Mr. Magler
2/24/2009 12:38:00 PMWelcome to the NW, man! There are plenty of good bass lakes in the Puget Sound region to explore. Not the size of fish you get in Texas, of course, but decent size largies and big smallies in good numbers. There are some really knowledgeable NW bassers on this site more than willing to help you out.
topdawg47
2/24/2009 3:05:00 PMYea, you will have a tough time catching bucket mouths in Lk. WA, I have fished this lake for some years now and have only come away with a handful of bucket mouths. You can catch perch, small mouth, crappie, and blue gill at a high rate in lk wa from my experience. Just find some rocky pts or sand flats for the small mouth, perch and blue gill go to weed lines and docks.
The little info here is all based on spring/summer time fishing when the weather heats up. The winter fishing would be tough I imagine from shore. Need a boat to have some success during the winter. Wait till spring time tho
The little info here is all based on spring/summer time fishing when the weather heats up. The winter fishing would be tough I imagine from shore. Need a boat to have some success during the winter. Wait till spring time tho
fishinoriginal
2/24/2009 5:38:00 PMIt's going to be tough catching any smallies from shore in the late winter. Give it a little over a month and fish should be cruising the shallows. Magnasun is a good spot to try for smallies, and the arboretum is the best place on the lake to shore fish largies.
kzoo
2/25/2009 5:24:00 PMLargies will be available in prespawn and spawn. Besides that, they're tough to catch.
chad s.
2/26/2009 3:25:00 PMThere are plenty of places you can bank fish for winter smallies from shore. Best spot would be magnusan park, which has lots of rock/ deep water close to shore. Also there is a park on the southeast side of mercer island that has both. Gene Coulan also has both....