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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2011
Hot Spots: 2
Hit the water at 6:45 after the gate got opened (thanks King County Parks). I had high hopes and expectations as I started kicking along in my pontoon. Worked counter-clockwise to the far end of the l...
By: 6.5lbsbass
Posted: 7/26/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
me and my dad got up at about 5:55 am and got on the water just after 7 am. we fished with almost everything in our tackle box. when we reached a certain spot on the lake, i threw out a red and black...
By: gmoney44
Posted: 6/9/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
went out to the middle of cottage laker around 8pm. caught a couple decent rainbows within the hour. around 10pm i caught a monster that i assumed was a rainbow trout but it was bigger than any rainbo...
By: legit10
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went out around 1, I was fishing from a kayak. I had a few bites using a rubber swimbait but no hook ups. I switched to trolling for trout but again only got 1 bite. I decided to go back to the basi...
By: NWsportfishing
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Zodiac inflatable out to Cottage Lake on Sunday morning just to test her out before summer. We arrived at about 7:00-7:30 and there weren't many boats on the water but the dock was pretty pack...
By: Swandazi
Posted: 6/26/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished between 1 and 6:30 no hookups, used mainly topwater stuff like sliders and poppers, then switched to using a purple worm, no hits on that either, i cruised around the shallows just hoping to se...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cottage for 2 hours. Very nice day, sunny warm but windy. Lots of fish just under the surface. Had many many strikes and caught and released 10 fish in 2 hours using black woolly buggers and...
By: gdbrill
Posted: 10/14/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for almost 4 hours yesterday afternoon. Couldn't ask for a nicer day. Caught one at 12 inches and 5 more at about 9 to 10 inches. Just one other fisherman until about 5 pm. Water was like g...
By: legit10
Posted: 1/25/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was the first time I had ever gone fly fishing. My friend who had been fly fishing his whole life had already caught 4 rainbows on a wooly bugger. Dusk hits and I kid you not there was one moment...
By: colel311
Posted: 4/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 7am to see the dock already filled with bait fisherman and decided to inflate my float tube. Got on the water in about 15 min after setting up. Within 30 seconds had my first take a...
By: slacker1976
Posted: 8/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We fished at cottage lake most of the summer since the opeaner.
We have done verry well there. I do have a question or just a heads up not sure wich.
The last few times we have gone the trout have a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cottage lake mid to late afternoon from a boat. Caught a few small (6 inches) bass on a black spinner. Near the pads on the east end caught a few nice perch and a crappie. Missed a nice strike ...
By: 6.5lbsbass
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I caught a 6.5 lbs smallmouth bass with my dad at about 8pm. It was really fun and that fish put up a fight. I only had 15 lbs line and a 4 lbs.
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 10/8/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Got on the water about 8 a.m.The rain was only drizzle and soon stopped. Water mostly calm. I decided to target the crappie I know are in there. I went straight out from the front of the dock. Almost ...
By: Snowky64
Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Great day at cottage lake. Caught 5 over 18 inches and 30 total today in 2.5 hours with my better half. All catch and release.
By: Snowky64
Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Good first day on cottage for myself and better half. Started at 11am and fished until 1. Caught 30 and 5 over 18 inches. Catch and release
By: jchengj
Posted: 4/29/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Back to my favorite lake for the first time this year, I waited a day hoping it will be less crowded but I was wrong :D
There are boats, kayaks and tubes everywhere, but it was nothing compared to th...
By: alxtm
Posted: 5/5/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2018
Hot Spots: 0
After a stressful day at work, i just had to relax and decided to do some late afternoon fishing with my son.
We went to Cottage because it is the closest to our home and started fishing at about 5...
By: ultrapipe
Posted: 6/15/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 7:30 AM and dropped in. Caught a tagged derby fish in the first 30 minutes, had other nibbles but didn't land anymore. The gentleman next to me on the dock limited out in about ...
By: Segachtek
Posted: 7/21/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Noticed that it was cooler than normal and overcast, so I headed over to Cottage lake around 10am, later than I normally would bother. A few other people on the dock, not many fish coming up (a small ...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 10/26/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/24/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Have been focusing on Snohomish Co. lakes for Fall fishing, but decided to hit the King Co. Cottage Lake this week. Am indebted to Heatherlyfish for her great reports about her experiences at this lak...
By: alxtm
Posted: 10/30/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Cottage for the last time this year before it closes. It has been a good lake for myself and my little one there and this weekend was pretty good.
We went there at around 8:30 am and there wa...
By: Chumknuckle
Posted: 5/9/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went out early to the closest lake to my home and was able to limit out from shore in 90 minutes with red and rainbow power bait three feet off the bottom. Beautiful weather at dawn and a great day to...
By: cohokiller666
Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
started at about 9:30 am and went till 10:45 am. Got my limit of 5 fish on powerbait pink, and fluorescent yellow. good day want to go again!
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 10/28/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing on as my birthday present to myself. It was not a super hoping day but I caught several perch and sunfish. Then I caught a trout and another trout. So in total I went home with two trou...
