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Well, this is not about Lake Sammamish, it's about Phantom Lake, which is not available on this web site. Maybe it's too small?

After reading two books "Fishing for Dummies" and "Idiot's Fishing Basics", we went to Phantom Lake in Bellevue to try our luck. This is virtually my first time ever fishing in my 47-turning-48 years of life, and also for my 8-year-old son. Two days in a row, we went there very early in the morning, 6:30AM-ish. We have a 9' inflatable raft. In two days, we got 4 little ones -- 3 yellow perches and 1 smallmouth bass, all around 5"-6" and we just let them go. Well, this may be pathetic for other fellow fishermen, but it's a great triumph for first-timers like us, and especially for me because I get to take my son go fishing!!!

Funny thing is, all these 4 fishes were caught on naked hooks, no bait, no lure, nada (we used naked hooks because we just wanted to practice casting.) Two of them were caught using a shiny silver size 8 single hook, the other two were caught with a dark-brownish size 6 single hook. As excited as we were, we tried other things, like worms, spinners, power bait, and salmon eggs. But nothing worked, only naked hooks worked! This really puzzled me. But anyway, we both were as excited as we can be!

Both days we used a bobber to set the depth to about 3' to 5'. Maybe next time I can try taking out the bobber and let the hook sink to the bottom. Before then, I will look for some video tapes about fishing 101 :-)

Fishing is fun! Viva la fishing!

bpm2000

8/9/2007 1:52:00 AM

watch out sinking a bare hook to the bottom - with nothing on it you could very easily snag. Really cool report btw - bare hooks,whodathough?

bob johansen

8/9/2007 11:49:00 AM

the ol' sockeye salmon technique

iPodrodder

8/24/2007 8:28:00 PM

Way to go!

angelaandkam

8/29/2007 8:24:00 PM

try looking up whats called a drop shot. Im a fellow newby and have had very good luck. very easy to learn the technique. I would suggest going to a place called three rivers marina and asking the bass pro on how to rig it if your confused. also (and i dont tell this to just anyone) get "robo worms" nutural color. with some dark greens and purples. toss that in the water, and watch your line take off. Drop shot is a great way to learn the ways of the bass. drop shot is more of a finese fishing style. but it is still easier to do than crank baits and what not. if you have any questions post a comment on here and check it. just toss the drop shot in the water and if there are any fish by it they will hit befopre the line hits the bottom. if they dont hit by the time it hits the ground then just let it sit for about 30 secoinds, give it a quick but ever so slight jiggle and if they dont take it by then reel in and cast again. it works best for smallies but i have also had great luck with the LMB too. remember ROBO WORMS! good luck and tight lines

larryalida

9/5/2007 9:41:00 AM

Larry B. You might try the Red hooks also. I've had alot of luck with them [never w/out bait] .however I'm going to give that a try. Good Luck .Larry B.

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