Northwest Fishing Reports

AMX what a brilliant idea. that is one to look into.

both great points guys. I agree it seems some people tend to be more focused that the fish aren't native therefore who cares. With that mentality nothing will ever change. Just cause they aren't native doesn't mean they don't provide a fun resource of entertainment and bring in state revenue

Washington although not looked at a state with good bass fishing has some of the greatest fisheries in the country actually and I think that yes back in the day the state was a great salmon and steelhead fishery. But as times have change and bass have been around this lake is one of the most diverse...

Badger lake a lake that my buddy fishes has world class smallmouth and giant largemouth and is a very thriving fishery but wdfw has decided to kill off the lake for basically planter trout.

WDFW is actually going to kill off some fantastic fisheries in eastern Washington because they want to make them trout fisheries. So you can see from a bass fishermans point of view we have to fight not only guys keeping big bass in the lakes but also wdfw killing off our fish. Imagine if it was wdf...

The way I look at it is we have a world class steelhead fishery, salmon fishery (in parts of Washington) and believe it or not a world class smallmouth fishery as well. A lot of the income in the eastern side of the state for tackleshops as well as gas stations, hotels for tournaments and boat launc...

I agree with amx on the aspect that I have seen on multiple occasions a guy with a black hefty bag that has yanked two or 3 5#ers out of a lake while they are nesting to kill them as well as a bunch of other in the slot limit. It happens more then you would think and I agree that because of budget c...

Nate its good to hear you on somewhat my side when it comes to trying to blame bass for salmon predatation. Bass are more shallow water out to maybe 60' deep on lake Washington and Sammamish while the salmon tend to frequent more off shore in the deeper water. there paths don't cross to often and li...

Sickbayer they actually did a study on the smallmouth in the Columbia river and found out that the bass's diet is made up of 1% or less salmon smolt. When it comes to lake wa and Sammamish a lot of the basses main food still rests on stickleback, sculpin, crawdads, yellow perch, sunfish, crappie. Su...

Nate you slightly missed my point when I said overcrowding lakes it was because you were talking about the bass clubs coming together. well if they were to do that there is no happy medium between all the people having to drive because there is really no centralized location you could have the tourn...

I disagree with that nate. those 5 big bass if out of the same lake could potentially ruin a fishery if its a small enough body of water. Its going to be tough to change anything but I don't think the catch record card idea is on par with ur other idea at all. Because you still run the risk of those...

My main purpose in this thread was to educate people on why c and r may be the better option for those that may not know the facts behind larger bass and their age, spawning habits and all that. I wanted to just be able to deliver the info in a way that I don't have people cussing me out thinking im...

first and foremost it was never my intention to bash someone in a comment section and shouldn't be seen that way. I tried to talk about c and r and that is why I started this thread im not in it for bashing others or anything like that just to educate people on why catching and releasing the bigger ...

Nate after reading one of your lake wa reports I stumbled upon this exact wording from your report. "I called my brother on the way home to tell him and he's like "Why didn't you keep it?!?!?!" 1. Because bass don't taste good like trout, so I'm not going to kill the beautiful creature to not eat it...

Amx makes some great points about how wdfw values bass as a species. We not only have to battle with people killing fish but wfdw trying to eradicate the species. They seem to mismanage about everything possible but that's another discussion in itself. As for nate your points are valid but to an ext...

Nate what you said is true about eating the ones under the slot limit. It leaves more food for the other fish and the bass are able to grow to a bigger size. You being a salmon and steelhead guide ill ask you a question. While I know it is against the regs but just playing devils advocate what if ev...

So it was brought to my attention that I needed to bring my comments about this topic here to discuss. Let me start by saying I can understand both sides of the argument of C and R or keeping a bass. Im all for people keeping the 12" bass but I tend to get a little frustrated and upset seeing people...

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If you ever have an open seat just let me know. Ill gladly fill it

Anyone out there need a buddy to fish with in the next week or so. Im dying to get back out on the salt and bonk some chromers. I know how to run both electric and manual downriggers. have all my own gear. and will pitch in for gas and launch fees. Thanks guys

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