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Sammamish Fishing Reports

Posted: 8/1/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast for me was about 8:30AM. I needed to prefish a bit bc I was going to have family join in a few hrs. Didnt take long to land 3 small SMB within 15 mins. About a pound each I estimate. Mo...
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Posted: 7/31/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Overcast morning. Surprised by how breezy it was on the water. Started off with swimbait, football, and a heavier dropshot. Lots of nibbles on all 3 offerings. Only hooked up with the dropshot ...
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Posted: 7/24/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I started off by heading towards the creek mouth near the park at the south entrance. I wanted to look around and see what it looked like. All these years, I've yet to explore that area. Saw a coup...
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Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
We started out first thing in the monring after the launch opened. Things started off pretty good, we got the first fish on after a couple of minutes after being set up and trolling. After that firs...
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By: mizefish
Posted: 7/22/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Can't let FishingFool be the only poor bass guy posting on this great site. Sneaked out Friday mid-morning with a couple sandwiches and a cooler full of soda. Fished the east side for a few hours with...
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Posted: 7/20/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/20/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Just another fine day on the lake today. When we first got out and set up, downriggers set at 40', it only took about 2 minutes before we got our first fish on. While that was being reeled in, anoth...
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Posted: 7/18/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I guess rating is more like a 2.5 today. Big change from yesterday in catch and weather. Overcast with a nice cool breeze. Started off at where I lost a fish yesterday. 1st cast just before 8AM...
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Posted: 7/17/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast at about 7AM. I believe on the 4th or 5th cast, with the dropshot, I got a nice thump. Set the hook and was playing with the fish. Digs down and rip some drag. Stays down going back and...
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Posted: 7/15/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
In the lake first thing in the morning when the park opened up. The lake was in beautiful shape, almost like glass. We had our first fish on only about a minute after getting set up. Yesterday we...
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Posted: 7/14/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Started out at the lake first thing in the morning. Trolled around for about an hour with no luck, but we were not spotting fish on the depth finder either. Moved to a new location just about a qu...
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Posted: 7/13/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was the first boat at the launch. Early bird gets the worm they say. By the time I was heading out, 2 more rigs showed up. Didnt find any big fish today. Caught about 10-12 SMB. Didnt keep tr...
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Posted: 7/11/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast about 7:45AM. Working the west shore. Water and wind view calm. Took about 30 mins to land my first SMB. About 1# in about 15' of water with dropshot. About another 30 mins later, I ...
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Posted: 7/9/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to fish the north end for some LMB, but by the time I got there, saw a couple of guys fishing it already, so I turned down to hit a few other spots. First 1.5hrs, I only felt little perch ta...
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Posted: 6/28/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was going to fish Lake Washington's north end today with my fishing partner, however, he called me last night to tell me he had to respond to a family situation and could not fish with me today. Sin...
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Posted: 6/27/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast right at about 9AM. Very calm and mild out on the water. Wanted to slow down a bit to see if i can get any big ones to bite. Have 6 rods tied up. Dropshot, tube, big swimbait, smaller s...
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Posted: 6/19/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast at about 7:20AM. Started off with top water in the shades to see how it'll go. 1 hr into it without a sign of life. Started tossing dropshot and swimbaits here and there. Didnt take lon...
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Posted: 6/12/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner and I gave Lake Sammamish a try this morning for Cutthroat. We tossed the works at the fish, Gods Tooth and Old Goats in several color combinations with and without Sling Blades usi...
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Posted: 6/8/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Lake Sammamish was good to us on Thursday. Falling barometer and weather front moving in made it a little tougher. We had to work for it but thats the way it should be. Caught 10 nice cutthroat in abo...
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By: mizefish
Posted: 6/1/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty psyched about my day of fishing today. Good numbers (for me), decent size on some topwater largemouths, plus I knocked off a couple "firsts" for new lure categories (shakey head & Ned rig). ...
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Posted: 5/27/2018
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2018
Hot Spots: 0
well folks, sammamish continues to be amazing! combined report: both days were combo Smallmouth/Cutthroat trips. in the mornings we have been targeting SMB's using crank baits, drop shots, and...
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Posted: 5/23/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/23/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast about 7:15AM. Sunny clear skies and water was smooth as glass. Pull up to a shoreline and start off with jerkbait. 2nd cast in and fish on! Woooo, that's a fast start. Jumps once, ...
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Posted: 5/22/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2018
Hot Spots: 0
well folks sammamish is still absolutely on fire. Here is a combined report from Saturday Sunday, and today (Monday). Saturday: on the water at 6:30 with lines in the water at 7. right away we fi...
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By: mizefish
Posted: 5/22/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Maybe it's still really early in the season, or maybe I should try being first in line when the park gate opens. More likely, I'm still at the very beginning of my Lake Sammamish smallmouth bass lear...
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Posted: 5/22/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First cast at about 7:30. Got a short day today, so had to make the most out of it. Started working the shoreline not too far from the launch. Started off in shallow working dropshot and jerkbait. ...
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By: CousinSam
Posted: 5/18/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
I was out from 4pm to 6pm on the North end. The water was glassy, weather was cool and cloudy. Got four nice-sized ones, missed one, all down at 20ft/four colors back. C&R, barbless. Got three on a c...
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