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By: knishino
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I went out to Gene Coulon to try my luck with the smallmouth and largemouth bass. It was tough! It looked encouraging as I could see and hear fish feeding on the surface. I couldn't get any takers ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So after a great trip to Baker lake Saturday ( I say great as the scenery, company and running into WAfisehman and DJbutler was fantastic- the fishing was a struggle for us only managing 3 kokanee} I ...
By: Markin' Fish
Posted: 7/12/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This is a two day report. I fished Tuesday morning with my daughter and we went 3 for 4 in under 2 hours. Biggest cutt was 17". Today my son and buddy Mike caught 9 fish with the first 4 at 12". T...
By: TMBob
Posted: 7/11/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Coulon with my fly rod to work on learning to cast. Had a very good outing with Type 1 Intermidate line with buggers/leaches.
13 Crappie, 2 Rock Bass and 1 Dink SM Bass. Had 4 Crappie in a...
By: FishingArtisan
Posted: 7/11/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Report #24:
Went after crayfish and smallmouth with a friend on the 4th on Coulon's fishing pier at the north end of the park. Though we only caught 4 rock bass and 3 crayfish, the highlight was th...
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 7/8/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got back out this morning to do some fishing. Hit Lake Wa at 6 AM out of Coulon. Put on a bright pink blade and pink hoochie with no scent about 150' behind the boat at 35' and 2 mph. Started ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another outstanding morning on the big lake!
Lines in the water at 7am using the wiggle hoochie and Sling Blade combo. Set the gear down to 40 ft anywhere between 50-60ft of water. The Cutts were ...
By: knishino
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I went shore fishing at Gene Coulon Park targeting largemouth and smallmouth bass. I've never caught a bass on topwater, so I was anxious to give it a try. I tied on my new Whopper Plopper and gave ...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
LOL I just read DJButlers report right before I posted this. Not much I can add. Like he said this fishery is red hot right now for cutties. Have to admit he takes much better pics than I do.
Had ...
By: gcban
Posted: 7/4/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well my daughter came up to get out of the Arizona heat so we took the boat out fishing. Started out slow, but after about an hour it picked up.
The sonar was lit up with fish most of the time. Tri...
By: san
Posted: 6/30/2017
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Great morning fishing before heading to work.
Some perch and a smallie on ultra light gear.
By: gcban
Posted: 6/29/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Lake Washington Wednesday with my son. Launched to Coulon boat ramp and headed to south end of the lake between Boeing plant and Mercer Island. Ran the fish hawk down to the bottom on the downr...
By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/28/2017
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Facing the prospect that trout fishing is largely over until Fall, I headed for Lake Washington to see if I could catch a few Yellow Perch. Probably a bit early for the Perch, as I have found the best...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/27/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Just when I told myself that fishing couldn't get any better than my last trip, of course I get silenced.
Decided to put the toon in after work and wasn't fishing until around 2:30. Didn't take lo...
By: DjButler
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This morning was hands down the best fishing I have experienced on Lake Wa.
Got the toon launched around 7:30am. Started my troll right in front of downtown Kirkland. Noticed some really huge mark...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with a buddy last Thursday. Little bumpy, little breezy but really nice day. We fished the south end, tip of Mercer Isl and mouth of the Cedar Rvr. I did real well in those two areas a couple...
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/24/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Was able to get out on an off Friday and wanted to check the new 520 bridge area for left over submerged buoys/anchor lines after the construction clean-up. It would appear they did a pretty good job...
By: Isimmons
Posted: 6/24/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I was on the lake at about 7pm using a 16$ wallmart pole with 12lb mono line it came with. Swivel attached directly do a dark green 3$ wallmart jig. I was at the platform at the start of logboom dock....
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 6/23/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the morning starting as a total cluster I 'became the duck' and let the water roll off my back, forging ahead with fishing plans. On the water by 7:30, line down with a size 1 Dipsy Diver on 3...
By: ARK
Posted: 6/19/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided to give Lake Washington a try. I've been drawing blanks the last couple of outings. Launched out of Atlantic City ramp at about 8:00 AM. Much to my dismay there was a rather s...
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I don't usually fish the North end of Lake Wa as I have an annual permit for Gene Coulon and it is a ways up there, but thought I would run up today. I started fishing the East side right after the I-...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/17/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So since I missed out on last weekends cutthroat derby, a few of us from our church decided to do our own competition on 2 boats with 3 on each boat today on the big lake! On my boat was Ron Brown a...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 6/15/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day fishing Lake Washington on Tuesday. WOW thats two in a row! First time that has ever happened. Probably due for a good solid skunk next time out. Fished the south tip of Mercer I...
By: jfosdicknmu
Posted: 6/14/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went around with my fish finder looking for a lost school of something. I marked quite a bit on the screen that I feel should have been fish, but mostly I hauled up a bunch of weeds. So maybe I'm a ...
By: YellowYak
Posted: 6/12/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I took my kayak out to try for cutthroats. I trolled Sunday morning around Kirkland and ended up going 3/5, losing 2 right next to the boat. Unfortunately, It can be tough to net the fish from the k...