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King County, WA

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08/11/2017
76° - 80°
Casting
Other
Other
Pink
Mostly Sunny
Jig
Noon
66° - 70°
08/12/2017
5
2879

We've been to Beaver Lake a few times and usually it is an OK day of fishing, never got our limits there, but usually we get at least something.
But this time my son and I were extremely lucky, what a variety.
We got there and started fishing from shore. 5 minutes after casting the first one, we got a bite and then a decent 12" trout. Not too fat, but good size.
Then lots of kids started swimming around and we had to go onto our inflatable kayak (more like a floating balloon - I need to buy something better).
We tried a few spots and got 3 fat sunfish that we decided to keep and fry later at night, plus a few small perch (released all).
My son was goofing around with a setup that I made for him to try bass, but I confess I wasn't too confident as I am not a bass angler myself. But I was wrong, very wrong. The kid got a strong bite and fought as much as he could before screaming for help.
I had a fun time pulling it myself, it was the best fight i can remember having with a fish. The pictures will tell and even though I didn't have a scale, that large mouth was probably around 7 lbs.

I know it was probably one day in a lifetime at Beaver, but that was tons of fun catching multiple well-sized fish!


Comments

joetucker803
8/13/2017 10:18:07 AM
You have a great way of figuring out the weight of that toad! Inflate your kayak back up, and use the marks on the inflatable bottom as a reference point. Once you come up with a length, go here: http://www.fishingnortheast.net/largemouth-and-smallmouth-bass-length-to-weight-conversion-chart/

This should get you close (not perfect) to the actual weight.
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