Did ok, got bored in the first 45 minutes. Got 7 fish in my primary spot, then went on fishing on down the lake and got 12 more. Fished 2 1/2 hours total. All dropshotting.
Nothing over 2.49 so n...
First time back out on Sammamish since the closure. Felt nice to be out there. Even though it is summer, bring a sweater for the morning.
First cast at about 9AM. After about 15 mins or so, caug...
Did ok, in one small area. All 8 fish on the dropshot. Slow bite, usually, one fish grabbed it as it got to the bottom. The rest I had to wait for the bite/fish to pick it up. Lost a couple bigish one...
I had a great time trolling around in the kayak today. I'm not able to get very deep without a downrigger but it didn't stop me from getting bites. I stuck to the south end of the lake near Issaquah C...
Great day fishing Lake Sammamish on Friday with buddy Bruce.
Lines in the water about 7, fish on almost immediately. Nice cutty in the boat. Then lost 3 or 4 in a row. What the heck? Checked hooks...
Great day on Sammamish. Buddy asked to go fishing with me, so I said we are getting up early and getting out there.
Started the day trolling. Lines in at 5:30 or so. First fish in the boat at 5:32. ...
Started fishing around 6pm. The store was out of live worms, so I a power bait worm. Stayed on the south end of the lake, trolled a needle fish for an hour with 2 colors of lead, got no bites. Swit...
I fished the west side from the Phantom Lk outlet down to Vasa Park in 70 - 80 FOW for about 3 hours starting at 6:30. Got no action until about 9:30 when I landed this nice 15" cutter. Then the wind ...
Great day of fishing on Sammamish. Just not so great of a catching day. Must have had 20 hookups but could only manage to get 3 (12-14 inches) in the boat, plus one big fat kokanee (c&r) Think I was b...
With this nice weather, things had to have changed from last week. Get to the launch and it's blue skies with little to no wind. See the water temp is up almost 10 degrees from last week. I immedia...
Lake Sammamish was good to us this morning. The weather was fabulous and the fishing was hot. Took my niece Amara on her first fishing trip. Pic is of her with her very first fish. Nice cutty, great w...
Went fishing today. Air temp, low 50s. Surface water temp, low 50s.
Decided to boat all the way to the north end and see what happens. Got 1 nibble on a DS. Thinking it's a perch since it stol...
man i tell ya what. i sure love my home lake!
realizing my dad had never caught a fish in my boat, (or in the past 2ish years at all) i just had to take him out. he doesn't enjoy fishing as much a...
"One FAT Girl"
3.42, dropshotting,
VERY light bite, didn't feel like a fish at first, then it got heavy, then she just swam a little, then she turned it on.
Well, the last few days for me have been an absolute blast. 3 days, 3 locations, and lots of fish. I will have 3 posts in quick succession here (starting with Sammamish and ending at Beaver). check th...
First time out since winterizing. Had to dip my toes in the water and it was cold!!!!
First cast at about 11:30AM. Water temp at 48 degrees, bright skies with smooth glass surface. Not sure if I...
Trolled around 11am till 1pm, just a quick trip with the kayak. Picked up a big one on my way to the weather station. I used a little dick nite trout gel and weding ring tripped with worm, 3 colors ...
hello again NWFR.
i thought i would put a post with some photos of my last day out with mom and Gracie the WONDER-DOG!
like the post said, we were only out for about an hour, but got a fish a...
well, Lake Sammamish has certainly been a good place to fish.
out of fishing the lake the entire winter, i would rate this lake a 4. i have caught many a fish this winter in the lake, and it has b...
well, all good things must come to an end, and this trip was the last of this vacation. the daily grind starts on monday, and a business- oriented trip to california starts sunday. AND family get toge...
well, i took my mom out fishing today for some quality mom-son time. we had a fantastic time, but no fish to show. 3 hits for the entire day. threw colors galore out there as well. hum-dinger, weddin...
WOW!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so I gave a report yesterday about Sammamish and how great the fishing has been. The weather has been quite poor lately, so I thought I would try lake Stevens or Goodwin tomorrow. a...
THIS IS A REPORT FROM A FEW WEEKENDS: i live close, so i am lucky enough to fish the lake a lot. i need to post more! here are the last two trips:
For the time of year, fishing has been great on S...
I am fishing from a kayak, kokanee rod with a penn 109 reel, then I have a 50ft of 12lb mono followed by 8 colors of lead followed by 20ft of 20lb mono. I am used a wedding ring or needle fish (clown...