caught either on the downrigger or jigging. Humpback whale hanging out by gig harbor entrance.
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Posted: 7/30/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Owens beach hard in the morning with only one fish sticking and landed.. too bad it was an inch under the limit. Watched a few other small ones landed and a big native. We were using spoons and ho...
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Posted: 8/4/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished off Ruston pier with a point Wilson no luck other than having baby salmon follow my lure did manage to catch one good size crab that I threw back in.
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By: Hboirie
Posted: 8/13/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Three tree point. Trolling spoons. Hooked 5. Landed 3. All native.
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By: rtk
Posted: 8/17/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started at Dalco about 7:3 am. Hooked 3 native kings and the bite went off.Moved to the east side of Maury island to try for Pinks. Caught 2 pinks on flashers and pink 3 inch hoochies. Not a alot o...
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Posted: 8/24/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Launched at Evergreen Park in Bremerton and ran to Dolphin Point at 4:30. It was an incoming tide and we fished the north side of the point in 100 to 150 feet of water. Picked up a nice pink but no...
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Posted: 8/28/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the afternoon tide which was only going to be about a 5 or 6 foot drop. We fished Browns point first to try to pick up a quick pink or two on a pink hoochie. Then headed to Dash point. Had o...
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