Northwest Fishing Reports

Well, my five day Eastern Washington trip ended at two and a half days... Stop #1 was Ferry County and Curlew Lake. 5.5 hours and 279 miles in and I was there! I made a reservation for the State Park but was hoping not to use it. The day started and ended with technical difficulties as first I had t...

As I travel this State on my County Quest I have found this book invaluable! Especially when there is ZERO cell coverage and I have to research the next stop or change destinations on the fly. This book and a gazetteer and you do not need old Mr. Internet [thumbsup] Thanks again Bob! :salut: :salut:...

7.7.18: I got on a roll [thumbsup] Alarm off at 0230. Left house at 0300. Arrived at Spencer Lake at 0530. Screwed around for 90 minutes. Went to the point I wanted to fish at 0700 Off Spencer after boating a 2.2lb smallie on a DT6 at 0730! I headed for Riffe in Lewis County and launched at the Moss...

Good to know, thank you! Typically you can up-size your way out of them but nipping the tails off my 5" swim-jigs gets spendy! I agree, they are a blast either way but there's a time and place lol. I've narrowed Mason County down to Limerick, Spencer or Benson, I'm pretty sure one of those will prov...

Happy 4th of July everyone!! :salut: Knowing I was going to have the day off Wednesday and my work day was going to end in Renton on Tuesday, I decided to load up the JB and just keep heading south after work Tuesday. I also unexpectedly got off before noon so this worked out great! My original plan...

King County and others are places I fished in previous years. I fished Beaver, Angle, Meridian, Sammamish and others years ago, they count lol. My struggles are mostly mental. Sure weather, conditions and unfamiliar waters play their parts but I am fishing to quickly, trying to bang em out instead o...

Execution....that is the word for this challenge! I have been close to punching the card on my first trip to three different counties now. Chelan County, first trip lost the fish that would have counted. Island County, broke off the fish that would have counted. Pierce County, lost the fish that wou...

Island County...the land that bass fishing forgot....at least when I go there ](*,) I fished Cranberry in the Deception Pass State Park and while I caught two dinks that count towards my overall total, I snapped off the one that should have gone a pound + in the pads. I don't know how a lake can loo...

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SUCCESS! Made it back over to Fish Lake this morning and got two hours in before the wind did it's thing! I was able to get where I wanted to fish originally and bagged a 2.2 on a Senko, then a 1+ on a small swim jig and a 3.5 on the same. Chelan County...CHECK! Once this challenge is over I want to...

DO IT!!

6/16/18: Well, this little challenge is shaping up to be a beast! I got off work Friday at 1000 and drove straight to Yakima and Pond #6 of the I-82 Pond system. This Pond and Pond 4 are advertised as having the best access (not walk-in), so I thought 'slam dunk'. I arrived with the JB to a parking ...

I'll just do a report, I can't see where to add a pic to a PM? If it's difficult at home it will be worse from my phone as I'm traveling. Thanks.

Digging through old notes I found a personal fishing report from Lake Leland over in Jefferson County so that was a bonus! Caught three there back in 2001 with the biggest going just over two pounds. Well, I'm making a short run tomorrow to try and check off Yakima and Chelan Counties. Getting off w...

Yep. Just need to take a different approach! Round two tentatively rescheduled for the third week in July.

Well, this is shaping up to be a pretty decent challenge! Definitely a learning experience. Shouldn't be a problem, just roll around catching one pounders and checking off lakes and counties right? Not so fast...take into account: fluctuating weather conditions, individual lake conditions, individua...

I appreciate the well wishes everyone but unfortunately I had to pull the plug after the third lake #-o just got home. That kayak is just not going to cut it against the E-WA winds! ](*,) I checked out two small lakes in Malaga but both were a no go. I jumped across the river and fished two small la...

Update 6/5/18:

Decided to leave Thursday afternoon instead of Friday afternoon to get a jump on the weather system that may affect Saturday/Sunday...and to provide a little more 'fishing' time each day...I should average about one hour per body of water?

Correct, just nail a "keeper" (1lb or bigger) and move on, of course I will be trying for bigger but I can always come back at a later date and re-fish the really good looking stuff, maybe even bring the big boat?! [biggrin] Cramming in the research this week and have already uncovered a couple inte...

Many years ago I had the goofy idea of challenging myself to catch a keeper bass out of every County in Washington State. Why? Partly boredom, partly restlessness but mainly adventure, sightseeing, exploration, motivation! I have about 15 lakes within an hour of me I pound year after year, a few mor...