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By: nerka nailer
Posted: 8/10/2021
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I felt like trying a new lake and fishing for panfish. My friend Lonzo and I headed to Harts lake. We were told it had bluegill and crappie. The day we went it was in the upper 80's and pretty warm. T...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 8/2/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to go to lake Meridian and see if I could make a kokanee video for my little Youtube channel. When we got there we founf the surface temp was upper 70's and I started my spread from 25-50. ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/23/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2021
Hot Spots: 0
This trip had been in the making for a couple years but I finally got to go fishing with my friend Capt. Keizer on his boat the salt patrol. His friend Jerry was also on the trip. Heading out of Ilwac...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/22/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try Marine area 10 a few weeks back for kings. My friend Warren joined me for the trip. We started fishing just north of the green can out of shilshole without much action. We moved out to ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/16/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out on a new friends boat in Area 10 for resident coho. We headed out to Jeff's head and found action right away. We caught a nice mix of fish and found those coho we were looking for. We found ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/12/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2021
Hot Spots: 0
So I had a old co-worker call me up and ask if I would take her son out fishing for salmon. She explained to me that he was going to be home on leave from the Army and really wanted to go fishing. Wel...
By: nerka nailer
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...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/13/2021
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Two of my friends from California decided to take a vacation at Netarts bay in Oregon and asked if I'd be interested in meeting them there for a day of clamming. I decided to make the drive down to th...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/9/2021
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
So I decided to head to Bonneville for the first time to fish for American shad with my friend Warren. We arrived around 5:45 in the morning to meet 100-200 of our closest friends. I noticed that peop...
By: nerka nailer
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...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/1/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Clear lake with my buddy Warren. I got a hold of some of the new spinfish 2.0 lures at sportco a few weeks back. I have been eager to try them. We fished the lures at 1.7 mph from 12-18ft...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/24/2021
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Got up at 3 in the morning to head to Mocrocks beach for the first time. We arrived at the 2nd ave access right at 530 and it was still dark due to the overcast skies and rain. To my suprise there wer...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/20/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Headed off for my first kokanee trip at Merwin Reservoir and met my friend Brett at the ramp. The mission was to put him on his first kokanee. I waa marking fish from 20-35ff and some in the 50ft ra...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/10/2021
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My friend J.P. and I headed down to the Columbia river for the first time out of the Nerka Nailer to see if we could catch some sturgeon on the opener. We headed out of the John day boat ramp and tri...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/1/2021
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to area 7 for the lingcod opener. Unfortunately the tides were not in our favor for opening day. We went anyway and had a great time. We fished around Blakley island and a couple other spots....
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/26/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2021
Hot Spots: 1
On the third day of our trip to the eastside the wind finally settled down . We decided that we should try lake Roosevelt for kokanee and trout. We launched early in the morning from spring canyon an...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/21/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Had plans to hit Rufus or Roosevelt in the boat and woke up to 25mph winds. We decided to unhitch the boat and try bank fishing with powerbait. I was lucky to find a hungry fish and reeled him in on l...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/17/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Lonzo and I decided to try black lake which was a new lake for both of us. We arrived just before 8 in the morning. Had the boat launched in no time and decided to troll north. The fish fin...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/16/2021
Species: Walleye
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/9/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I was really excited to head to Eastern Washington and fish Banks lake for some walleye. We arrived just after sunrise to a perfectly calm lake. I decided to head off toward the westside of steamboat...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 4/5/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to head over to American lake for some trout fishing action. I purchased some new arrow flash dodgers and they did not disappoint. We found limits from the surface down to 15 feet. We trolled ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 3/23/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to American lake and decided it was finally time to try and catch a yellow perch on the lake. I went out with my good friend Warren. Took a little driving around but we located a few marks ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 3/9/2021
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I happened to look and the 5 day forecast and saw that the weather was supposed to be nice, decided to take the day off and go to lake Washington. I have always wanted to try for yellow perch but have...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 2/17/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Been under the weather the last week so it took me a while to get around to this report. I managed to get out on Monday with my wife and we decided to troll spinners. We started near the dam fiahing t...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 1/20/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/13/2021
Hot Spots: 0
2021 started with my boat motor getting the lower unit serviced and a 20 hour service for my kicker,then we had a lot of wind and rain for several days. I noticed we were supposed to have a break from...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 12/30/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/29/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I got out for one last trip of 2020. I thought I'd try Ward lake in the winter. I was the only boat on the water. It was about 37 degrees outside with a water temp of 44. I tried slow trolling f...
