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Spanaway Fishing Reports

Posted: 9/15/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
so today a buddy and i went out for the afternoon /evening... started out slow... but it did pick up around 6ish... hooked a couple of dinks again... then hooked into a nice 3 pounder... and caugh...
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Posted: 9/10/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
So, squatch (son) and I borrowed a buddies boat and hit Spanaway this morning... haven't done any bass fishing in years ( mainly trout)... but still had all the equipment...headed south from the boat ...
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Posted: 8/1/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2012
Hot Spots: 1
buddy and i went out, targeting docks and other cover, pitched a senko under a dock and boom, jumped outa the water and hit the dock. got rapped around a pull but finally got her out. 3 and a half pou...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 7 a.m. until 12:30. Had one bite, a lmb a pound or so, soaking wet, oh wait, he was wet. Enticed the dink with a spinner bait. Saw a couple of others. Saw spawning perch. Multiple beds. F...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I tried Spanaway for a couple of hours during the mid morning wind storm. I had quite a few hits and lost 4 fish at the boat. The wind made it hard to do my normal trolling routine. I ended up catchin...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 5/4/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Was finally able to wet a line with my boy. Had limited time but we fished from the park. He was rigged up with powerbait for trout and I tossed a spinnerbait for bass. No hookups for either of us but...
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By: b.gagne22
Posted: 5/2/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2012
Hot Spots: 1
first time fishing Spanaway, left the boat launch to the right and fished the edge, hooked up to what I approximate to be a 2lb. LMB with in 15 minutes. That was it, no more action for the next 3 and ...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 4/27/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, my kid who has the absolute worse luck ever when it comes to fishing was over for a visit. I got off work and asked him if he wanted to go fishing. He said sure. So we headed to Spanaway Lake. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Got out on the water to test the boat and fish finder like many other fisherman this time of year.trolled all over the lake ,as shown on the the fish finder the average water temp was about 58degrees....
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By: Bo
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
tried a ton of different trolling methods, had a couple hits is all, one in the boat. Nice trout!
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By: arniejl
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After the third day this year of fishing St. Clair without a bite, decided to hit Spanaway this morning. Water temps. started out around 55 and reached 56 before I left at 1:30. I had caught a fe...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/15/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the water at 3pm and fished until 5:30pm. I trolled all over the lake working the spots that I have caught fish before. About 4 pm I caught my first RB which was 12". Around 5pm the bite began a...
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By: Ray620
Posted: 4/4/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 1130, it was supposed to start raining around 1:00-1:30 so want to get a couple hours in before it started. Water temp ranged from 48 to 51. I trolled the entire lake without any...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 3/24/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Dragged my boat to work to save me a half an hour getting home, getting hooked up and back to Spanaway. Fished my normal good spots. I usually will, when the fishing is good, catch a mix of smb and l...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/7/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the launch at 10am and had one break off within 30 min but that was all the action the three of us had. The weather was winter but hung on till 4 trying everything in the box. This lake started ha...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 10/9/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Strange day. I had been doing very well with some nice fish, as of late, so decided to give Spanaway a try this morning. Fishing was no good, so there is my report, but shortly after I put in I heard...
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By: Ocktane
Posted: 8/7/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Spanaway for the first time ever with Ryan. I gotta say, I really like this lake! Reminds me of American, only smaller. We threw a whole mess of baits all day long from dropshot to frogs. Swit...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 7/31/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Was gonna take the day off and then read Ocktane's report. Sitting there looking at that picture of his buddy with that largemouth made me want to go fishing, again... I know, what are ya gonna do ab...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 5/30/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started around 1:00 p.m., or so. Flipping a green pumpkin tube under and around docks. Picked up a couple of smallies (pictured). Got to one dock and looked down and about 5' from the dock I see this...
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By: dre and p
Posted: 5/30/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
HIT THE LAKE WITH MY NEFEW FISHED FOR 2 HOURS GOT 5 THEY ARE GETTING ACTIVE THESE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST AT 3.2 LBS AND 6.5 LBS HAD FUN
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By: brian420
Posted: 5/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 10:00am In the rain! Fish on by 10:15am another 10 min later!Slowed down around 11:00pm stared to troll with weding rings boom hit's right away ! Me and the wife limted out by 12:1...
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Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with my buddy today around 4:00 pm. caught a lot of small panfish. We were using live crawlers. I hooked up with a 12" rainbow trout bouncing the bait on the bottom. Not long after that i...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 1
Went fishing at Spanaway Lake with my friend this afternoon. We were using just worms and were catching a steady stream of panfish. unexpectedly i hooked into a 12" rainbow trout. Not long after i was...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake at 6:30pm and fished until 8:30pm trolling the west and north end of the lake. The water temp was 58 degree with a little wind chop. I ended up c&r 3 trout 1 brown and 2 bow. I had quit...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I've been having an excellent season, so far. My wife had to study for her state RN's license exam and was working. I have been trying to get her out to enjoy some of the nice fish that I have ...
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