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By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 4/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the Panther Lake about 0930. I caught and released 10 trout in about five hours. Most were 10"-12", two were in the 14" range. I used exclusively a purple Mack's Smiley Blade fly. I had the...
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/25/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2015
Hot Spots: 3
The day started kinda crappy. When I got to the lake I discovered that someone had stolen my transom tie-downs while I had a few beverages after fishing the night before. I didn't discover this until ...
By: DavidA
Posted: 5/27/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Somehow I forgot to charge my battery, so we didn't leave the house until 12:30 pm. Another neighbor boy (14 yo) was chomping at the bit so I let him choose from among a few lakes. Panther was it. He ...
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went fly fishing for the first time. My neighbor and I launched our pontoon boats at 2:00. The fish were actively surfacing until about 5:30. I threw all kinds of stuff at them. It was mainly a lear...
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/20/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After a brutal Saturday on Wildcat Lake I decided to hit Panther Lake before having lunch on Mother's Day. Boy do I now wish it had been any other day! I dang near couldn't keep my hook in the water! ...
By: russj706
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Launched the boat around 10:30. Did some casting for bass on the eastern side of the lake near a downed tree. Had a couple of strikes on a Shad-Rap crankbait, but no hookups. Shifted to trout fishing ...
By: AceCameron1
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Great Day caught 12 in just over 2 hours lots of keepers. Fishing just off the bottom with eggs and worms seemed to work really well
By: DavidA
Posted: 5/29/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well Saturday I finally got to take the 3rd of 3 kids in the neighborhood who wanted to go fishing with me. The weather, though initially forecast to be quite nice, ended up being cloudy with occasion...
By: Rhino
Posted: 9/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/22/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Started off with son at about 0700 at our normal hot spots, with no luck. No fish were top feeding today. Attempted to fish from boat to shore with vampire rapala, a few crankbaits, with red/yellow co...
By: Rhino
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I'll report for my girlfriend who caught all the fish today, and I got completly skunked. I only had 3 bties. We used a Thomas Fighting Fish spinner with a 1/4" worm. i was using a yellow trout spinne...
By: Rhino
Posted: 9/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Set boat out about 0745 on the right side from the boat launch. Fishing were top feeding, and by using a bluefox trout spinner caught 4 rainbow trout within the first hour. Buddy caught 4 throughout t...
By: Cammiey
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Only caught one fish that was 11 in. albs. I really recommend you go here because the lake is nice and quiet. The fish are plentiful and the fish are big. Happy Fishing
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2012
Hot Spots: 3
First trip to Panther Lake ever, but it won't be my last. After setting my canoe in at around 7:30am headed right out to fish. My buddy caught one right away about 12 inches. Throughout the next 3 hou...
By: Cammiey
Posted: 5/18/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Awesome day at panther lake. First time out with in the first 10 minutes already hooked my first fish about 10 inches. About 20 minutes later caught another one. Good day caught 4 fish went to about 8...
By: ebfive
Posted: 5/13/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Set out at about 1100 from the boat launch. There was maybe a handful of boats on the lake, so the water was calm. I floated around for a while with just bites. Finally I found a good spot that was bi...
By: eddieg1
Posted: 5/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I took a day off to enjoy the nice weather. I got to the lake about 0630 and trolled out 20' from the dock next to the launch. I casted out while I was still getting my stuff ready and wham! My line w...
By: Oreana11
Posted: 8/5/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My cousin and I hit the lake at about 9 am. As soon as we got my raft out to a decent spot and casted our lines out, I caught the first fish of the day within seconds. A half an hour or less later, my...
By: Todd Middaugh
Posted: 7/10/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First one on the lake at 5:30 am. Circled the entire lake with only catch catching 3 small ones
after throwing multiple lures. Got back to boat launch and tried one more patch of reeds.
Landing m...
By: ronman564
Posted: 6/25/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day fishing. We started off by trolling wedding rings and worms. We caught a couple and decided to bottom fish. Chartruse power bait or worms worked best. We caught 3 fish over 12 inches ...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/18/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Mike Carey and I arrived at Kitsap County's Panther Lake early in the AM. The sun was up but the mist and steam were still rising from the lake's surface indicatating that the lake water was warmer t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/17/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2011
Hot Spots: 2
Got to fish this lake for the first time with fishing buddy Bob Johansen. First, a word of warning - if your truck/trailer is too long you will not be able to turn around in the WDFW launch area, mean...
By: Todd Middaugh
Posted: 6/14/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Panther lake at 6:am, started casting floating rapala to overhanging trees,
about midway down east side caught 3 nice largemouth. Bass were in tight to bank,
also saw a few at north east ...
By: Sounguru
Posted: 6/11/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2011
Hot Spots: 3
I give this day a 3 because I went out for Bass... I saw some but didn't catch any not even a strike... so on that it was a 1
But if you wanted trout it was a banner day (a 5 so an average of 3) al...
By: davidwat1
Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2011
Hot Spots: 3
Spent memorial weekend down at Panther Lake. More honey do's than fishing taking place, but nice relaxing weekend nonetheless. I'm spoiled from fishing out of my bassboat, so it's always an interest...
By: tfguy
Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We have had trouble finding the bite lately, so we drew straws and Panther Lake won. Good Choice. Eight fish up 16 inches, consistent strikes and lost fish. Two other guys powerbaiting off bottom re...