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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/15/1998
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/15/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I fished in August from the 15th through the 22nd. I used
a downrigger with a chartreuse 1/8 oz Thomas eel. I set the
down rigger for about 60 degrees F which varied by about 3'
from 25' to 28'....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/27/2000
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Hooked 12 bass bonked 3 two ponders .Seen my buddy Chuck and he said he got 14 bass on leach.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I've been fishing Samish for bass since April, and have been having spurts of success. I caught my biggest Largemouth (3.0lbs) in April, sight fishing on the South end with a plastic crawdad. During...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/1/2003
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/1/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I've been fishing Samish Lake 2 to 3 times a week with my son since April. Fishing is good right now. We have been catching nice fat Kokanee from 10 to 12 1/2 inches. If you are looking for fun, th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/2003
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Samish for largemouth with tube baits, plastic worms, and senkos. Caught 7 bass from 1-2 1/2 pounds and one that was about 3 pounds. The biggest one actually hit on a shad colored Rapala countd...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/15/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/15/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Windy and Chilly is the best way to describe this day. Went out from 10am until 2pm water temp was 44 degrees. Went looking for some cutthroats, trolled a fly, an egg sucking leech and caught and rele...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/25/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/25/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing today with Uncle Wes. Fish being marked throughout the water column but no takers. We trolled from 7am to past noon and came away with two perch and a squawfish. In other words, the fishi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Was fishing for bass on the North end by Luther wood with 1/2 oz.
Jig and Crawdad trailer and nailed a 5lb. Hog. Usually I fish South end but heard that the big ones are in the North end, and they...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from noon 'til dusk on Samish caught five big squawfish and five rather large perch. Those weren't the fish I was looking for--I was fishing for silvers. Lots of people boating and lots...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/20/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for a couple of hours by trolling a kokanee-sized troll with a wedding ring, tipped with worm. Caught a monster squawfish. Biggest one I've ever seen, full of eggs. Was a fun fish to catch b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/10/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this lake for the first time today... Trolled a black 1/6 oz rooster tail from 10-noon and caught a 15 inch cutt... Saw some guys fishing for bass and one other out for trout who said he also c...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake from 5-8:30 and landed a nice 17 inch cutt trolling a rapala, there were a lot of trout jumping. Saw someone with a bucket full of squawfish... I was wondering what he would be doing w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Samish for perch today. There were a few under the brige. I kept one that was about 6 inches. I caught many small sunfish and some skulpins but not enough perch to make a meal out of.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today with Steve. He was using a brown wooley bugger and landed a 17 1/2 inch 3 pound triploid. I was using a olive green bugger and got a 15 1/2 inch 1 pound cutthroat. I switched to a olive...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2005
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Well Steve and I got out today, hit the water about 7am worked the north end and upper southern end. Water temp was at 64 degrees weather was over-cast with rain early and then tapered off. Steve caug...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/4/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2005
Hot Spots: 0
My father and I fished this lake starting at about 10:00 A.M. and fished till about 2:00 P.M. We fished the south end of the lake near the old piling and slalom course. We caught two nice rainbows, on...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Took on Samish last Thursday (8/25/05) Headed out in the evening weather was great.
Started fishing North end by Luther Wood not much action...but I've seen some nice size large mouth. Went down to ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/21/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2005
Hot Spots: 0
8:30 am By Samish park. Using a "Creme" lizard jigged through the grass.
18 inch largemouth. Unfortunately I was running only 8lb test. Went off the boulder i was on rather than flipping such a larg...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
With a barometer reading by NOA of 30.1inches steady and between showers, I managed to snag 2, 11 inch smallmouths and a 12 inch yellow perch in Samish from a dock on the SW shore just nw of friday cr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at North Lake Samish near the swimming area near the bridge. Parked and walked under the bridge and noticed a school of bass near the pillars of the bridge. Was fishing with my brother Tom a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/20/2006
Hot Spots: 0
First Time to this lake.
Fished this lake for 4 hours in the morning, hooked a lot of little smallies and large mouth but nothing with size.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Bass fishing, and four kind of trouts, kokanee's, catfish, and perch.. are all in the lake, big ones do live here. i fish this lake every off day i get!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/15/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This time of year you wanna try some multi bait action, go slow special in weather changes light rain and wind covered skys you know washington gray clouds, if you have boat even better, if you don't ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/29/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled the lake using a small rainbow colored hotshot didnt have any luck. usually works in the spring, water must be to cold still. Is anyone having any luck this winter... any advice would be appre...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/20/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished samish Monday for about 1 hour and caught an 11 in cutt (released) and soon after a nice fat 13 inch rainbow for dinner. would have kept fishing but the weather was really nasty, 1 other boat o...
