Football season has begun (yahoo!), school is starting up again, the weather is just fine and the fish are biting! Bass and walleye action remain strong over east. The topwater fishing for bass has been great of late, with really nice, quality, 2-6 lb., largemouth bass. Please respect these wonderful fish and release ALL largemouth and smallmouth Bass over 14″, remember our WDFW does not stock bass: “A picture speaks a thousand words.”
The walleye are just a bit more fickle. Here one day and gone the next, you really need to be versatile to keep on these toothy critters and not be afraid to fish different locations on a daily basis. That’s where my job comes into play. If you want to go slay some spiny rays before the season ends, let’s go get after it! In my opinion . . . the best fishing of the year for these fish is right now.
Looking ahead to September 1st for the opening of salmon season on some of our local Westside river fisheries, which is a week away at press time! Coho/silver salmon retention on the Snohomish system will be good to go right after our next big rain. If you want to go fishing with me and hook into limits of coho salmon, the prime dates are from around the first week in September through October — mother nature permitting, of course. The local king salmon gig is also open and in full swing on Lake Sammamish, as well. Call me and let’s get you and your crew on the fishing schedule.
Here is an example of what to expect on the Snohomish System for coho this year.
Again, quit wishin’ and let’s go fishin’!
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
bonnerfishon.com
PS I’ve been out exploring some new fisheries and next year it will be on for the sockeye salmon . . . more to come on these fisheries when the season comes back around in 2011. Take a sneak peak of what to expect below and I will say this, ”bring your bigger cooler!”
Tags: bass, Bonner Daniels, coho, Fishing Report, king salmon, Lake Sammamish, large-mouth bass, salmon, snohomish river system, walleye, washington fishing
Fishing Report, Pro Staff, River | Bonner Daniels | 
September 3, 2010 12:54 am | 
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August in Washington State rules — if you’re an outdoor enthusiast that is. Pick your poison between fresh and/or salt water, rivers to lakes, sounds to seas, all are productive and opportunities abound. I have been fishing the lakes and rivers of late with great success on both. Read more »
Tags: bass, Bonner Daniels, king salmon, large-mouth bass, panfish, small-mouth bass, snohomish river system, steelhead, walleye, washington fishing
Fishing Report, Pro Staff, River | Bonner Daniels | August 19, 2010 7:54 pm | Comments (0)
Brown Family King
The summertime sun has finally come to Washington state and with her heat came the king salmon retention closure on Sky River. With that stated, I am now shifting gears back to focusing on the Skykomish River summer-run steelhead. If you’re looking for a peaceful float down the river, with the opportunity to catch a summer-run chromer, look no further than your own backyard. The fish have moved up the system and it’s time to break out the drift boat.
Bonner With a Summer King
Otherwise, lets get a crew to fill up the jet sled and head down to the Cowlitz River to do battle with summer-run steelhead. Those fish have definitely shown up and are in the system, as well. Side drifting and pulling plugs are the keys to success down on the Cow.
Lets Go Catch Some Summer Run Chrome!
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
bonnerfishon.com
425-281-8772
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PS The walleye bite is on over east if your looking for a change of pace. Just let me know when you want to go 
Summer . . . well I think it’s summer, but I’m still not sure. Actually the weather from a fisherman’s point of view has been excellent. Read more »
Tags: Bonner Daniels, chrome, Glenn Hall, Hawg Quest, king salmon, snohomish river system, steelhead, summer-run
Featured, Fishing Report, Pro Staff | FethaStyx | July 3, 2010 8:05 am | Comments (0)
The Skykomish River opening day fishing report. The water WAS a beautiful, deep green in the upper river, and little more colored up the lower you went, with the color coming from the Wallace and Sultan rivers and the river was running 6,900 CFS and 49 degrees. Read more »
Bonner holds a trophy bass.
I was over fishing on the Potholes Reservoir last weekend. Tyson Ahina, Bob Jorgensen and I were catching large and smallmouth bass between two and six pounds on soft plastics, along with jerk baits. The bass were both in spawn and pre-spawn mode. The weather was great. The fish are all in great condition and very scrappy. We catch and release ALL of our trophy bass.
When we are looking for table fare, we catch walleye.
