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What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by Mikeel1987 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:48 pm

What's your top 5 for LMB and SMB in the state?

Mine are

LMB
Offut (Thurston)
McIntosh (Thurston)
Long (Thurston)
Silver (Cowlitz)
Sammamish (King)

SMB
Summit (Thurston)
Tapps (Pierce)
Potholes (Grant)
Rife (Lewis)
Sammamish (King)

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by ncwflounderer » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:55 am

lake Curlew in ferry county near Republic. cast for bass all day, and you will definitely land a Tiger musky bi-catch
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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by Amx » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:18 am

Whichever one I can afford to go to on any given day. [biggrin]
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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by PokeyPrasch » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:47 am

I would second Curlew, the bass fishery seems to have greatly improved over the last few years.

I also like
Riffe
Parts of Roosevelt
Mattoon (More of a pond, never caught anything over a few pounds but fun none the less.)
Evergreen Reservoir (Haven't been in a few years)
Batman Kiddie Pole

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by fishinChristian » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:57 pm

Kinda surprised Banks isn't there yet. Overall size and numbers it's the top, and I've fished those others as well (they are very good). If you're after lots of smallmouth or a trophy largemouth, it's my first choice.

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by Amx » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:04 pm

Na, Banks isn't even close to being tops.

First is Potholes, then down below is Banks, but still in second. All other lakes aren't even in the same notebook. Image
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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by fishinChristian » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:04 pm

2 of my over 10's came from Banks, Potholes biggest gift to me was 9lbs 7. I've caught more smallmouth there, but I have caught a bigger one at Potholes, but the Columbia has beaten both. I'd go as far as a tie, I suppose, even though walleye from Banks have been twice the size. Guess it's mostly chance where we do best. I agree with that last statement fully, but like your first comment best: Whichever one I can afford to go to on any given day. Yeah!

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by BassSlayer1981 » Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:38 pm

Banks #1 Coffee Pot #2

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by fishinChristian » Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:08 pm

Coffee Pot is a good one. The trip and the access and the regs sort of dampen it for me, but it's still in the top 20. Any of the columnar basalt lined lakes are great (except Soap!)!

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by Lip_Ripper87 » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:16 am

I haven't caught any LMB...yet. But for sheer numbers of SMB, lower Snake all the way up to Oxbow(I know, that's Oregon.:).
2nd: riffe lake.
Sad thing is, I have lived a mear, 20 mins from Silver lake(cowlitz county) my entire life. I have always been skunked going out there for some LMB.
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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by swb69 » Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:03 am

Like you said amx, were I can afford to go. I like Roosevelt, Snake, and Potholes because I can go after both SMB and walleye.
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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by salmonbarry » Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:02 am

Lake WA
American
Deer (island county)
Angle
Park lake
Deep lake (grant co.)
Banks
Potholes
Rufus woods

Soon to try:
Lake Chelan
Fish lake (chelan co)
Cle Elem
Lake Roosevelt

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by Anglinarcher » Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:31 pm

Amx wrote:Whichever one I can afford to go to on any given day. [biggrin]
+1 :cheers:

My favorite is often one that I have not had a chance to fish yet. :-" Exploration is kind of my hot sauce on a great taco. =P~

Still, on the East side of the State, my top 5 that comes to mind today - might give a different answer tomorrow, would be... in no particular order....

LMB
Long Lake/Spokane Lake
Bonnie
Elokia
Banks
Moses

SMB
Long Lake/Spokane Lake
Potholes
Banks
Spokane Arm of Roosevelt
Can I use a river instead? Grande Rhonde in Asotin County.

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Re: What's your favorite Lakes to fish?

Post by natetreat » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:22 pm

My favorite is a small unnamed beaver pond outside of where I grew we up call the Hillpond. Have to hike in the kayak about a mile, but it has tons of perch and bass in it. It's a lot of fun. First bass I caught was in that pond on a crank bait.

My second favorite is Swofford Pond. It's a ton of fun too.

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