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Sammamish Lake Report
King County, WA

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07/31/2018
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Smallmouth Bass
Mostly Sunny
Morning
76° - 79°
07/31/2018
3
1209

Overcast morning. Surprised by how breezy it was on the water. Started off with swimbait, football, and a heavier dropshot.

Lots of nibbles on all 3 offerings. Only hooked up with the dropshot though. Found bass in 15-20' of water. I tried a few summer holes that are 40-45' but not even a nibble there. I lost 2 that felt pretty big on the dropshot but popped off halfway to the boat. Hard to tell for sure due to the wind.

First hooked up was on a dink, but I could see a larger fish chasing it even though the water was so ripply. Kept fishing the area to see if i could get that bigger one but only caught a couple of dinks.

I hooked into what i thought was a small SMB at first but when it got to the surface and turned sideways, i realize it was a HUGE crappie. I'm talking about dinner plate size. Biggest I've ever seen. I swing it towards the boat and it plops right off onto the gunnel and back into the water. The fish was stunned a bit bc it just sat there for a second or 2. I grabbed the net to scoop it but missed. Tried again but now it's too deep to reach and see it swimming away.

Landed about a dozen SMB. I only weighed 1 and iit came in at 2.11#. Caught 4 about that size. The rest smaller but still fun.


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Markin' Fish
8/1/2018 10:25:04 AM
Thanks for the report. I haven't been out in 2 weeks but will try tomorrow on Lk. Wash.
Amx
8/1/2018 4:59:07 PM
Ya, I haven't been out since last week. Maybe soon.
Amx
8/1/2018 4:59:33 PM
That's still a good day. :-)
stevertd2010
8/2/2018 9:32:21 AM
My friend caught a really big crappie earlier this year. I told him to leave in the water for me to net it, and he hoisted it up in the air before I could do anything. That's how they got the name paper mouths I suppose. Tore right out of the hook and it was free again. Nice to know there are some good crappie around, just not any big schools generally.
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