Net full of walleye.
This year has been great with limits being the norm for my boat. We mainly troll spinners and crankbaits for the fish we target. We also release the trophy walleye we catch, but all the rest are headed for the deep fryer
If you’re looking for a nice change of pace, the Eastside has some truly wonderful warm water fisheries. Give me a call and let’s go catch some fish.
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
Bonnerfishon.com
425-281-8772
I will start off with the mother nature report: calm one minute, raining the next with hurricane like winds right after that, and finally the sunshine decides to make an appearance…but with all that weather came the fish. Read more »
Tags: Bonner Daniels, cowlitz river, king salmon, skykomish river, summer-run, trophy bass, walleye, winter run steelhead
Featured, Fishing Report, Pro Staff | Bonner Daniels | May 5, 2010 12:37 am | Comments (1)
It’s great to be back home . . . even after a NICE vacation in the Hawaiian Sun. Check out Maui Extreme Fishing if you’re ever on the islands, those boyz really know how to catch the fish. I was M.I.A. for a few days there. I sure did get home in the nick of time, as the fishing has been absolutely wonderful. How can you not love sunshine, winter steelhead and springer salmon all in one?!
The salmon season is in full swing and people who are out fishing for them are catching them. Big, beautiful, chrome bright, springer salmon between I-5 and Willamette is quite good at press time. Get some herring, or your favorite spinner and get out there!! It closes here very shortly. By the way, springer salmon is nearly $30 a pound at the grocery store!!
I have a few openings left for late-winter steelhead and spring Chinook salmon on the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers. If you would like to book a trip, NOW is a great time. My boat averaged nine fish fought and four killed everyday this last week!!!! It’s on like kong
Here are a few pics from this week’s trips:
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
Bonnerfishon.com
425-281-8772
Ps. Quit wish’n and let’s GO fish’n!
Pss. Todd Daniels’ Hawg Quest episode is replaying this week . . . check it OUT!
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Tags: Bonner Daniels, Columbia River, cowlitz river, fetha styx, salmon, springers, steelhead, trout
Featured, Fishing Report, Pro Staff | FethaStyx | April 12, 2010 8:13 pm | Comments (0)
It is officially springer salmon, late-run hatchery steelhead and native steelhead season. With that said, literally every mainstem river of the Washington Coast and Columbia River has fish in it right now. Big, bright, chrome fish…get out and get in on some of the action!
The trout lakes have been, or are being, planted; the walleye bite is beginning over on the Potholes Reservoir and Moses Lake; the Potholes Open is right around the corner; the Grande Ronde, Salmon, and Clearwater Rivers are overflowing with steelhead; and the Westside chromers are arriving right now. What a great time to go out and go fishing in this wonderfully mild weather.
My days have been consisting of side drifting bait for steelhead and springers out of my Wooldridge XL Jet Sled, which holds five guests comfortably. The fishing has been consistent with multiple fishONs!!! per day. This spring run has started off well, and should continue strong and even get better well into April. I am currently booked up through the 1st week of April, if you would like to get out and get after some of these chrome beauties, give me a call and lets get you on the schedule before its too late. See you on the water
Here are but a few pics from this week’s trips….
TIP of The Week: Keep On Casting!!!
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
bonnerfishon.com
425-281-8772
Tags: Bonner Daniels, chrome, Columbia River, fetha styx, fishing, Moses Lake, Potholes Reservoir, salmon, springers, steelhead, Washington
Featured, Fishing Report, Pro Staff | Bonner Daniels | March 22, 2010 2:03 pm | Comments (0)
Here is the steelhead freak report:
Short, BUT sweet…mother nature has been dealing the perfect “river” hand for the past few weeks and the steelhead fishing for my boat has been nothing short of spectacular!! If you want to catch big, brood stock, hatchery steelhead and at the same time have the opportunity of catching a 20lb-plus steelie on the next cast, now is the time.
From now through mid-April, I fully expect the steelhead fishing to continue on a strong note. Get a date before it’s too late
I will let a few of the pics from the last week speak for themselves:
Sincerely,
Bonner Daniels
bdfishon.com
PS Springers are cool…but STEELHEAD rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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