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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Whatcon yesterday. Launched at the ramp on south side of lake, and fished the south end of lake. Caught a 20" smallmouth - she was full of eggs so was released to make more fish. Caught ano...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a nice 5 pounder and many more smaller ones very good opening day.
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Whatcom
By: fishtimidator
Posted: 9/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
What? Only two boats at the launch at 6:30 this morning? Alright!! Headed down the west shore of the lake to start, alternating between throwing a spinnerbait, and a green grub. The grub, a Yamamoto s...
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Whatcom
By: reidmilt
Posted: 5/30/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I got on the lake around 5:30 and first worked sudden valley road with zero takers. Then worked some pilings and rock, landed a solid pounder, also saw lots of fish trailing my crankbait. ...
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Whatcom
By: Dan
Posted: 5/26/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After getting skunked by the local largemouths 2 days in a row, I decided to try the Lake Whatcom Smallies. My past success on Whatcom has been spotty, skunked somedays, catch a few on other days. ...
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Whatcom
By: kunsterr
Posted: 5/22/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
my brother, friend, and i went fish at lake whatcom for three hours around 1-4pm. it was a sunny day but a little bit windy, which made it hard to sight fish, but we manage. l show up late around 2p...
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Whatcom
By: reidmilt
Posted: 5/10/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 7:00am with my buddy Vano, conditions were sunny and calm. Worked the road that leads to Sudden Valley and landed this quality smallie with chartreuse 7-10 ft. diving crankbailt. Fis...
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Whatcom
By: Edgeran
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The boys and I went to Lk. Whatcom this saturday. I caught a cutthroat on a jig w/ craw trailer (found that kind of odd). Then Mr. Magler caught a cutthroat on a Lizard drop shot (a little bit more od...
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Whatcom
By: Lip Rippa
Posted: 5/5/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Whatcom on April 30th (never mind the photo date stamp). Fishing was slow. I expected the smallies to be in a pre-spawn or spawn pattern. They seemed to have already spawned and left the n...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I find no better month than May to fish Whatcom. Last year I produced a number of 4+ lbers, and this year was a great start. Got on the water around 7:30am and fished only until 10am. The wind was...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/2/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Picked a great fall day to fish Whatcom. Conditions looked right but fishing proved other wise. We got out around 10:00 and headed down sudden valley road fishing the drop off and pilings along the ...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/7/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Been noticing a lot of confusing here about the motor laws on Lake Whatcom. Just want to make sure everyone gets their fishing in while they can (until 2009)...Below is an excerpt taken directly from...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
First time out to the lake. Someone should include on the details of this lake that there is a 4stroke requirement on this lake. 10hp and below will be allowed untill the end of this year. Fished a...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I took on Whatcom again on another mild June afternoon. We launched at Blodel and jetted right over to the docks and submerged pilings just to the right of the public swimming area. I hav...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
1st time to the lake. The small fish and game launch at the south end of the lake sucks. Not much parking, Ramp is shallow, no dock. But with that being said. I was able to launch with few problems....
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2006
Hot Spots: 0
This is the time for BIG smallies on Whatcom. I've been out on the lake 5 times this year and have produced lots of quality fish, most fish ranging 2-5+ lbs. I've had most success fishing 7-15 ft. o...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Best day I have ever had on the lake. In 2 1/2 hours I caught 10 smallies and lost 4. 5 of the 10 went over 5 pounds. The largest I landed was 6 3/4 lbs. One of the fish I lost got off as I was trying...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Whatcom. Water temp = 64. Started on Northern end pilings. Used silver and blue rattle-trap and green jig with white grub trailer. Had some sporatic luck. Moved down the lake (still in the...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
STRONGLY RECOMMEND GIVING LAKE WHATCOM A TRY FOR BASS AND PERCH. FOR SUCH A DECENT SIZED LAKE, THERE REALLY ISN'T VERY MUCH TRAFFIC OR WATER SKIING. Fished Lake Whatcom from 6:30am to 7:00pm. Lake ...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Whatcom. Lots of hits. Caught one Perch.
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Had a good morning on Lake Whatcom in early July. We were trolling Cow Bells in front of worms. Caught 6 Rainbows (approx 10-16 inches) and 8 Yellow Perch. Mostly along the North Western shoreline....
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the lake from around 3-7 pm and caught a couple nice 12 or 13 inch trout... tried for bass but didnt have any success with that. Trolled a small plug for the trout and used a spinner bait and r...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/31/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
It was another excellent Spring season on Whatcom. Opening day and the fish were already on beds! Wow! That doesn't happen very often , but this year , the Full Moon was in the first week of the m...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We hit Whatcom around 6 and boy were the trout jumping. The were around the middle of the lake. Most were from 5-11 inches they were feeding on 1-3 inch minnows. WE caught all our fish on topwater lu...
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Whatcom
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Whatcom for several hours in the afternoon with Clover. No fish caught but a wise lesson learned. Whatcom gets heavy boat traffic and a lot of the boats are big and fast hence the need for a ...
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