Panther lake- east hill of kent, possible good fishing?

[Derrick-k]

Has anyone ever fished PAnther lake in king county on the east hill of Kent does it have any fish? I heard it had catfish.

[Joe Heater]

I have fished it and caught some very small crappies and bass fishing for Crappies. I have never seen or heard of a Catfish out of there but that certainly doesn't mean they aren't in there.

I know Lake Cassidy has Catfish in there. I actually caught one on a small mister twister last summer fishing Crappies after dark. Used to catch them all the time back home in Iowa, but never really fish for them.

I know a lot of people out here are calling bullheads Catfish. They aren't catfish and aren't even close. There meat is horrible at least in my opinion. Anything outside of a Channel Catfish, I can't eat. But to each his own I guess.

Good fishing.
Joe

[Bigbass Dez]

I hear you on that Joe im from back east and the south , and i having only eating channel cats, blues or flatheads / as too bullheads, yellow bellys, browns i dont eat .. i knoe for a fact that one the best cats to eat are flatheads because they mainly eat live baitfish , not really a bottom feeder like other cats .. i do eat channel cats and they eat live bait and some bottom feeding so its best to eat the 2 to 3 pounders , anything weight over that and you run a small risk of toxics , thats why farm raised channels are superior nationwide ..but thats just me , too each there own ...BBD

[Derrick-k]

Do you fish there offten? How big and what kind of crappie are there in there? Did you use a canoe?

[tnj8222]

hey derrick how do you get to this lake? my uncle lives right there and i have looked for it once but couldnt find it. i will do my best to tell you if theres bass in there aftyer i visit it lol.

[Derrick-k]

there is a public access point at the north end of the lake, but most of the lake is covered with lilly pads. However, if you where to use a float tube or a canoe you could get twords the center of the lake where there is open water, a small row boat would also work. Good luck fishing there if you catch anything please poast some photos!

[Derrick-k]

It is betwean 208th and 192nd if you look an google maps its easy to find. All the lilly pads just looks like bass heaven to me.

[bob johansen]

I have fished Panther Lake several times in the past and have caught lots of smaller bass up to about 14 inches. Also caught small perch and sunfish.

[Derrick-k]

Did you fish panther from shore, or a boat?

[bob johansen]

You really need a small boat or canoe. I fished it from a canoe.