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Spanaway Fishing Reports

By: norski
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Spanaway Sunday am..0800-10am.Mostly went on a test run of the boat,have not run it for 8 months..started right up so decided to do some fishing also...Limited on smaller trout.10-12"..trolling...
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By: djp9018
Posted: 4/14/2014
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/12/2014
Hot Spots: 1
We left American lake and went to the hometown Spanaway Lake to test our luck there. Got In the water just before noon and we boated around 10 between the 3 of us. They seemed to be biting on anything...
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Posted: 3/25/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Well wasn't what I was targeting as didn't get a bass to the boat but ended the evening hooking into this German Brown weighing in at 6 pounds on a crankbait. Heck of a fight and a good memory regard...
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Posted: 3/16/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Met my buddy at about 1. I caught my first one of the year after about 30 minutes on a jerkbait! It weighted 2lb 14oz. A little while later I missed one that almost took my pole out of my hand. The...
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Posted: 3/7/2014
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Cold, wet, and windy... But what the hell. Had a free day might as well spend it on the lake. Marking fish all day both bass and trout. Tried everything known to mankind with no luck. Water temp warme...
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Posted: 3/2/2014
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was hoping that Fridays weather would have been good enough to get the bass fired up rnough to get a few, No such luck though. I arrived at the lake at about 1 and the water was up to 47, but f...
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Posted: 2/21/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I bought a pass for Spanaway last month. I have been there a few times now, but I haven't caught any fish. I wasn't expecting to. I am mostly learning the lake and playing with the fish finders. ...
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Posted: 10/28/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day started off kinda slow, not much action. First time kayaking/ fishing this lake.... Tired trolling, artificial baits, crank baits ect. About 10 am see a couple boils near the bank. Every couple of...
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Posted: 10/15/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Squatch and I hit Spanaway this afternoon... not a bad day on the water... we found a few... in about 5' to 10'... fish were caught using texas rigged brush hogs... and shakeyhead worms... and one on ...
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By: dawgwe1
Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Took the 'new to me boat' to Spanaway Lake yesterday. Launched around 11:00. Started out trolling from the boat launch heading south with no luck. Decided to anchor and try bottom fishing in south eas...
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Posted: 9/8/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Squatch and I hit Spanaway this afternoon/evening for a couple of hours... we had to get our fishing addiction fix... we headed to our standard area where we alway catch something... was only able ...
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Posted: 8/18/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Squatch and I hit Spanaway this evening for a couple of hours... total of 7 fish caught all on the west side of lake and all around docks... average size nothing big... largest was a hair under 2lbs....
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Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My friend and I decided to go do a little late day fishing andit actually paid off. My buddy was using a sinker with a five foot leader with rainbow power bait. I on the other hand was doing the same ...
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By: Stansjoy
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First off, sorry to mislead anyone... Rainbow trout fishing was awful... fudged on the "lots of fish", but the "Wow" and "Great memories" of a #5 rating were there... in spades! Planned this trip sout...
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Posted: 5/19/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/19/2013
Hot Spots: 2
First time fishing this lake, arrived at park opening 630am. Started at southeast shore working my way around docks, etc...and nothing. Well, did catch some rock bass on a jig but i dont consider th...
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Posted: 5/17/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I headed out and hit the east shore of Spanaway Lake. My son had a killer day. It was the largest bass either of have caught. 2nd cast of the day and he caught this monster. We released...
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Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This post is from the 14th. Me and a buddy headed down to Spanaway to throw some lures around for bass. First few casts in and I hooked onto a nice largemouth using a chartruese curly tailed grub rigg...
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Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 2
went out this even with the boy for a couple of hours of fishing... Saw some fish on beds finally... I hooked a 3.1 lb smallie... and the boy got a 21/4lb smallie... still not the number of beds that...
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By: 06Roush
Posted: 4/17/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out before work this evening and had no luck. Tossed shallow and deep with only one bite on a buzz bait early in the morning. Arnie where and the heck are the fish?? This is the second time out t...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at 5:00, after work, of course. Was hoping to find the leery largemouth bass, female. Failed. I still give this a rating of 2 beings I got a smallie, 14 feet of water dragging a Powerteam Lures...
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By: Stuffy
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Started about 10am. Just wedding ring and worm with a couple of small split-shot trolled long way behind boat, speed about 1.3-1.8 mph. Worked till 3pm to get limit, but bite was steady. Lost several ...
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Posted: 3/30/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/30/2013
Hot Spots: 1
so a buddy and I hit the lake around noon today ... fished it hard... senko's and dropshots... tried spinners and crankbaits too... jigs and tubes...had a few bites, finally hooked into a good fish......
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Posted: 3/14/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With the new boat, I thought it was time to hit spanaway finally. Unfortunatley, I couldn't catch a bass. I tried the d-shot tubes, grubs, swim baits, deep, shallow, hopping, and dragging. I had o...
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Posted: 2/25/2013
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/24/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Slow fishing, none of my usual spots were hitting. Caught this one late while trolling with a ring. I was shocked to see a 3 1/2 pounder in there. Fun to be out on the lake.
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Posted: 2/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/17/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I have got sick of siting around and doing nothing! So today i met up with a friend and headed to spannaway lake. Did not get off to a great start, my pos truck got stuck on the ramp! Really? Anyway w...
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