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Went out to Sammamish today and fished with an old friend from work and his buddy. Turns out that my good friend Sean and his buddy were stood up for a guided trip on the Quinalt for Steelhead and were in need to do some fishing somewhere so it was a perfect time for us to get together and for me to try and show he and his buddy what fishing Lake Sammamish can be like.

It was a beautiful day again in the mid 40's and calm. The seagulls were picking away like they have been for almost 2 months now, however, it was apparent that the giant hatch that takes place may be winding down a little. It also could be that the sky was so high etc. that the bite wasn't as great as it had been many times earlier in December.

Anyway, we went out and trolled to the East and North of the Weather buoy and also to the North West of the buoy and followed the gulls around. We caught a total of 6 trout in almost 3 hours of trolling around. the largest one was 171/2 inches and a colorful buc. We kept a total of 3 fish between us for a meal and let the others go.

We then went to the North end of the lake to the East and North of Idylwood park and tried trolling there at the end of the day and didn't find any biters or seagulls. Overall, it was a great day sharing fish stories and talking about old times with my friends. It was a nice day to be fishing and glad to at least get them on some fish after being disappointed miserably by an irresponsible steelhead guide on the Quinalt.

Statistics - We fished Needlefish (brown trout color) off the downrigger at 15-25 ft deep and 90 feet behind the boat no dodger was used and the speed was 1.5 - 2.0 mph. Sunday is supposed to be a pretty day as well. I suspect there will be some people fishing! Enjoy and be responsible!

salmonbarry

1/5/2014 7:19:00 AM

Hey there! I was out there too and so was JD39~ about same results except mine never made it in the boat! C&R at the boat on 3 but not by design! lol Nice job and say hi if we happen to pass each other. 16foot smokercraft with blue canvas top

salmonbarry

1/5/2014 7:56:00 AM

Sorry to hear about your experience on the Quinalt too that sucks! I had a friend who hit the Queets last week and said they didn't touch a fish so that it why I opted to fish Sammamish yesterday.

ballardbrad

1/5/2014 12:39:00 PM

I was out there on my kayak Saturday afternoon with a buddy. We may have passed each other as most of the boats were near the weather buoy. I landed 13 cutthroat over 4 hours pulling lead core line 3-4 colors out. The shad #2 needlefish with the lucky lure for me. **Remember the new rule change this year to crimp your single barbed hook. That started January 1st. Fish and Game looked like they were handing out early Valentines to a few boaters.

salmonbarry

1/5/2014 1:15:00 PM

Thanks! JD39 got checked and let me know about it too~ saw you over there by the creek and was going to head that way but got a hit so stayed out there! Nice Job!

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