Bank fishing in Lake Washington

[trackster13]

hey everyone, I've been trying to target smallies on the banks of LW for the past few weeks to no avail. I live in Seattle and normally try to hit coulon, seward park area and madrona from the shore or off docks. I dropshot around any structures I can find and still can't get any to bite (if they are even there)...any recommendations for where to go from shore? Or any bait recommendations besides worms and crankbaits?

[bpm2000]

Try throwing some different baits around - there are fish at both places u mentioned.

Try dragging t-rigged plastics (smallies love grubs n lizards!) uphill towards you around riprap. Work a spinnerbait past cover and along the bank. They have moved up pretty shallow so you will get one any day now.

[topdawg47]

hey everyone, I've been trying to target smallies on the banks of LW for the past few weeks to no avail. I live in Seattle and normally try to hit coulon, seward park area and madrona from the shore or off docks. I dropshot around any structures I can find and still can't get any to bite (if they are even there)...any recommendations for where to go from shore? Or any bait recommendations besides worms and crankbaits?

Trackmaster13: I feel your pain, I have went out a couple of times around the Cut/ Husky Stadium area and no success. I used white spinner bait, crank bait, and Yamatto Senko. I believe they are in those areas we are trying but just not as active yet. I need to take a look back in my log and see what time last year I hooked into my first bass.. I thnk it was late May though. Keep trying though, probabilty will kick in if nothing else, haha.

[JT26]

I fish LW from shore all the time. I rarely catch smallies (from LW atleast). I think from shore ive proboly caught two. Small ones though, less than a pound. One just throwing a plain night crawler and splitshot blindly of a pier near seward park, and another on a crappie tube or something like that. Also, try perch patterns, since there are so many in LW.