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Name:Steve
Occupation:Retired
Hometown:Bellingham
Lakes of most experience:Samish
Total years fishing:60+
Years fishing for Kokanee:NewB
Methods:Trolling,but I am presently without a boat. (If someone needs to balance the weight in their boat, I make excellent ballast.)
 
Name: Mark McWillis
Occupation: Firearms accessory manufacturer
Lakes of most Kokanee experience: Merwin
Total years fishing: 40+
Years fishing for Kokanee: Counting this year.....1
Methods: Trolling
Boat: see below
 
MackPrince said:
Please re-introduce yourself to the Washington Board. I want to keep my contacts up to date and check on our coverage of the many great kokanee fisheries in the state. I look forward to your local reports and discussion threads and perhaps we may be able to organize a gathering in the future.

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Name: Matt
Occupation: School Counselor
Hometown: Vancouver (raised in Spokane)
Lakes of most experience: Loon, Merwin, Yale
Total years fishing: 26
Years fishing for Kokanee :18
Methods: Trolling, jigging, night fishing
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John Brewer
Retired timberfaller/baker
Hometown Vernonia Ore.
Newbie101idea101
Total years fishing:60
Years fishing Kokanee 0worthy12
Methods still too learn101shock110
I will probably become a pain in the butt. I'm one of those that don't mind asking for help and appreciate all I get.101nopity101 Please be gentle.101wave2101
 
Name; John
Occ.:Medically retired military, teacher
Residence: Castle Rock
Experience : Fishing 50+ years, Kokes 2 yrs.
Howdy, everybody! Another summer, some more silver in the boat!
Got a new used 16' Steensen sled over the winter...she wants to hit the lakes, but the rivers keep calling, too...what a sweet dilemma!
Got a sweet little car towable 2 man boat set up for kokes for sale or trade, if anyone knows anyone looking...
 
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How cool. A kokanee forum. I thought id log in and give a shout to the silver bullet fishermen of washington.
Years fishing about 40.
Kokanee fishing 9 years in a row. off and on before that for many years.
Home water is American lake.
Trolling is my fave method. but i have caught them old school still fishing/stripping. and with a jig.
Smokercraft Tracer. Scotty downriggers.
Short leaders, heavy flourocarbon. Fish on.

fish on friends.
 
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Name: Greg
Occupation: Millwright
Hometown: Kalama, Wa. (raised in Brownsville, Ore.)
Lakes of most experience: Suttle, Odell, Green Peter
Total years fishing: 42
Years fishing for Kokanee :15
Methods: Jigging, re-learning to troll

Hello all!
I am new to the forum. Enjoyed reading everyone's posts for a while and decided "what the heck" and joined. I really enjoy fishing for the kokes, just don't get to do it as much as I would like (work seems to get in the way a lot).
I do have a question though:
My family and I have been going to Suttle lake for about 15 years in April-May and use to just sack 'em until a few years ago. The fishin' really fell off for us. Has this happened to anyone else? If so, what happened to Suttle? Or did we just forget how to catch fish.

Have fun out there!
Greg
 
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Name: Bill
Occupation: Graphic Designer (retired)
Home Town: Renton WA, Raised in Bay Area of Calif. Spent 4 years in
U.S. Coast Guard & 4 years in College. Moved to Bellingham WA in '79
Fishing History: 63 years, All over West of the Rockies U.S. & Canada.
I have tied flys & made lures since I was 12 years old. & "Fly fished only"
for a 25 year period.
Kokanee years: about 6 years, in Merwin, Alder & Roosevelt, Whiskytown CA
and Paulina in Oregon.
Other interests: Boat building & Radio Control Elect. airplanes.

Note: Looking for new local fishing partner West side of Cascades.
Lost my local fishing buddy to small town life and lower taxes on the
East side. Need to share trip expenses to major Kokanee sites.
Have good boat & 5th wheel trailer.
 
Name: Richard
Occupation: CADD and Surveyor
Hometown: Mill Creek

Lakes of most experience: Stevens and Silver (used to have kokes).
Fished Yale, Samish, Priest Rapids and Lake Pateros last season.

Total years fishing: 40 years

Years fishing for Kokanee :All of 2012.


Methods: Trolling, jigging and flyfishing
 
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I just stumbled on this thread

Name: Rob
Occupation: develop and manage contracts for USGS
Hometown: Burley, Id (have lived in Seattle for the last 30yrs)
Lakes of most experience: Washington (for sockeye - mainly fish the salt)
Total years fishing: 30
Years fishing for Kokanee: 0
Methods: trolling
Boat: 1964 16' Aristocraft rigged for fishing
 
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I have been lurking the forum for a year and just noticed the Washington Roll Call thread also.

Name: Alan
Occupation: Retired USN 22 years DSCS (computer tech), casino maintenance tech
Hometown: Arlington
Lakes of most experience: Erie (the big one in Ohio) , Stevens for Kokes
Total years fishing: >50
Years fishing for Kokanee : < 1
Methods: Trolling

Arima Seachaser 17, 115 E-Tec, old Johnson 8 hp kicker (smoke and Koke), Lowrance HDS

My weekends are Tue & Wed. Have a hard time finding people to go on those days so usually by myself. Anyone interested in Stevens, Coho out of Everett, or Lake Washington after the Coho run - shoot me a PM.

Alan
 
Name: Jeff

Occupation: Medically retired military

Hometown: Mossyrock but in Tacoma for now

Lakes of most experience: Riffe, American, Mayfield, Lake Washington

Total years fishing:28

Years fishing for kokanee:25

Method: Trolling, jigging, still fishing

I grew up on Riffe from the time i could walk and can still pull limits off when some say its dead. I've been fishing American for the last 6 years and I have it pretty dialed in. If anyone has Riffe questions Would be more than happy to help, it seems like its not a very easy to figure out lake for alot of people due to its size.
 
Welcome everyone. Thanks for signing in with the roll call. It helps when we are trying to plan group events or to know who may be a local for a new lake we want to try.

-Mack
 
Name: Toni
Occupation: Library
Hometown: Graham
Lakes of most experience: Clear Lake Pierce County
Years fishing for Kokanee : I started targeting this year
Methods: Trolling

I have a 12 foot 1977 Sears Gamefisher that leaks with a Minnkota electric and I have a Walker Down rigger.
 
Dave, retired, fished kokanee for 35 years, clear lake American and several others around king and pierce county that hold them and several in eastern washington, mostly troll from my Crestliner boat.
 

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