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By: G-Man
Posted: 6/17/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well another Lake Washington Cutthroat derby is in the books. I fished the morning hours and knocked off around 10:00 run in and help setup the reception and weigh-in at Coulon Park. The morning bit...
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Posted: 6/6/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake just before 6 and trolled from Coulon to around the side of Mercer Island. Tried a number of different changes that did not work. I could see big fish swim by on my fancy sonar but had na...
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By: pizzaman
Posted: 6/3/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out at 5 Am to Magnusson park for some bass fishing. Was a lot windier than I expected when I launched. Started heading south as I normally fish around the docks just around the corner. Quickly...
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Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out early to mid morning to Kenmore Log Boom Park with my 4-year-old. We enjoyed the seaplanes taking off and had a few nibbles on worms suspended from bobbers off the dock. Tried various metho...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Spend Saturday morning exploring Gene Coulon Park instead of taking the pontoon float out somewhere else. Found some slab Crappie up to 11” and many smaller ones too. Tried a different spot than norma...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I headed back to Luther Burbank Park after loosing two SMB on my last outing but this time I went up in Jig weight from 1/64th size 10 hook Barbless to a 1/32 Jig with a barbed size 8 as once these fi...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I went back to Luther Burbank Park the next day mainly to retrieve my lost Bobber Jig Set Up because only Sportco has these bobbers and I was not going to be anywhere near there in the next week. So I...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After Luther Burbank Park I headed home and then headed down to Coulon Park. Picked up some very nice slab Crappie and one explaining to those what a “Black Crappie”. Very Black tones to it. All in al...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Had to work Sunday but I had the morning to finish so I’m headed to Coulon Park. First stop was we’re the SMB were the day before which I caught 4 and lost one. First cast...Bobber down and I loos...
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Posted: 5/22/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Had a fantastic day Sunday fishing the big lake with Robbie. Caught some, lost some and took a few home. We fished the south end, Coulon, Cedar River and south side of Mercer. Marked general areas ...
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Posted: 5/21/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
picked up (1) whitefish in about 12' of water trolling crank baits right outside Matthews Beach - lots of fish stacked up in there based on the depthfinder. Moved further south and drifted the shorel...
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By: Slabking
Posted: 5/18/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Gave Lake WA a shot this afternoon on the way home from fishing Lake Sammamish. Bite was pretty good in the back of the coves. 1/32oz jigs set 6 feet under a slip float worked best. Fish where in wate...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/18/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I work in the Factoria area and wanted to hit Enatai Park after work throwing the Bobber Jig combo. I had picked up 4 different species the night before( Perch, Pike Minnow, SMB, and Rock Bass) but th...
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By: TMBob
Posted: 5/13/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Coulon Park for the first time this year with my Trout Magnet set up. I was also testing their SOS 2lb main line which cast like a dream and some Roostertail Scent in Shrimp. Very surprising d...
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Posted: 5/12/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday Bill and I gave the big lake a try. We spent most of the morning exploring backwaters looking for spawners, then checked the main lake for prespawn fish. We caught five quality fish that pr...
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Posted: 5/1/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
launched at Renton park south end of lake fished mouth of river used a haring back 75down 30-40 feet caught a nice 19 inch cutty and 3 rainbows 13-17-19-19.5 cutty
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Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Opportunity knocked on Friday so I headed down to the big lake to see if I could find some cutties. Havent been there in a while. Launched at Kenmore and headed to the south end. Its a bit of a hike b...
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Posted: 4/26/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to head out for some Smallmouth along Webster Point + Sand Point since the spring bass fishing in Lake W. is notoriously good. Could not raise a single fish along the docks with crank baits o...
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By: MSLJDE6
Posted: 4/21/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I decided to head out to see if we could catch a few perch since the weather report said it would be nice Saturday morning. Fail on both of those. Weather was much cooler and breezy than ...
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Posted: 4/10/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I launched out of the Newport Boat Launch and headed to just south of Mercer Island in the Coulon Park area. I was about 50' down and using Rainbow Rapalas and a Rapala looking lure called Trophy Sti...
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By: Sideburns
Posted: 4/8/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2019
Hot Spots: 0
In a recent forum topic, here on NW Fishing, I was talking with "The Quadfather" about his nearly identical boat setup that he's still putting together. We talked a lot about about how I did my 16 fo...
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Posted: 3/30/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Right off the bat I set up my favorite flasher and lure and tossed them into the lake. Really. Just tossed them in the lake as I had neglected to attach them to my line... Set up another pair, attac...
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Posted: 3/29/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got all the cobwebs off of the boat and took it out for a shakedown run. Only had a few hours to play. Looked for some Perch piles and while I found a few they were not interested in serious biting. G...
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By: fish4bass
Posted: 3/28/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Posting this report a week late - better late than never. Tried Lake Washington for a while with a friend in the back seat. I didn't get a bite all day, but around 10am, he caught a nice smallie in ...
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Posted: 3/25/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I was able to purchase a new boat (to me) this past weekend, and I got it into Lake WA. for a shakedown and little bit of fishing. Wound up with a 2016 Lund Fury 1600. 16’ side console, 40 HP Suz...
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