Northwest Fishing Reports

I don't know for sure, I fished perch a lot last year and never happened to hook a bass, there are lots of perch though. I tryed some bass fishing on the far side of the lake w/ all the downed trees and didn't ever have any luck, I plan to try a bit more in the future. I am not sure if there are or ...

I release my fish if I don't plan on cooking them directly after I get home. If a fish hits the freezer, its next destination is the garbage a few months later. I am generally the same way, but when I am planning to smoke any fish I always freeze them first, I heard that causes water inside the fle...

Well fishunt83 do you actually even keep bass anyways? I've heard they aren't very desirable in terms of taste... No way man. I love eating bass, smallies taste great and largemouths make nice beer battered fishsticks. I generally only keepthe smaller ones in the 1 lb range, the bigger ones can liv...

Here are a few knotless net examples, however there are many types available in your local sporting goods store: http://www.hardyfishing.com/content/editor/Image/Hardy/Hardy%202007/Big-net.jpg http://www.siman.cz/landing_nets/images/net_detail_1.jpg Personally, I only pull out my net when I am 100% ...

I have had the greatest success with Rainbow, Pink (light pink, not the firey red they sell), and Flo. Orange. These have always been my goto colors. I have found that glittery colors dont work, so avoid them. Personally, I have ditched powerbait this season. I don't even carry it in my tackle as a ...

I purchased that book quite a few years back and have used it many many times. I think the biggest benefit to this site would be to go through that book, find the lakes that aren't listed here, and include them to the database. I did notice when reading it that there are a number of smaller lakes in...

Thanks for the input smalma, I will look at the stocking reports and contact our local hatchery, it does seem like it is a sereous issue. I would imagine these fish might have a greatly decreased overall life expectancy, then again, I am no fish doc.

Matt

I wish I could tell you, I've been thinking of hitting up whatcom for weeks, but am intimidated because I have such a small boat.

matt

Honestly, I don't think it's pollution or trash, I think it's a problem coming from the hatcheries.... these fish are fresh to the lake, and these tumors appear to be well developed.

Edit: I will try to get pictures, shouldn't be a problem since this has been a regular occurance.

Matt

Hey all, Ive been doing a lot of trolling in Whatcom County lakes since the opener and kept a few fish each day. I have been noticing tumorous "stuff" in the bloodline of a number of fish and was wondering what this was or if anyone has seen anything similar. In all my years of trout fishing I've ne...

I wasnt saying the population was 20 billion, I was saying that its on its way there. And I wasnt trying to imply that humans are evil, most of us aren't, but what I was implying is that social obsessions cause people to feel that luxuries are in fact needs. I know you weren't flaming me littleriver...

I think fishing with corn is illegal because of the fact that they cant digest it. I have been told this by a number of people. That's what this entire thread was about, that's a myth (read the first post). About the biofuel thing, Biofuel is a gimmick, combustion engines are on the way out. Fuel c...

There are so many aspects to climactic change I don't think it can really accuarately be debated here. My .02, we are f*****, people are too arrogant and too stuck on their luxurious lifestyles to realise we are actually being faced with an issue that could change our living environment and more imp...

Location: Bellingham, WA Boat: 12ft Aluminum w/ a Motor Guide Electric Im up here in Whatcom county and would be interested in meeting up to fish with some more people from around the area. I have a boat and a truck, and am a full time student so I am available most weekdays in the afternoon/evenin...

Yeah, nothn works better than white corn for kokes! Trout like it too.

I hit Padden here in bellingham, its about 2 minutes from my house so we decided to take the easy day. I expected there to be a lot more boats on the water, but most of the fisherman were plunking from the shore. Boat traffic was not bad, and it made for a good opener of ultralight trolling.

Matt