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Posted 02/04/12 Today was the first day in a while that heard that Possession Bar was good for legal size Chinook. This was confirmed by several anglers who stopped by the store today who were out fishing on the Bar. One young angler by the name of Keaton, caught his first Chinook on Saturday after I fixed him and his Dad up with the right gear yesterday. They were fishing the East side of Possession Bar when they landed their salmon.
Posted 02/01/12 From everything that I have heard in the past couple of days; I think Hat Island/Southeast side is better fishing than Possession Bar. I have been talking to some pretty good salmon anglers and they have confirmed that fact.
Posted 02/01/12 Tickets for the Anacortes Salmon Derby are on sale now at John's Sporting Goods. Cost: $60. Derby date: March 31-April 1
The sign-up sheet for the Bill Hayes Hot Plug Derby is now at John's Sporting Goods. Cost $50. Derby date: February 25th.
Posted 01/30/12 The Everett Blackmouth Derby is March 17th. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Each ticket is $100, which is good for up to four anglers. Tickets are available now at John's Sporting Goods. First Prize is $3000.
Salmon Seminar by John Martinis and Mike Greenleaf March 14th at Bayside Marine @ 7PM.
Posted 01/27/12 With the weather finally improving their are some good opportunities for fishing this weekend. If you want to do some freshwater fishing, Lake Goodwin has been excellent for Rainbow Trout to 21".
I have heard from several anglers that Steamboat Slough has been more than good for Sturgeon. Sturgeon is an all weather fishery because the slough never gets too rough to fish. Go to the search function of my web site and type in "Sturgeon" for a fishing map and all kinds of "How To" fish for Sturgeon.
Out on the saltwater; Columbia Beach has been one of the better spots for Chinook. Go to the search function of my web site and type in "Columbia Beach" for a fishing map. I would suggest going to Useless Bay because it has not been fished since it opened. This report just came in while I was typing this: Useless Bay, Possession and Browns Bay were all good on Friday (01/27/12). The Chinook were averaging just 5-8lbs.
In the San Juan's; Lopez Flats has been one of the better places to fish for Chinook. Chinook have been running 6-12lbs in this area. Once again. go to the search function of my web site to look for Lopez Flats information.
The Cowlitz River was good on Friday. Les Jacober and friends landed four steelhead by 1PM.
Fish Lake near Lake Wenatchee has 13" of ice on the lake. This is an excellent place to fish for Rainbows and Perch in January and February.
