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Sammamish Fishing Reports

Sammamish
By: jeffc
Posted: 4/3/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time taking my wife out fishing on the new to us boat. We got a late start (9:15) and spent around 15-30 mins just teaching her about downriggers, clips, setbacks, baitcasting reel, depth, and m...
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Sammamish
By: MoonValley
Posted: 3/29/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 4pm to about 7pm. Fished the mouth of Issaquah Creek, weather buoy, and two locations off of points along the east shoreline that are highlighted in Paul Lewis' video about hot spots on t...
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Sammamish
By: fish4bass
Posted: 3/28/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
2 of us fished out of my boat most of the day but only had one confirmed bite around noon. I hooked a smallmouth in a dock area using a jerkbait. I got a look at her when I was trying to lip her whe...
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Sammamish
By: jeffc
Posted: 3/26/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
What great weather and conditions to be on the water. Super calm, especially after the forecast a few days earlier was calling for it to blow. On the water around 2PM till 6PM. Tried the Elgin's G...
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Sammamish
By: jeffc
Posted: 3/26/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After a nice day on the water Saturday and looking at the extended forecast for the next two weeks, I pushed off chores to fish after church. Didn't expect much better than Saturday which I was 2/...
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Sammamish
By: fish4bass
Posted: 3/26/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Got to get out for about 3 hours on Friday. It was slow (nothing) using drop shot and jerk bait until 11am. Decided to try a jig for a while. Caught 2 by noon in 40 to 45 feet of water, approximatel...
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Sammamish
By: MoonValley
Posted: 3/24/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/24/2019
Hot Spots: 0
A slower day than yesterday. No coho this time, but four cutthroat. I fished the same spot, and same depth (50'). The Reli lure and kokanee killer were ignored today, so I switched to God's Tooth s...
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Sammamish
By: MoonValley
Posted: 3/23/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I hit the lake around 2:00 and stayed until about 4:30. Given recent reports, I was really only planning on trolling around to get some time on a new kicker motor and figure out the new sonar. I end...
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Sammamish
By: Sharphooks
Posted: 3/22/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After an unsuccessful outing to the north half of Lake Washington last week in the general area of Juanitta Bay with no fish encounters whatsoever, my fishing partner and I wanted to see if we could d...
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Sammamish
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 3/16/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First time doing Lake Sammamish 2019 Using Gods tooth Spoons 50/50 blue spoon 50/50 gold spoon Orange Spoon with or without a dodger. Super fun day even though we had a flat tire on the way ...
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Sammamish
By: RobinR40_98
Posted: 3/14/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/14/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Definitely a 5 today, Started fishing about 9:00 AM. Kicker wouldn’t stay running so I trolled with 115 HP main motor. I thought for sure with all the noise and vibration I was doomed. 10 minutes late...
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Sammamish
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 2/27/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Not sure whether to give this trip a 1 or 5 rating but figure any day fishing must be at least a 5 and I did catch some fish! Sammamish reports lately havent been real encouraging. Lake is very cold a...
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Sammamish
By: NW_Fisherman
Posted: 2/25/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/23/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Just like Jeffc reported for 2/24 on the lake. Super tough fishing and literally threw the entire box at them as well. A few weeks ago we took the kids out and did stellar catching 8 in about 2 hours....
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Sammamish
By: jeffc
Posted: 2/24/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Overcast day with no wind and minimal chance of rain. Pressure was rising steadily (which I thought was good). A friend wanted to go fishing to go fishing, so we planned to be on the water around 10-2...
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Sammamish
By: Starlord
Posted: 2/16/2019
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/16/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to fish for triploids at Beaver Lake Saturday morning. There was ice the first 30 yards of the WDFW boat launch. The ice thickness varies from 3/4" thick starting 10 feet from the shore and t...
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Sammamish
By: salmonbarry
Posted: 2/2/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Seems like ages since I have posted a report mostly due to a home improvement project that turned into a nightmare where we had to fire our contractor and try and finish it ourselves. By God's grace,...
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Sammamish
By: FishingTenor
Posted: 1/29/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Not my best day of fishing but I learned a few new things. Since it is a new year, I thought it was time to try other areas and other equipment. I mounted out-drive stabilizer fins on my 8hp extra-lon...
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Sammamish
By: Roosterpie
Posted: 1/28/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well things didn't go as planned. Yesterday's fishing was much better. Clouds were low. Caught one little rainbow which I let go at the side of the boat. Had three strikes all morning. Fished till 1pm...
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Sammamish
By: jchennesc
Posted: 1/28/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/25/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I just got a fishing kayak and i am addicted to this fun sport. So far i have only used it three times all on lake Sammamish and every time I have caught fish consisting of cutthroat trout/ landlocked...
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Sammamish
By: cdflett
Posted: 1/27/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
The weather forecast for today was way off. We expected a sunny day in the 50s and got overcast skies in the low 40s. A couple of my friends got to the lake before me and said the fog lifted enough ...
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Sammamish
By: Roosterpie
Posted: 1/26/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Was rough start this morning. Headed out early. Was back in the driveway for emergency boat repairs. Ugh! So got the boat fixed by noon and headed back down. Day would have been a 4 if the boat ran an...
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Sammamish
By: mrotskoff
Posted: 1/23/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/19/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I see the reports catching limits on Samammish. I'm doing what's described. Spoons and spinners behind small flashers. Trophy trout scent. Long set backs, running t...
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Sammamish
By: Sharphooks
Posted: 1/22/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/22/2019
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner and I hit the water at the boat launch site at 9:00 AM. Very few guys were fishing on the lake today. We counted 4 vehicles with boat trailers in the parking areas as we entered the...
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Sammamish
By: rjsorensen7
Posted: 1/21/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Well it wasn't the fastest day on the lake, but was made well worth it by the ending to the day. One of the things we love most about the Sammamish winter fishery is not having to get up so early as w...
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Sammamish
By: herefishy
Posted: 1/20/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Had to grind it out but got it done. Spent the day fishing with hubby. Put 6 cutthroat and 4 hatchery coho in the box. Released two unclipped coho and lost 2 fish at the boat. Fish ranged from 13" - 1...
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