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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/8/1999
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/1999
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We fished the south tip of Mercer island and caught 7 nice trout from 13 to 20 inches using a ford fender.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/14/1999
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Rating: 2
Fished: 1/14/1999
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WELL THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE LAKE WASHINGTON A TRY FOR SOME TROUT WENT DOWN TO COULON PARK IN RENTON OFF THE DOCK AND TRIED SOME PINK POWER BAIT AFTER 30
MINUTES I WAS BLESSED WITH A NICE 14 INCHER THEN...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/21/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/1998
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After reading reports about hot perch fishing on lake
Washington, I decided to try some pier fishing in the morning. I arrived at Coulon park at the first light. Almost immediately I brought up th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/1998
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I got up early and had the boat on the water while it was still
dark.
I started with topwater, but nothing was interested. Finally, I hooked a nice smallmouth on a crankbait right next to the boat....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/1998
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If you like to catch perch go to lake wash ...NOW. I fished the "oo
denny park" area with good results using perch meat & worms in 20' of water. The usual perch "haunts" such as, hunts pt., yarrow ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/17/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/1998
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Fished south end of Mercer Is. mid day for about three hours, take
down was three smallmouth two of them were about a pound & half and the other was 17 1/2" around four pounds. Plastics seem to work...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/24/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/1998
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The fishing was dead this morning. Fished 7:30 to 10:30am with no bites. 35-40 feet off downrigger, gang troll with nightcrawler. Saw another boat catch a nice fish on the north side of the 520 bridge...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/1998
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Our family tried fishing for Trout for the 1st time on Lake Washington.
We trolled the north end of Mercer Island for about 2 hrs at mid morning and caught a very nice 18" 3 lb. cutthroat. We'll tr...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/11/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/1998
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Despite a bit of a breeze blowing at Sandpoint, my friends and I decided to hit the 520 bridge in search of some quality fish. We started fishing at 6:30 am, using a nightcrawler on a walleye rig with...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/1998
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/1998
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I fished the west shore line for about three hours for Kokanee and no luck.
I usually do real good, maybe it's a little early in the year.
Fished the south side of 520 bridge for about three hours a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/30/1998
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Two of us fished lake Washington today and caught 3 from 17 to 20 inches all cutthroat, had several other bites. we were out last Monday and caught 5 nice ones too, we were fishing with ford fenders a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/1998
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/1998
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Trolled south side of 520 bridge, caught 3. Around noon trolling (slow) popgear, wedding ring with chuck of worm, 1 oz. lead and about 200ft. of line. 1-rainbow 19" 3lbs. 1- cutthoat 17" 2lbs. and a...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/16/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/1998
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Went fishing from 4:30 to 7pm along the 520 bridge. Trolled thin blade spoons as the traffic roared by. Didn't get a single bite. Maybe next time.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/21/1997
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/21/1997
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Three of us fished the south east shore of Lake Washington for perch Sunday afternoon, September 21. We used worms, jigs and power bait. After the first perch we added perch meat. The total catch was ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/1997
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Memorial day weekend started out wet and cool and the fishing on Lake Washington was about the same. My friend Manuel and I launched out of Sand Point at 6:30am with a steady light rain coming down. W...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/1997
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My sons and I fished from 5pm to 7pm on the south side of the 520 bridge. I drive across this bridge every day and feel envious of the fishermen while I head in to work, so it was kinda nice to troll ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/7/1996
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Went fishing on Lake Washington today for coho from 4 to 6:30pm. The weather and conditions couldn't be nicer. A light breeze and sunny skies with temps in the upper 60s. Perfect indian summer. The la...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/1/1996
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/1996
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I went fishing from 4pm to 7pm today, the opening of the coho fishery. We launched at Magnuson Park and went to the east side of the lake around the Juanita Bay area. The fish are in thick. Lots of ju...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/10/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/1996
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Dave Weitl, my sons and I went fishing for sockeye this morning. We started at 5:30am and fished until we limited which occurred at 8:30 am. The standard setups produced well: a black hook with a dodg...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/7/1996
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SOCKEYE FISHING STILL GOING STRONG
Dave Weitl and I went out this morning to do some sockeye fishing and based on the number of fish we saw caught I can confirm that this fishery is still going st...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/2/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/1996
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SOCKEYE FISHING CONTINUES STRONG
The weather conditions this morning did a 180 degree change from previous week's fishing but it made not a bit of difference to sockeye in Lake Washington. Despite...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/27/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/1996
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DOUBLES AND LIMITS
The sockeye season was extended this week to daily fishing with a two fish limit until the sports catch is reached. Latest estimate I saw was 490,000 fish, meaning sportsman hav...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/22/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/1996
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Well I missed the weekend fishing but managed to go out this evening for another shot at the Sockeye. My son, his friend, and I went out at 5:30 pm to the SW side of Mercer Island. Using the standard ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/15/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/1996
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Well the final day of the sockeye season was a repeat of yesterday. My son and I hit the water at 6:15 am and fished off the SW corner of Mercer Island. We saw a few caught but had no strikes until 7:...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/14/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/1996
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My son and I fished from 4:45 am to 9:45. At 5 am we observed a nice bite with several boats pulling in fish. We had no strikes. At 8 am a second bite occurred. We lost one due to a release malfunctio...