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Posted: 8/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had to try whatcom again for the smallies....no luck. But heh, look at the bright side, I'm learning a new lake all on my own!! You can't expect to much being pretty green on a lake. Plus, whatcom...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/18/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend from work on his first bass trip hoping for some smallie action. It was raining steady and the wind was out of the south anywhere from 5-10mph with water temps in the mid to upper 60's. ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/11/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish Lake Whatcom one more time before it closes for no reason on October 31st...Launched at around 9am, headed south to Strawberry Point as the wind was blowing about 10mph out of the sout...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't launch until almost 9am and was off the water by 4pm on 7-17-09. Had action today, but nothing of any size, in fact nothing over 2.5lbs! It seemed as though the smaller fish were shallow today ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 6/12/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not a detailed report today as I know there's a tournament on Whatcom this weekend, NOTHING against tournament fishing, just want to see if any of the tourney guys post a report on here after the tour...
By: Jsun
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at whatcom for a couple hours and had very fun afternoon caught 3 Bass within an hour 1 2pounder 3pounder and a nice 4 pounder in the same area. They were all caught on tube baits. Very n...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took a co-worker up to Lake Whatcom this morning for his first smallmouth trip. Day started very slow, tried spinnerbaits before the sun got too high, then switched up between different depth and colo...
By: Dan
Posted: 5/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Water temp 59- 60 in 1st basin, 55-56 in far end & was very windy on most of lake so I had to hunt for relatively calm spots. Fished the Marina at Sudden Valley - nada. Fished far end - nada (its alwa...
By: Oky777
Posted: 10/22/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Gorgeous day on Lake Whatcom the winds were light and the fish biting. Manages six smallmouth and two trout on a single tailed grub fishing the pilings at the north end of the lake. The fish came from...
By: Edgeran
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The boys and I went to Lk. Whatcom this saturday. I caught a cutthroat on a jig w/ craw trailer (found that kind of odd). Then Mr. Magler caught a cutthroat on a Lizard drop shot (a little bit more od...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/5/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Boy, should have listened to Rollin', the smallmouth were non-existent for me today, which officially marks the first time I have ever been blanked on smallmouth on this lake!! I would list everything...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/1999
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 9am,ran south to island and turned east.Worked shoreline back north with a 3" yamamoto single tailed grub!! Man I love "smallies"!!! Caught several fish from 1-3 pounds,then the sun b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/11/1999
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was rough and the tiny ship was tossed if not for the courage of the fearless tracker the smallies would have been lost. 5hrs 7 fish landed biggest just over 4lbs. smallest just over 2lbs. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/11/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was rough and the tiny ship was tossed if not for the courage of the fearless tracker the smallies would have been lost. 5hrs 7 fish landed biggest just over 4lbs. smallest just over 2lbs. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/1998
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I fished Whatcom on 5-21. It was cold and windy, but we
quickly hooked a couple of nice smallies on gitzits in about 15 feet of
water while the bank blew by. His was about 5 lbs., mine...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Whatcom around 6 and boy were the trout jumping. The were around the middle of the lake. Most were from 5-11 inches they were feeding on 1-3 inch minnows. WE caught all our fish on topwater lu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake from around 3-7 pm and caught a couple nice 12 or 13 inch trout... tried for bass but didnt have any success with that. Trolled a small plug for the trout and used a spinner bait and r...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good morning on Lake Whatcom in early July. We were trolling Cow Bells in front of worms. Caught 6 Rainbows (approx 10-16 inches) and 8 Yellow Perch. Mostly along the North Western shoreline....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Whatcom. Lots of hits. Caught one Perch.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
STRONGLY RECOMMEND GIVING LAKE WHATCOM A TRY FOR BASS AND PERCH. FOR SUCH A DECENT SIZED LAKE, THERE REALLY ISN'T VERY MUCH TRAFFIC OR WATER SKIING.
Fished Lake Whatcom from 6:30am to 7:00pm. Lake ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Whatcom. Water temp = 64. Started on Northern end pilings. Used silver and blue rattle-trap and green jig with white grub trailer. Had some sporatic luck. Moved down the lake (still in the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Best day I have ever had on the lake. In 2 1/2 hours I caught 10 smallies and lost 4. 5 of the 10 went over 5 pounds. The largest I landed was 6 3/4 lbs. One of the fish I lost got off as I was trying...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2006
Hot Spots: 0
This is the time for BIG smallies on Whatcom. I've been out on the lake 5 times this year and have produced lots of quality fish, most fish ranging 2-5+ lbs. I've had most success fishing 7-15 ft. o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
1st time to the lake.
The small fish and game launch at the south end of the lake sucks. Not much parking, Ramp is shallow, no dock.
But with that being said. I was able to launch with few problems....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I took on Whatcom again on another mild June afternoon. We launched at Blodel and jetted right over to the docks and submerged pilings just to the right of the public swimming area. I hav...
