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By: Travesty 85
Posted: 3/7/2014
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Cold, wet, and windy... But what the hell. Had a free day might as well spend it on the lake. Marking fish all day both bass and trout. Tried everything known to mankind with no luck. Water temp warme...
By: Travesty 85
Posted: 10/28/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day started off kinda slow, not much action. First time kayaking/ fishing this lake.... Tired trolling, artificial baits, crank baits ect. About 10 am see a couple boils near the bank. Every couple of...
By: SalmonSlayer27
Posted: 2/25/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/24/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Slow fishing, none of my usual spots were hitting. Caught this one late while trolling with a ring. I was shocked to see a 3 1/2 pounder in there. Fun to be out on the lake.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/25/2009
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The 3rd straight day of fishing for my friend Doug and I coming back to Spanaway. So far this year Doug has been skunked at Spanaway and he was hoping that the streak would end. Right after launching ...
By: Duane Daniels
Posted: 5/10/2009
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After a poor outing at Offutt, my friend Doug and I arrived at Spanaway around 2:30pm. We started working the buoy line. Around 3pm the fish started biting and I ended up with my 5 at 7pm. Doug's bad ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fathers Day I had the opportunity to go fishing with my Son at this local lake. We found the fish directly in front of the dock and proceeded to work our way south to just beyond the park property. W...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake at 7 pm for a little mental health therapy. The jet ski's and speed boats were doing there thing but the fish did not seem to mind. I headed across the lake to the slot between the isla...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Monday night was a beautiful evening for fishing. I arrived at the lake at 6 pm and fished until 8:15 pm. I ended up catching 2 stocker rainbows by trolling in circles straight across from the launch....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 6pm while a light drizzle was coming down. For a Saturday and on free fishing weekend it was extremely quiet. There was only 1 other boat on the water. I trolled the north side o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My Son and I hit the lake around 5:30pm. Erik ended up catching his limit within an hour.
It took me until 8 pm to catch my limit of stockers trolling a fender and wedding ring. Both green and re...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/4/2008
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Showed up on the lake and tried fishing everywhere there was a spot but not even a nibble. Never had luck with this lake.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/8/2008
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake just to get my new boat on the water. The rain was there along with all of the other negative weather that scares fish and fisherman alike. We obviously didn't get a nibble. I ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/13/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
went to lake around 8am trolled hard for 4 hours. only got one bite. even after they planted it with the 4pounders. seen a few caught of the bank and one in a boat that had to go 3 pounds. well i'll t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well the day started of about as usual for this time of year. RAIN-RAIN-RAIN. Went out in a buddies boat this day and glad of it. He had a stand up top which keep us two fish slayers dry and happy. We...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I gave it a five. Probably should have been a four because I caught nothing, but I tell you everyone else caught trout and bass. I was amazed at the size of some of these trout. They had to run ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I went out on an evening fish and there were a lot of nice triploid rainbows caught. I hooked only one myself but did not land him.the best bait to use this day was orange power eggs.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing the lake from 9:00 am on Thursday April 21st. and caught six nice rainbow trout. While for the first hour we were trolling with wedding rings, flat fish, worms and nothing. At about 10:30 ho...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/28/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished out at Spanaway today and had little luck in the morning hours. fished behind and over the Island. Small one about 7in. caught. Then went to the south east side of the lake and fished with b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on the lake at about 7:00 pm. Fished from the shore at the Park on the NE corner of the lake. Saw a few groups with 5+ good sized rainbows but no luck myself.
It was extremely windy with chop...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I took my Nephew was down for the weekend. We arrived on the lake at 2pm and fished to 5pm. We fished the area across the lake from the launch. The fish were
even about 60-90 feet off shore. I ended ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/7/2005
Hot Spots: 0
meet my fater inlaw at Spanaway just to pick up a ladder but then i trolled with him for an hour. wedding rings i got 3 bites and he had 2 fish before i had to go. i think he stayed till he got the li...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/13/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/13/2005
Hot Spots: 0
got to the lake early trolled for 5 hours. the 3 of us landed 11 fish. all fish between 14 and 17 inches. we used red weddingrings and just trolled a worm. went early in the week and used powerbait an...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/21/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the reports must be from boaters well out in the lake because I caught nothing and saw nothing caught but it was my first time at the lake. I'll come back if I can find a boat. Anyone have any s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/27/2005
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
got to the lake around 9:30. paid the 7 bucks for the boat launch. no fish no bites nothing. real slow. trolled and still fished bottom and bobber. just no bites. seen about 15 other boats. they wern'...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
I WAS BRAVE AND NEW WHAT I HAD TO DO .I LOADED MY OLD BOAT UP AND WENT FOR IT .I WENT TO SPANAWAY KNOWING THE LAKE WAS STOCKED AND SHOULD DO WELL .I HAVE ALWAYS DONE WELL IN PAST ,BUT I HAD TO WORK ...
