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McIntosh Lake Report
Thurston County, WA

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06/06/2018
71° - 75°
Casting
Largemouth Bass
Black
Sunny
Plastics
Afternoon
66° - 70°
06/08/2018
2
923

I wanted to go back to McIntosh and see how it was now that the weather has warmed up a bit. I arrived to find pea soup and way more people than in April. I probably should have left and gone someplace else, but my masochistic side kicked in and I decided to grind it out. Well, four hours later I had all of two small bass landed, one at 12" and one at 13". Both caught on weightless plastics fished in the pads. I tried a lot of techniques all over the lake, but it was pretty rough. Water clarity was maybe 2" At least the eagles kept me entertained.


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Bassdood56
6/9/2018 11:33:47 AM
That's been a tough lake for me. I've made the drive there 6 different times over the last few years with the same results. It's fishy as hell but I've never caught anything over 2 lbs. Seen pics of some nice fish tho
grubowski
6/9/2018 2:57:05 PM
I caught one a little over three pounds the end of April but that was my only bite of the day. It looked so good that I decided to try again now that it warmed up a bit. That algae bloom was seriously nasty though, I really should have gone elsewhere.

There's so much great cover for bass and I like the 5mph speed limit being a float tube fisherman, but it's been disappointing. I did notice a lot of people harvesting larger fish in previous reports. Hopefully it hasn't been depleted. Oh well, lots of other lakes to try around here.
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