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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2001
Hot Spots: 0
This was the best trip I had in a long time. last week was the first time ever that I fished this lake. I limited out on small ones on two different days but kept hearing stories of big ones. well, t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/12/2001
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the lake around 10am Sunday morning, later than I usually like.
We got in the boat and went just right of the launch, just into the channel and dropped anchor. I started out using red/wht/b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/16/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/16/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing this morning was cold and windy and very unproductive. Fished the bank with my daughter and only got one bite on multiple colors of power-bait. Didn't see or hear of a single fish being caught...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2001
Hot Spots: 0
On Wed. the 3rd, my fishin buddy, Buzz and I decided to try Spanaway just for giggles, as we had tried Mineral earlier in the week and found it to a flop. We started about 8:30 in the morning, a cool ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/4/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 11/4/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Went after the big ones, but only came up with more bait. I fished the dock with my 2 little ones, 1yr and 3yrs, so more of my time was spent chasing them out of the water. Many people were out, but n...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/3/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/3/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Spanaway lake, caught nothing. I heard the fishing has been good there, but I have been there 3 times in the past 2 weeks and I have not had any luck. Does anyone know when the lake is stocked?...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/9/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2002
Hot Spots: 0
During the week ending Thursday, 7 March, 5000, "Catchable" trout were planted into Spanaway Lake. You might as well be catching them, because all they are doing now is being Cormorant(sic) {big bla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/30/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Was a great day to be on the water, did not rain on us at all. Launched the boat at 9 AM. We were looking for smallies, because the information in Hunting and Fishing News suggested we try for them th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/3/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Spanaway today 11:00 - 3:00. Trolled wedding bands with worms all over the lake, nothing. Still fished with worms and powerbait, nothing. I've got a new bottomline fishfinder with GPS and it to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/7/2002
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day about 1:00pm,fished the shallows with a crankbait, on my 4th cast I hooked a 2lb 8 oz smallmouth the biggest I've caught on this lake. 3hrs later I failed to produce a single hit. Fish...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/7/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/7/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out about 1:30pm, 4th cast with a crankbait hooked a 2lb 8 oz smallmouth, biggest I've got out of this lake yet. Water temp. was 50 to 52 depending where you were. Didn't get another bite afte...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/7/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out about 1130. Saw about a dozen other boats on the water.
Water temp 52. Still a little cold I think. I threw every thing at
them with no results. I did see a couple of boats huddling...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/21/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Went out around 7:30 am, tries a variety of power baits or worm combo's off the bottom or under a bobber but didn't find any fish on the South end of the lake.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out again about 1:00pm fished until 5:30pm, water temp.51 and windy. Fished the shallows all day and was able to get my second smallmouth of the year. 2 lbs. 2oz. as the water warms the fishin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't had much time to fish yet this year but finally had a little time after work one evening so decided to go to spanaway for the last hour of daylight and give it a shot after getting my lic. $39...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out about 6:30pm fished until 8:45 pm, between myself, son and nephew we all got are limit of trout by trolling. A great evening on the lake. EAT, SLEEP, FISH.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out about 6:30pm fished until 9:00pm did good trolling for trout my son got 3 trout all 12" or bigger and I got 2 trout about the same size. But the prize for the evening was the 3pound largem...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/15/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Made it out to the lake at 7pm. To my displeasure there were several
jet skis on the lake buzzing around. One of the jet ski owners decided
he owned the launch and spent a good 30 minutes playing wi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 7:00pm fished until 8:30 pm the trout were surfacing but could'nt get them to bite. Did end up with 5 rock bass for the night, still a good evening on the lake.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Young Soo and I fished what is usually a very productive private dock. We fished about six hours and
only caught three 13-14 inchers worth keeping. We fished the entire water column with Turbo and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 40 fish in about 7 hours, released all by 8 unharmed. biggest was about 1 1/2lb. used petter patterson bait formula peanut butter color with a little garlic for flavor and a ray home made fishi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/23/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Not a thing this Sunday morning, fished from 7:30 - 10:00 and only saw 3 caught and they were small. The lake was really dead today, should have gone to Silver or Tanwax.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/31/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Spanaway for about an hour in the evening from a private dock. Caught 4 perch, 2 rock bass, and a 19 inch Rainbow. The Rainbow was a nice surprise.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/11/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/11/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the shore about a hundred yards from the boat ramp. Caught a couple trout(9 and 11 inches) on a worm- NO WEIGHT- about 18 inches down from a small bobber, and casting about 35 feet from sh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/24/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 0830 to 1230, the lake is covered in green algae the water temp 57'F. The oxygen content is
apparently very low, ergo, the fish are very lethargic. We tried various combs at depths and...
