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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First to the boat launch this morning for JoAnn and I . We motored over to the south side of the lake and got our kokanee gear down . Four rods, staggered depths. I was optimistic with the overcast sk...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/30/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/30/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Having decided that Baker Lake was just too slow to fish another day on, JoAnn and I returned home yesterday and decided to fish locally. Lake Stevens was up and kokanee was the target. I was interest...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/29/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I went back to Baker in hopes of finding some success. We arrived Sunday and fished the afternoon, using our sea anchor to keep a controlled drift of 1.2-1.4mph in the afternoon winds. Saw f...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/26/2013
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son James and I made our first Alpine hike of the year today. We decided to hike to Fisher Lake, in the Alpine Wilderness. This lake is described as having been planted in years past (by I assume t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/24/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I got to Baker for our much anticipated yearly fishing/boating/gunk holing trip. The reports for Baker seemed to be “OK”, however, the fish counts are way down this year vrs. Last year. Curr...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2013
Hot Spots: 3
JoAnn and I went on our much anticipated trip to lake Merwin. We left early Saturday (arrived and boat on the water by 9:30am) and stayed until Monday 5pm. I was running numbers in my head, making gra...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
And this report is Part Two of my wife JoAnn and my trip to lake Cle Elum. This report focuses on a under-utilized kokanee fishery on the lake.
I’ll start with a couple factoids:
Cle Elum has a ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/1/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Wow, wow, wow! (and that’s just for part 1 of my two day report)
JoAnn and I decided to drive up over to Cle Elum Sunday and moor the boat overnight for a two day fishing adventure. I had a revelat...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2013
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day One of my Father’s Day fishing adventure felt kind of weird to be away from home and on my own. A sign of grown kids - my younger son wasn’t interested in a two day fishing trip, and the older boy...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2013
Species: Shad
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Today I got to fish for shad for the first time (well, I fished a bit last night I’m counting this as the first serious effort).
I arrived at 5:30am at the location closest to the dam, about 30 yar...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I had the pleasure of fishing with my fishin' buddy Bob Johansen today. We decided to try Spencer since it has some decent LMB in it and (bonus) I could get some video for a future production.
Afte...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/3/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got up way early to go fishing on Lake Stevens, and told JoAnn "We should have got up earlier!". We had our lines running at 5:25am, and in no time at all had two fish in the boat, a 12" caught at 25 ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Our next fishing trip on today’s marathon for JoAnn and I took us to Mason Lake. Again, in search of kokanee.
We arrived to a late start from lake Cushman and only fished from 1-3:30pm, about the w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I got to fish lake Cushman for the first time ever. I was curious and looking forward to seeing this lake.
We fished in the evening, and then the morning. Our target species was kokanee. T...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
JoAnn and I had the pleasure of fishing with Jeff Witkowski, who is a guide that works with Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad’s Family Guide Service. Our target was Lake Chelan Lake Trout.
We left th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for JoAnn and my last trip to Lake Chelan this year for kokanee. It’s been a unexpected and fun spring, and we have enjoyed the lake’s beauty and great kokanee fishing.
We arrived Sa...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
This report is over-due. I just got very busy lately!
I went fishing with Craig Dowdy of YJ Guide Service, his friend Steve, and Aaron and Andrew. We were after catfish and I was pretty excited as ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 2
This report covers Saturday evening, Sunday all day, and Monday morning.
After our Epic Trip of a month ago, I was pretty excited to be able to return to Lake Chelan and go after more of those amaz...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/8/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
My wife and I fished lake Chelan Sunday and Monday for kokanee. As I’m sure many have heard, the kokanee fishing has started early and the fish are big again, as they were last year. So with hopes set...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/25/2013
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 2
With the weather looking so great I decided the end of last week to head out to Westport and go after some bottom fish off the jetty, and perhaps do a video to boot. After some shifts in plans I final...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/11/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish on Sunday with Nate on the Olympic Pennisula, last trip (I think) for steelhead this year. I was very excited to see a new river, especially to fish for the famed natives of the Olympic ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/21/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Got to float the Stilli with Gringo Pescador and Nate Treat, which is always a fun day. Our pontoon convoy trips are always a good time.
Started the morning looking for the put in. Can you say "rou...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/24/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This is getting old. Took my son Matt down to the Cowlitz with hopes of getting him his first steelhead. We fished from daybreak until 1:30. Our primary method was boondogging eggs/float. We also trie...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/18/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Long underwear – check
Raingear – check
Bait – check
Flashlight – check
Fish – ummm, uncheck
Another tough day at Reiter, however, I was happy to arrive early to a light snow which got heavier ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Reward for a weekend of hard work – Monday morning fishing!
Decided to continue to try to unlock the Skykomish Reiter Ponds Hwy side. The river is dropping today is in stellar shape. Flow was 4,30...
