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By: Speedbird 48
Posted: 9/25/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to give the UW Arboretum a go as I had heard it had some good smallie action. Started at the first pond and casted a senko on a weedless 3/0 hook. Was pleasently surprised to hook into a littl...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/17/2020
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/16/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Got to hit the Lake WA coho opener with my wife JoAnn. I would have preferred the morning but hey ya gotta work, just thankful to get a few hours on the water.
We launched out of the tiny boat ramp...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
After work fishing from 6-9:30pm at the public docks in Luther Burbank Park. First cast of the night I set my pole down and immediately got a bite. Pulled it in and caught a 15" Kokanee. After that i...
By: serveandcollect
Posted: 8/26/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/10/2020
Hot Spots: 0
It seemed like a the perfect morning to hit Lake Washington for some smallies, I had a few hours so I decided to fish the shoreline South of Magnuson, about halfway between the launch area and and Wol...
By: HPenne66
Posted: 8/23/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2020
Hot Spots: 2
Launched at Coulon Park for a great day of fishing with longtime NWFR member Salmonbarry, on his famous boat the Tin Cup! To start the morning, we ran north to take advantage of the calm winds and gla...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 8/22/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/22/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great morning on Lake WA chasing Kokanee and picked up a few bonus cutthroat. We fished the area north of the I-90 bridge and all the fish fell for BMCP's stuffed with tuna and baited with corn....
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 8/11/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
So I had hoped to get the girls out last Wednesday on the boat but work had other plans as they scheduled back to back zoom meetings from 8 to 9:30 that morning! So I took to the mobile floating offic...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 8/4/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Got out for a bit of Kokanee fun this evening and decided to give Juanita Bay a try. Started fishing at about 6:30 PM and finished up at 8:00 PM going 2 for 5. The fish were out in 135' of water with ...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 8/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 5:30 PM and it was a typical Sunday afternoon "washing machine" with tons of chop from large boat wakes. I made my way south from the Kenmore launch and fished near the north end o...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/19/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This is a tale of two reports...
Day One - fished with my wife JoAnn and dogs for kokanee. Using techniques that had prior got us 5 beautiful kokanee, this time we came up empty. One bite and the ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/11/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/11/2020
Hot Spots: 2
So my wife said to me this week "I"ll go fishing with Saturday". Now put that phrase and say it like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh and you'll know how excited she was to go haha!
Short report: Fish...
By: coyote9king
Posted: 7/6/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south tip mercer island. 110ft. water, 45ft. down on the wire. Brads plug w/corn. Got 5 total. 1 9 inch dink but had to keep because of hook damage, then 2 12in, 1 13 in, & 1 15in.
Now th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/5/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
The last day of a week off from work. No trip to Vancouver Island this year D/T covid but I did get to go on a lot of local fishing adventures thanks to my wife being so understanding!
Today I went...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 7/4/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2020
Hot Spots: 0
So finally got a break in the weather and work to make it out today on Lake WA before the "jet ski hatch" LOL! Arrived at Coulon at 5:45 and soon was motoring over towards Mercer island with an openi...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/4/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Shout out to NWFR member Salmonbarry for sharing some on the water tips and motivation to give Lake Washington a try for kokanee. After a 60+ mile day fishing the San Juans I needed something a little...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 7/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Had a fun morning on the water with my youngest son. Fished the deep water between the north end of Mercer Island and Medina. All the fish were shallow today. When we pulled up to start fishing, I not...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 7/3/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Dragged my teenager out of bed early for a quick Kokanee rip on the big lake. It was pretty windy this morning, but we did manage to put 5 nice Kokanee and a bonus Cutthroat in the boat before calling...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 7/1/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Another "nice" morning on Lake WA. The weather sucked, but the fish were biting. All the fish were caught on a Brad's dodger, and tequila sunrise wiggle hootchie tipped with corn and chartreuse power ...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 6/28/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I got out for a couple of hours this morning and was able to find a few Kokes and a cut. Went 3 for 5 on Kokanee today. I forgot the net at home, so it was a challenge to get them in the boat. I also ...
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 6/28/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
So got an invite to join Mike Carey and Robbie today in area 10 but sadly had to take a rain check as I have been promising one of my Us Foods drivers for over 6 months to take him fishing and his son...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 6/27/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Had a solid morning on the big lake targeting Kokanee. Launched @ 5:30 AM out of Coulon and headed up the west side of Mercer Island. Found a large school of Kokes fairly quickly and put a 5 fish limi...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/27/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Took my buddy out to Lake Washington for the last day of his visit. We thought we would giving crayfish a go and droped some traps near the 520 bridge before fishing. Once dropped, we trolled the nort...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 6/24/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about two hours before work this morning and went two for five on Kokes while targeting cuts today on Lake WA. Fished the area between Juanita Bay and Kirkland. Kokes came in 80' of water w...
By: Snowdog
Posted: 6/23/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Lake WA bright and early to try for some cuts and kokanee. Started trolling at Champaign pt. and headed east across Juanita bay. Found a couple of Kokes at the SE side of Juanita bay in 80' of wa...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/23/2020
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Started off in the Canals. Looks like too late because I didnt see any sign of life going. Got to the first intersection and left the area.
I primarily stuck to the east side of the lake, hitting...