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Spanaway Fishing Reports

By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to Spanaway for a couple of hours of fishing therapy. Nice evening on the lake with a pair of Eagles and a Peregrine Falcon also in pursuit of trout. I only had 1 bite but it was the first ...
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By: Big Game
Posted: 4/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the lake around 8:30 AM. The fish were biting pretty good with trips mixed in with the gaggle of stockers bieng caught,but there was just too many people there for this 'ole hermit to be ab...
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By: Big Game
Posted: 3/15/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I've been catching those 8-10 inch stockers pretty regularly since last weekend. I first found them in the duck pond when I started throwing a spinner(1/8th oz. black/silver Roostertail) and have chas...
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By: Big Game
Posted: 3/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
A thorough skunking……….. Fished for 3 or 4 hours on Saturday. It was a little cool,though not “finger-numbingly” so, and the sun stayed out for most of the time. I had my son with me, so I couldn...
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By: Big Game
Posted: 2/27/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
It was a little cold, but all in all, a nice day to be out. It was partly cloudy with lengthy sun breaks and a light breeze coming from the south east(ish). Too bad the fish didn't agree. I started ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/21/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake around 11:00 and started trolling straight out from the launch. Hit the slot along the buoys on the north side with no strikes. Motored over to the east side of the lake and tried that sl...
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Posted: 2/8/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/7/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! This is the first time I ever tried fishing lake Spanaway, and I was Impressed with the park's facilities, boat launch, docks were all in top form. A nice place to walk the dog, jog, hey, what am...
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Posted: 7/28/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Thank goodness for understanding fishing buddies. I met Bob at 7am and we fished until 10:30, I had to leave early due to honey-do items. Spanaway has a ton of fishy looking spots and we worked th...
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By: twistun
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 8:30 first time at Spanaway. Didn't like the 6 buck launch fee. Trolled for hours and the wife caught 4 small bass that we tossed back, anchored and used everything in the box. A...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Got to the lake about 1200 started fishing tne north end of lake, with in 20min i hooked 2 fish one 2lbs SMB that came out and grabed my swimbait the at the boat spit the hook next dock caught my bigg...
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Posted: 6/19/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 8:30am for a little therapy. I trolled the whole length of the lake and fished my previous hot spots. 2 bites 1 fish in 2 hours of fishing. The fish were showing up on the fish finder ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at lake at 6:30 started fishing on the bottom with Powr Bait. All day I was catching little ones, then slam it hit and rolled it in and it was over 10 lbs.. It was a very good day on the lake...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the lake at 3pm and fished until 7pm. I hit all the normal spots without too much activity on the fish finder. Fishing was even slower 1 fish between 2 rods. Next time we will hit the lake in t...
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By: David926
Posted: 6/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Awesome day out on the lake. My brother and I rented a boat and hit the water around 10am. Withing 5 minutes I had my first trout and also the last of the day. The fishing was so great because the roc...
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By: fishdad
Posted: 5/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We had a little time this morning and decided to go out to Spanaway, glad we did! Ian Caught a 3 1/2 pounder about 19 inches. Catching nice fish is fun, but its better to watch your boy catch a nice ...
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Posted: 5/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake around 9am and decided to fish a different part of the lake. The fishing was a little slower than usual for me down at the south end. I ended up fishing the west end and found the tro...
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Posted: 5/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake at 12pm and fished straight from the boat launch. Since I had the day off I decided to hit the lake a little later than usual. The fish started hitting right after I cleared the dock en...
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Posted: 5/23/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake at 8 am and immediately headed south. The fishing started slow but around 8:30am the bite picked up. The people on the bank were pulling in a good number of trout. I had to change weddi...
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Posted: 5/20/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Since fishing has been so good at Spanaway I decided to try the mid-day to afternoon bite. I set out at 1pm and found the fish to be a little slower to hit then previous trips. I fished the same area...
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Posted: 5/18/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 7:15am and trolled south of the dock. I ended up catching my limit of stockers by 9am.
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Posted: 5/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake at 8 am and was immediately into the stockers. I ended up losing 3 before finishing out with my limit. I went out 40 pulls. Temperature was already 70+ at 9:30am.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake at about 8:30am and trolled through the hot spots that I have caught fish the last few trips. Did not catch a fish until 10am on the far side of the lake. The bites were soft on the fir...
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By: wally
Posted: 5/16/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I've heard everyone rave how good it was the past few days that I had to see for myself. I took my daughter out on the boat to see what all the talk was about. We trolled for 2 hours with wedding ring...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/15/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My longtime friend Dan came down from Seattle and joined me for a morning fishing adventure, We hit the water at 6:45am and by 8am Dan had caught his allotment of 5 rainbows. I was having a much great...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Got to the lake around 700 started fishing the norther part of the lake by the island i was using a white 3/8oz spinnerbait at the end of the docks started to cast on other side of boat while my dad...
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