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Western WA rivers w/bass?

Post by TravisRush » Wed May 06, 2009 1:51 pm

Which Western Washington rivers hold bass of any kind? Are they only in the Columbia?
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RE:Western WA rivers w/bass?

Post by crankbait42 » Wed May 06, 2009 2:25 pm

I think there might be some in the lower cedar river but other than that Im not sure.
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Post by kevinb » Wed May 06, 2009 2:30 pm

I'm curious to know as well,...I believe the Chehalis River has them.
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Post by fishaholictaz » Wed May 06, 2009 2:32 pm

kevinb wrote:I'm curious to know as well,...I believe the Chehalis River has them.

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RE:Western WA rivers w/bass?

Post by Dustin07 » Wed May 06, 2009 2:56 pm

if there are bass in Riffe and Mayfield, I'd think maybe there were some in areas of the cowlitz? i'm totally guessing though, i've never seen a bass i a river, but then again I suck at bass fishing.
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Post by Rollin with Rolland » Wed May 06, 2009 3:01 pm

Good question, I can't imagine to many rivers on the west here hold'em, to cold of glacial run-off water. Ahh, fond memories of bass in rivers.....smallies AND largies. The second biggest largie I ever caught was in a river under pads.... fun stuff!!
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RE:Western WA rivers w/bass?

Post by BassDood » Wed May 06, 2009 6:24 pm

Chehalis has em. A buddy and I dropped our tubes into a backwater/beaver pond slough off the main river. Was good fishing. I doubt the area is there since the floods, but who knows. I plan on taking a trip in the not too distant future to check it out.
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RE:Western WA rivers w/bass?

Post by TravisRush » Wed May 06, 2009 6:42 pm

Which cities are closeby? Chehalis I'm assuming...
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Post by BassDood » Wed May 06, 2009 7:19 pm

Between Oakville and Porter on hwy 12
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Post by ICSpots » Wed May 06, 2009 8:20 pm

Other than the Chehalis answer, I don't know if anyone will 'fess up to what they may have found so you will probably have to do some exploring on your own. If I was going to look I would start with the Columbia as the bass "source" and pull out a map to identify the various tributaries and go on a road/boat trip looking for side channels, sloughs, fallen timber, etc. I've never taken the time to go looking but I wouldn't be at all surprised to find bass on those rivers.
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Post by BassDood » Wed May 06, 2009 9:26 pm

There was an article a while back in F&H News about some sloughs off the Columbia near Longview on SR 4. I had the map but I lost it. Looked like some good fishing That's a haul for me for a day of fishing tho.
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RE:Western WA rivers w/bass?

Post by Meatloaf_Rocks » Wed May 06, 2009 10:16 pm

If you're willing to do the stop and go, there are some ponds off of the Columbia that are a result of adding in the roads that have some great fishing in them.
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