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By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/24/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Right out of the gate I saw the mythical Lake Whatcom largemouth!! Two of them where in among the pilings to the south of the launch in about 6 feet of water and one of them was an easy 6 pounder! T...
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By: zhut
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the South end of Whatcom this Saturday. Caught 1 juvenile smallmouth dropshotting with a green and tan curly tail roboworm. Also caught a rock sculpin fishing a shaky head with a roboworm. ...
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Posted: 5/24/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is a joint report for really all of NW Washington. The trees have greened, the sun finally decided to peek around the clouds, and the water is finally of livable temperature. Just as the outdo...
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By: branweeds
Posted: 5/16/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I went and found a few beds on Whatcom today from the kayaks, first after work I took mine out for an hour and then I met up with a buddy and we took his kayaks out for another hour. Got four smallmou...
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Posted: 5/15/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Bloedel and out on the water by 6 am. We decided to try going under the bridge but had no luck. Unfortunately we forgot the fish finder so there was no real way to see if there were even a...
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By: branweeds
Posted: 5/9/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got stuck on campus writing a book report all day, and decided to try and catch my first bass on my new rod. I got to Blodel about 7:30, and fished for half an hour or so. Only one bite, and I hooked ...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/5/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to smallmouth fish the incoming thunderstorm so I made a mad dash to Lake Whatcom, got all the AIS junk done for the year and was launched! I headed straight for the rock island and tried th...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/24/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had zero intentions of fishing this lake today, partly because I'm still in largemouth mode and partly because the wind was supposed to be fairly strong today. I drove by on my way to Fazon just tp lo...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/30/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the day on Whatcom today. Caught lots of small fish and two that went 3lbs. One of the 3lbers had another 4 fish following it that were all in the 2-4lb range so I let it swim next to the boat w...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/10/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had the opportunity to fish with some good company today. Launched at about 0800 and headed for Geneva Point hoping to get in on some smallies on the rocky point. Not so much as a strike here. Worked ...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/8/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
When I pulled my trailer out of the lake I knew it would probably be a short trip :O, I expected weedy but good Lord! I even packed along my push pole just in case and to save a little battery but it ...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/1/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Started out of Bloedel and fished the docks on the north end picking up a couple pounders. Got to the bay in the NE corner and missed a nice one in the grass, once on my spinnerbait and again on a sof...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/18/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day off with a perch colored inline spinner 3/8oz. Caught some dinks, then a pounder, got down near the rock island on the west side and caught a trout on it, two casts later I caught a po...
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Posted: 6/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
One of my other passions in life is backcountry skiing. A person gets used to going up in the mountains and being cold.......good thing today was one of those days were you put one the chest wades be...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Nothing to spectacular today, caught fish on grubs, spinnerbait and drop shot. The biggest of the day was only 3lbs and I missed more fish than I caught due to short strikes and follows. Water temps w...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/18/2016
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Not my favorite conditions for fishing this lake but I was excited to get back on it for the first time in a few years! I started by running down the west side and pulling in by the rock hump about 1/...
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Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Got to The Lake With My Dad around 1 launched and got baited up and started trolling right from the launch on south bay winthin 10 mins. had the first fish on at 30 ft on the wire. cutt released unha...
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Posted: 7/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Fished lake Whatcom for a few hours Tuesday afternoon.had real good luck around 25 to 50 ft for kokanee dad cought 3 kokanee around 25 ft , the thing is that we have to release cutthroat and the las...
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Posted: 5/29/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Great couple of days on the lake with my buddy, explored some new areas of the lake, Caught two over 5lbs and a bunch in the 3-4lb range found a couple giants on beds all by themselves, but it was to...
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Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
North end of the lake is starting to heat up, lots of big females biting, fun couple of days this week, waiting for the south end to catch up, I have spotted a few toads getting ready to spawn. Caught...
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By: rappuhd
Posted: 10/20/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been wanting to get back to whatcom since we got our first smallmouth last time out. Started out fishing pilings and my girlfriend on her first cast picked up the biggest one we have gotten thus far. ...
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By: rappuhd
Posted: 10/8/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started out trolling for kokanee, and had a lot of takedowns but only managed to get a few cutthroat to the boat. They seemed to be very healthy and I have been catching quite a few when trolling for ...
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By: rappuhd
Posted: 10/3/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Finally had a break from homework and had a chance to go fishing. Had a friend along that loves to eat perch so decided we would dedicate most the evening to those. Started out trolling from the launc...
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Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about two hours caught one personal record smallmouth at 5 pounds and alot of smaller fish
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By: buzzbait
Posted: 8/26/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
new Personal best Smallmouth,5.9 lbs.,21 1/2 inches.
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