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By: rseas
Posted: 6/18/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The 2019 Renton PSA Lake Washington Trout Derby has come and gone. The Renton PSA volunteers did an awesome job in assuring that this family focused event was enjoyed by all. I apologize but I lost th...
By: G-Man
Posted: 6/17/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well another Lake Washington Cutthroat derby is in the books. I fished the morning hours and knocked off around 10:00 run in and help setup the reception and weigh-in at Coulon Park. The morning bit...
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 6/6/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake just before 6 and trolled from Coulon to around the side of Mercer Island. Tried a number of different changes that did not work. I could see big fish swim by on my fancy sonar but had na...
By: pizzaman
Posted: 6/3/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out at 5 Am to Magnusson park for some bass fishing. Was a lot windier than I expected when I launched. Started heading south as I normally fish around the docks just around the corner. Quickly...
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out early to mid morning to Kenmore Log Boom Park with my 4-year-old. We enjoyed the seaplanes taking off and had a few nibbles on worms suspended from bobbers off the dock. Tried various metho...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Spend Saturday morning exploring Gene Coulon Park instead of taking the pontoon float out somewhere else. Found some slab Crappie up to 11” and many smaller ones too. Tried a different spot than norma...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I headed back to Luther Burbank Park after loosing two SMB on my last outing but this time I went up in Jig weight from 1/64th size 10 hook Barbless to a 1/32 Jig with a barbed size 8 as once these fi...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I went back to Luther Burbank Park the next day mainly to retrieve my lost Bobber Jig Set Up because only Sportco has these bobbers and I was not going to be anywhere near there in the next week. So I...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After Luther Burbank Park I headed home and then headed down to Coulon Park. Picked up some very nice slab Crappie and one explaining to those what a “Black Crappie”. Very Black tones to it. All in al...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Had to work Sunday but I had the morning to finish so I’m headed to Coulon Park. First stop was we’re the SMB were the day before which I caught 4 and lost one.
First cast...Bobber down and I loos...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 5/22/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Had a fantastic day Sunday fishing the big lake with Robbie. Caught some, lost some and took a few home.
We fished the south end, Coulon, Cedar River and south side of Mercer. Marked general areas ...
Posted: 5/21/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
picked up (1) whitefish in about 12' of water trolling crank baits right outside Matthews Beach - lots of fish stacked up in there based on the depthfinder. Moved further south and drifted the shorel...
By: Slabking
Posted: 5/18/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Gave Lake WA a shot this afternoon on the way home from fishing Lake Sammamish. Bite was pretty good in the back of the coves. 1/32oz jigs set 6 feet under a slip float worked best. Fish where in wate...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/18/2019
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I work in the Factoria area and wanted to hit Enatai Park after work throwing the Bobber Jig combo. I had picked up 4 different species the night before( Perch, Pike Minnow, SMB, and Rock Bass) but th...
By: TMBob
Posted: 5/13/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Coulon Park for the first time this year with my Trout Magnet set up. I was also testing their SOS 2lb main line which cast like a dream and some Roostertail Scent in Shrimp.
Very surprising d...
By: Fishin Original
Posted: 5/12/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday Bill and I gave the big lake a try. We spent most of the morning exploring backwaters looking for spawners, then checked the main lake for prespawn fish. We caught five quality fish that pr...
By: ScottinMilton
Posted: 5/1/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
launched at Renton park south end of lake fished mouth of river used a haring back 75down 30-40 feet caught a nice 19 inch cutty and 3 rainbows 13-17-19-19.5 cutty
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 4/27/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Opportunity knocked on Friday so I headed down to the big lake to see if I could find some cutties. Havent been there in a while. Launched at Kenmore and headed to the south end. Its a bit of a hike b...
Posted: 4/26/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to head out for some Smallmouth along Webster Point + Sand Point since the spring bass fishing in Lake W. is notoriously good. Could not raise a single fish along the docks with crank baits o...
By: MSLJDE6
Posted: 4/21/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I decided to head out to see if we could catch a few perch since the weather report said it would be nice Saturday morning. Fail on both of those. Weather was much cooler and breezy than ...
By: ScottyTroller
Posted: 4/10/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I launched out of the Newport Boat Launch and headed to just south of Mercer Island in the Coulon Park area. I was about 50' down and using Rainbow Rapalas and a Rapala looking lure called Trophy Sti...
By: Sideburns
Posted: 4/8/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2019
Hot Spots: 0
In a recent forum topic, here on NW Fishing, I was talking with "The Quadfather" about his nearly identical boat setup that he's still putting together. We talked a lot about about how I did my 16 fo...
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 3/30/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Right off the bat I set up my favorite flasher and lure and tossed them into the lake. Really. Just tossed them in the lake as I had neglected to attach them to my line...
Set up another pair, attac...
By: TrackerPro16
Posted: 3/29/2019
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got all the cobwebs off of the boat and took it out for a shakedown run. Only had a few hours to play. Looked for some Perch piles and while I found a few they were not interested in serious biting. G...
By: fish4bass
Posted: 3/28/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Posting this report a week late - better late than never. Tried Lake Washington for a while with a friend in the back seat. I didn't get a bite all day, but around 10am, he caught a nice smallie in ...