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Posted: 5/19/2019
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
went out to horseshoe lake with my brother. arrived on the dock at about noon. I was originally going for bass with an arkie jig on 8lb test but caught nothing. meanwhile my brother was catching blueg...
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By: Ripple
Posted: 5/5/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Horseshoe lake with my boys to try and catch a tagged fish for the WDFW derby. We were oaring around the lake in his new Seahawks 3 raft using a wedding ring tipped with a worm. No tagge...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 5/21/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake again this morning trying out the new trolling motor setup. Trolled flies and released 2 rainbows and about a bazillion bluegill. Nice weather out. Followed around the lake by 3 duckling...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 10/26/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for about 3 hours for trout, caught about a dozen bass instead from 6 to 15 inches. 2 rods, one with silver mepps and a gold on the other. One double header with a 10 and 13 inch fish. Was a b...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 9/14/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished horseshoe for the 2nd time this year. Did a mix of trolling, casting and fly fishing. Most action came while trolling mepps spinners in gold or silver, size 1 aglias btw. Released at least 2 ...
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Posted: 8/14/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was Goldie Locks - not too hot and not too cold. Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake. A bit windy. Plenty of baby bass but no big ones. No one else on the lake o...
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Posted: 7/27/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Up early for an old Geezer of 88. Out of bed at 04:00 and fishing by 05:15. Windy and very Misty as I launched my small boat. My Co-Author, Dave Shorett showed up about an hour and a half later wit...
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Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake to see if any bass wanted to play. I fished almost the entire lake without a strike. I saw only one bass cruising the shoreline - Probably ...
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Posted: 5/31/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Got a new fishing kayak recently so I took it to Horseshoe lake for the maiden voyage. Got on the water at about 8am and left at 12pm. There was one other boat on the water when I got there trolling f...
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Posted: 5/20/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2015
Hot Spots: 3
It was overcast, cool, a light drizzle, but very light wind as I arrived at Horseshoe Lake about 9:00 am. Four Kayakers were putting their craft onto the pickup as I arrived. The outdoor temp was a...
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By: Mattdango
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with a buddy who I'm teaching the ropes of bass fishing. It was warm out but a bit windy and hard to control my pontoon and his kayak. Spent about an hour roaming around hitting various dock...
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Posted: 4/30/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake. The skies were cloudy, temperature quite cool, a little mist and some breeze. Not ideal for bass fishing from a small boat. Only one othe...
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Posted: 10/3/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/3/2014
Hot Spots: 1
The weatherman had promised no rain, temps in the mid-60s and very little wind. Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake. Mine was the only rig in the parking lot and the only boat...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 9/15/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
stopped by here after first going to carney lake on my way back from hood canal. casting off shore at the ramp landed one small largemouth on a size 4 mepps spinner. lost another a few casts later. sa...
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Posted: 5/1/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake. The weather was cold. overcast and a little windy. No other boats or anglers were there. I fished a couple hours without a single hit or ...
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Posted: 10/4/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to Horseshoe to prospect the Bluegill fishing from shore. One other person there caught nothing as well. I fished a size 10 Eagle Claw with a 14" leader. Tried Night Crawlers, Eggs, all the u...
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Posted: 9/15/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I fished Horseshoe today for the first time since 2010. Caught 2 LMB, 9 BG, and 9 Yellow Perch. I has not previously caught perch here, but say a posting about a Walleye, so believed that there were...
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Posted: 9/8/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/8/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake - Not so much because its such a great bass lake but because it is close by. Only one person in the access area as I launched and she was bo...
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Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at 6:00 am, did'nt get any bites till mid morning , caught 3 biggest only at 15"on a brush hog. Really nice day on the water.
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Posted: 5/25/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat on Horseshoe Lake in mid-morning. Started right off catching bass - the best about 3 1/2 pounds (19) inches. One trout angler named "Joe" was quitting at the s...
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By: narrows11
Posted: 4/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Horseshoe on opening day with my pontoon boat with a little trolling motor on it! Great fishing! Caught 9 fish in roughly 2 hours but lost a lot more at the boat I trolled a green wedding ring ...
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Posted: 8/28/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So I went to Horseshoe again since it's right down the road from my house and again didn't haven't much luck. Caught a few largemouth that were only about 5 inches long. I let those go but then I got ...
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Posted: 8/4/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at the lake fairly early - the sun was just coming up and it was already starting to get warmer. Yeah, I know, Horseshoe Lake is not many bass anglers favorite lake (nor is it mine) but it ...
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Posted: 5/4/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dusted off the Ol' Blue Boat, charged the battery and lubed the hubs. Launched at Horseshoe Lake in search of some largemouth bass. Did not see a bass or get a hit. Didn't see any spawning nests or...
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Posted: 7/14/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My 2nd time targeting bucketmouths. I started with throwing a white curlytailed grub, and my uncle used the same except in black. He immediately got hits and caught a few dinks. I got my first fish by...
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