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By: gort
Posted: 8/4/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Took my daughter to the Ship Canal for fishing this morning. After our last successful outing, she was eager to go. We fished for about a half an hour at a couple different spots before she got a bite...
By: gort
Posted: 8/1/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Had a little free time last night after dinner, so I went out for a spontaneous trip to the Ship Canal. I fished up and down the Fremont side using a joined floating minnow in the rip rap, and a drop ...
By: gort
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I took my seven year old daughter fishing at the Ship Canal after dinner this evening. It has been forever since she has caught a fish on her own. She just keeps getting skunked every time we go out, ...
By: gort
Posted: 7/4/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I got skunked at Greenlake, so after a couple of hours I decided to move onto Lake Union and see if I'd have any better luck there. On my second cast at the ship canal I hooked into a little smallmout...
By: gort
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from shore along the Fremont side of the Ship Canal for a few hours this afternoon. It rained on me intermittently, but it was warm enough that I didn't mind. I had enough strikes throughout to...
By: gort
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out fishing after dinner to enjoy the warm evening we had. Fished along the Fremont side of the Ship Canal for about an hour and a half. Caught two smallies in the 11-12" range, and lost a slig...
By: gort
Posted: 6/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/3/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from 7 - 11 am on the dock by the boat rental place. There was some sort of event happening down at the small craft center which has been my usual spot lately. Was good to change things up. Had...
By: gort
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I am in Spokane visiting my in-laws, and I snuck off for a little bit early this morning. Fished from the dock at the boat launch using little spinners and spoons, and caught two little brown trout.
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By: gort
Posted: 4/2/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Played hooky today, and was surprised to see the weather turn out a little nicer than expected. Had a couple of hours, so I thought I would give the Ship Canal a try and see if I could turn up any bas...
By: gort
Posted: 3/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished this evening after work from the big L shaped dock near the small craft center. Caught 5 of the newly planted rainbow trout over the course of an hour or so. They were all in the 8-10" range. H...
By: gort
Posted: 1/15/2012
Species: Flounder
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had some free time this afternoon that coincided with a break in the rain and snow, so I decided to take a quick trip down to Shilshole. I fished the large pier on the south end of the Marina using a ...
By: gort
Posted: 12/12/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I woke up early on Sunday morning, and had the spontaneous idea to head down to Greenlake to see if the brown trout are still biting. I got there just before sun up, and it was bitterly cold with a li...
By: gort
Posted: 12/4/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent Saturday and Sunday morning at Greenlake. Yesterday I fished mostly from the little dock on the East side. At one point I watched a big brown trout follow my lure (a rainbow trout Krocodile) rig...
By: gort
Posted: 11/26/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took a quick trip out to Greenlake this morning to take advantage of a bit of spare time coinciding with a break in the rain. I fished along the southeast shore, and finally ended up on the big dock t...
By: gort
Posted: 10/29/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent part of the afternoon at Lake Fenwick with the family and some friends, and got a couple of hours of fishing in. I bottom fished for trout from the concrete area and the dock with powerbait and ...
By: gort
Posted: 10/2/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time fishing with The Quadfather on his boat out on Lake Sammamish this morning. We were trolling for cutthroat trout with downriggers, using green splatter back mini hootchies along with ...
By: gort
Posted: 9/26/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 6 year old daughter out to Lake Washington, and fished off the T dock on Lake Washington Blvd. When we arrived shortly after sunrise, there was a fisherman there who told us that there were "n...
By: gort
Posted: 9/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the small dock on the east side of the lake near 65th, starting at maybe an hour before sunset. Tried still fishing with power bait for a bit, and got a nibble once, but that was all. Afte...
By: gort
Posted: 9/8/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Greenlake for about the first time in a month. Had only about an hour to fish after dinner. Went to the large dock by the boat rental, and cast a surface lure over the weedbeds. Tried a cr...
By: gort
Posted: 9/5/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from the dock at Lake Washington Blvd and E. Jefferson starting at about 7:30 am. Within 5 or 10 minutes, I caught a little smallmouth bass on a Baby Torpedo lure. For the next three hours I tr...
By: gort
Posted: 8/20/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Trying out a new rod and reel I bought today. Didn't think I'd see much action in the middle of the afternoon, but within 5 or 10 minutes I caught a 12" smallmouth bass on a Thomas blue/silver double ...