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jrhopkins
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west side lakes advice wanted

Post by jrhopkins » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:52 am

so now my son thinks he wants to take up bass fishing and since i have a new boat wants me to drag it over the pass ( snoqualmie) and teach him how to catch bass#-o . he lives in Black Diamond and i was wanting some tips on some of the lakes in lower King county that would be good to try out to see if he can get hooked, on bass fishing that is. any help would be appreciated.
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RE:west side lakes advice wanted

Post by bpm2000 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:05 am

thats close to some decent waters - tapps, fivemile, steel, sawyer, etc. Just go early before the water skiiers come out!

I dont fish south too often so cant help with the specifics of any of these but i know some of these guys here do so hpoefully they will chime in.
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RE:west side lakes advice wanted

Post by kevinb » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:19 am

Obviously fuel costs are through the roof,so this might be a problem. But some really great bass lakes are a little further south.Lakes in south Pierce are ok..I'd try Alder. And if you want to go a little further...try Riffe,Mayfield...and the best spot (IMHO)Silver in Cowlitz County.I know its a long drive but since your coming all the way from the eastside,I'd hate to see you get skunked out there.

Good luck
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RE:west side lakes advice wanted

Post by Kevin K » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:37 pm

jrhopkins wrote:... he lives in Black Diamond and i was wanting some tips on some of the lakes...
If he lives in Black Diamond, he is only about 20 to 30 minutes from Lake Sammamish, which should be good for both smallmouth and largemouth right now. Another option more towards Black Diamond area would be Meridian, which is right off of Highway 18. Also Sawyer and the other lakes mentioned by bpm2000 are decent lakes as well.
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RE:west side lakes advice wanted

Post by kevinb » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:11 pm

Kevin K wrote:
jrhopkins wrote:... he lives in Black Diamond and i was wanting some tips on some of the lakes...
If he lives in Black Diamond, he is only about 20 to 30 minutes from Lake Sammamish, which should be good for both smallmouth and largemouth right now. Another option more towards Black Diamond area would be Meridian, which is right off of Highway 18. Also Sawyer and the other lakes mentioned by bpm2000 are decent lakes as well.
I hear ya...Just throwing something else out there. A 4-6hour drive is long but I sure wouldn't travel that far to go to Fivemile
Maybe try Sawyer or the other one's mentioned.
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