SMB in Mason

Trent Hale · Post by **Trent Hale** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:59 pm

I'm looking for a good SMB lake in Mason Co.other than Island lake any ideas? Me and a buddy went to lost lake in Mason last year and I think we caught SMB there.Has any one else caught SMB in Lost lake just out side of Shelton?

kevinb · Post by **kevinb** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:43 pm

Lake Cushman has a decent smallie population. Bucket biologists at work again.

Post by **fishnislife** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:25 pm

Island is the only one that I know of. I would be interested in knowing if there are any other smallie waters in Mason County.

fishnislife

frefghtrgrl · Post by **frefghtrgrl** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:26 pm

We have smallies on our lake but it is private. I have caught a few at Howell lake up near Belfair and also in a few other ponds up and around there.

kevinb · Post by **kevinb** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:34 pm

Trust me...there are smallies in Cushman. I fish this lake ALL the time and know it better than most. I've caught them too. No BS

Post by **fishnislife** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:49 pm

Any with size or are we talking a bunch of dinks?

fishnislife

Trent Hale · Post by **Trent Hale** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:32 pm

[quote="frefghtrgrl"]We have smallies on our lake but it is private. I have caught a few at Howell lake up near Belfair and also in a few other ponds up and around there.[I have never fished at Howell pass it by I was told it only had trout but I'll give it a try thanks.I do fish lot of lakes in Tahuya but I've never caught a SMB but I wasn't fishing for them. Give me a PM on the other lakes out there that You have caught SMB.quote]

Trent Hale · Post by **Trent Hale** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:35 pm

kevinb wrote:Trust me...there are smallies in Cushman. I fish this lake ALL the time and know it better than most. I've caught them too. No BS

I haven't tryed Cushman, what else is in this lake?

kevinb · Post by **kevinb** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:05 pm

Trent Hale wrote:
kevinb wrote:Trust me...there are smallies in Cushman. I fish this lake ALL the time and know it better than most. I've caught them too. No BS
I haven't tryed Cushman, what else is in this lake?

Loaded with kokanee(tons) cutthroat,unconfirmed but I've heard many stories of browns being pulled out.

Rumored fish. Lake trout,burbot and LMB...I don't know if this is true but I spend alot of time up here and these are stories I pick up.

Smallie size. The largest I pulled was in the 2.5-3lb mark. I wasn't able to weight it so the fish might have gotten bigger over time:-$ I have no idea about the overall population in here but my guess would be that the numbers are growing well. This lake is huge and tons of food and cover for them. I personally think in the next 5 years or so,Lake Cushman may easily become the smallie hot spot for the Olympic Peninsula. I guess we'll have to see.

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:09 pm

kevinb wrote:
Trent Hale wrote:
kevinb wrote:Trust me...there are smallies in Cushman. I fish this lake ALL the time and know it better than most. I've caught them too. No BS
I haven't tryed Cushman, what else is in this lake?
Loaded with kokanee(tons) cutthroat,unconfirmed but I've heard many stories of browns being pulled out.

Rumored fish. Lake trout,burbot and LMB...I don't know if this is true but I spend alot of time up here and these are stories I pick up.

Smallie size. The largest I pulled was in the 2.5-3lb mark. I wasn't able to weight it so the fish might have gotten bigger over time:-$ I have no idea about the overall population in here but my guess would be that the numbers are growing well. This lake is huge and tons of food and cover for them. I personally think in the next 5 years or so,Lake Cushman may easily become the smallie hot spot for the Olympic Peninsula. I guess we'll have to see.

It also has Kings!! I have caught the biggest cutthroat of my life out of there:cheers:

Post by **bob johansen** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:59 am

Smallies in Howell? That's good news. I've fished a few times but caught nothing but trout and bluegill. Lots of bluegill. It is now on my hit list. Never heard of smallies in Cushman either - more good news. I have however found some excellent largemouth fishing in Cushman but only in one secret area. I have also fished Island in Mason County many times and never hooked a smallie but caught lots of LMBs.

frefghtrgrl · Post by **frefghtrgrl** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:42 am

I caught a couple last year at the end near the beaver pond. There is a lot of trout in there, but one day for kicks I decided to row the boat over there and caught a couple. My uncle lives on Maggie and told me that a few of his friends have also caught them. No real size so I was thinking that someone introduced them there other then the state. LOL. Good luck.

kevinb · Post by **kevinb** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:46 am

Bob Johansen wrote:Smallies in Howell? That's good news. I've fished a few times but caught nothing but trout and bluegill. Lots of bluegill. It is now on my hit list. Never heard of smallies in Cushman either - more good news. I have however found some excellent largemouth fishing in Cushman but only in one secret area. I have also fished Island in Mason County many times and never hooked a smallie but caught lots of LMBs.

So I can pull LMB'S off the rumor list.

Post by **bob johansen** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:10 am

kevinb wrote:
Bob Johansen wrote:Smallies in Howell? That's good news. I've fished a few times but caught nothing but trout and bluegill. Lots of bluegill. It is now on my hit list. Never heard of smallies in Cushman either - more good news. I have however found some excellent largemouth fishing in Cushman but only in one secret area. I have also fished Island in Mason County many times and never hooked a smallie but caught lots of LMBs.
So I can pull LMB'S off the rumor list.

It's no rumor - My son and I have caught several largemouth bass in Cushman that ranged up to about 4 pounds.

danielt · Post by **danielt** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:32 pm

Can you have (but not use) a gas motor on island lake?

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