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By: islandbass
Posted: 9/20/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Report - Thursday, September 16, 2010
Despite a miserable looking day and rainy weather, I decided to go fishing if only to relax. I noticed that the water around the dock and in the sw...
By: islandbass
Posted: 8/8/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
In addition to this being a report, it was also the final trial of testing a homemade minnow plug.
August 7, 2010 – In One Word – Unbelievable!
I got the green light to go fishing and headed o...
By: islandbass
Posted: 8/4/2010
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Senior Fishing Trip #2 08-02-10
After the success of the first fishing trip last month, the group could not wait for the next one. Fortunately for them, they did not have to wait long.
Destin...
By: islandbass
Posted: 8/3/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kids out for some Bluegill action. You couldn't stop them from biting, but we didn't land any. They still had a blast and are looking forward to round number two.
It was a great day to g...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/29/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had the chance to drop by Gene Coulon Park this morning enroute to work. There were two older gentlemen fishing when I arrived next to Ivars.
I tied a count down minnow on my casting rig and swam i...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/25/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Senior Fishing Trip In Seattle – July 23, 2010
I had the wonderful privilege to take some seniors fishing today. I had taken some members of the Southeast Seattle Senior Center on fishing trips in...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First Big Largemouth of 2010
I decided to “hit up” my “home lake” on the way home at about 6:50 p.m. this evening and fortunately for me, there weren’t that many swimmers on the dock. The crankbai...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Steel Lake Report Tue 06-29-10
I had a chance to go fishing in the evening so I headed to Steel Lake. I arrived close to sundown at about 9:15 pm. I went with my gut feeling and tied on a Cotton ...
By: islandbass
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My First Shaky Head Bass
I am stoked to the bone about finally catching a bass on a jig technique. For those who don’t know, jigs, despite being a bass catching lure, whose effectiveness in catchi...
By: islandbass
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went to Steel Lake two Saturdays ago so that my son could try his new fishing rod, the newest addition to the family arsenal of “Weapons of Bass Destruction.” This is gear not for the faint of hea...
By: islandbass
Posted: 5/29/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Finally! First Largemouth Bass of 2010 Season – Steel Lake
As we all know, today was a gloomy, miserable looking day, for fishing or not.
Neither my lingering cold nor the blustery gusts and th...
By: islandbass
Posted: 5/22/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My wife had things to do in South Hill Puyallup and so the kids and I headed to Bradley Lake to pass the time. Despite the weather, I had a feeling the window for catching could still be open. On the...
By: islandbass
Posted: 5/14/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Second Bass Outing – Lesson Unnecessarily Learned Again
I had a chance to fish for bass in Seattle’s Lake Union yesterday afternoon for a short stint of 45 minutes. On the way to the lake followin...
By: islandbass
Posted: 4/23/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I couldn't take it any longer.I haven't gone bass fishing since November of last year. Today I was afforded an opportunity to go downtown and I just happened to have some of my gear in the car.
Tri...
By: islandbass
Posted: 12/13/2009
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Green River Report Sat. 12-12-09
I hit the Green River in the hopes of battling a chum or anything that would bite. I arrived on the river (Metzler Park) at about 9:30 am. Given the cold teen temp...
By: islandbass
Posted: 11/7/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took My Dad Fishing for Salmon
Dad’s Fishing Derby (as he calls it)
Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Location: Green River in Auburn, WA
I took my dad fishing for salmon this past Friday. He ...
By: islandbass
Posted: 10/28/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another Trip to Lake Union Tue 10-28-09
Despite my suspicions that the cold and rainy weather would likely turn the fish off and lower my chances of success fishing from the shore, I still went. I...
By: islandbass
Posted: 8/28/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Brown's Point - Stingy This Evening 08-27-09
6:30 PM - Arrival
Got there this evening at 6:30 PM and started fishing to the right of the lighthouse.
Fishing was very slow. No rolling, no jump...
By: islandbass
Posted: 8/14/2009
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/12/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Browns Point – Giving It Up on Wed 08-12-09 Report
8:20 PM - Fast Approaching Nightfall, Patches of Pink Amid a Cloudy, Gray Canvas.
Got to Brown’s Point at about 8:20 pm with my son. That is ...
By: islandbass
Posted: 8/6/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to hit Lake Washington from the shore on my lunch break to give my new Mag-Touch (from Cabelas) casting rod its first test and trial with bottom fishing. I wanted to see how well or poorly ...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/11/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another Crankin’ Story by IB 07-09-09
I recently started making my second crankbait. This one was made using the through-wire construction method, which I found to be a bit more challenging. I al...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/11/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Another Father Vs. Daughter Challenge 07-10-09
Shark Bait Scores Again
My daughter and I had another face off today. She started with a spinnerbait and I with my first homemade crankbait. Afte...
By: islandbass
Posted: 6/27/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Time to Get Crankin’ – Update Fri 6/26...Yes!!
UPDATE: 06-26-09
Simply Unbelievable! Praise the Lord!
3:00 PM
I got to my “home” lake (Steel Lake) to give my crankbait its maiden trial and...
By: islandbass
Posted: 6/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Jig Virgin No Longer and More!
After nearly five seasons of fishing and never having been able to catch my first bass of any kind on a jig. Yep! I am so glad that I got that monkey off of my back. ...
By: islandbass
Posted: 6/7/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Daughter 5, IB 1, but almost none
My daughter and I went fishing Friday, June 5, for about three hours on the shores of Lake Union again, just five days since our first trip.
It was one of those...