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Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2016
Hot Spots: 1
A bit windy early. First cutthroat I have caught in Lake Washington, in about twenty years. Figured I better start fresh water fishing this year as my favorite coho fishing is a no go this year. Spent...
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By: san
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Nice to be able to fish Lake Washington again. Lots of perch. Couldn't keep them off the hook, pulled out doubles many times with 3 more perch following. Most were very small tho, maybe 3 - 4". ...
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By: Slacktime
Posted: 5/26/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for the very late report: Went up with a friend to Lake WA. before it closed May 1st, caught 15 crappie and 1 SMB let the bass go at the dock. Kept crappie for the frying pan. Fun day all in all...
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By: san
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
After not catching anything at another lake, we stopped at my favorite spot at Lake Washington and no one was at the dock, just the way I like it. I only had my 10.5ft medium action rod with me. ...
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Posted: 3/30/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So my neighbor Sam was upset I didn't bring him back any of the kokanee fillets from Eastern WA; so being the good neighbor I am, chose to work the second half of my day today from my boat today to ...
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Posted: 3/28/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got out on Lake Washington with my lady on both Friday and Saturday. Was a gorgeous out both days. Friday: Fishing at 38 feet down on the downrigger, 75 feet back from the clip. Fishing a Dick Nit...
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Posted: 3/21/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2016
Hot Spots: 3
It usaully around this time of year cabin fever begins to set in for me. More then 2 or 3 days off the water and I start getting jittery. With area 7 closing down we decided to not fish the everett bl...
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Posted: 3/20/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So the stars finally lined up right yesterday to take out the Tin Cup for a good full day of cutthroat chasing on Lake WA. Launched out of Coulon around 10:30 and headed west to start the troll up th...
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By: danm
Posted: 2/25/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/25/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Launched from Kirkland around 8 am on this beautiful sunny morning, and boated to South Mercer. Trolled for almost 2 hours there with one missed take down (40’ down) and one netted 17inch (28’down) ab...
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By: Eugene
Posted: 2/21/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I was waiting for weeks for good weather to open 2016 perch season. Finally launched from Kirkland at noon. I caught ~40-50 in total but kept only big ones 16 fishes. And awesome bonus right before h...
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Posted: 2/21/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been quite a while since the Tin Cup has felt or seen a body of water and since my last 4 guided fishing trips have been cancelled due to blown rivers, saw my window of opportunity open yesterd...
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By: Mike10gs
Posted: 2/20/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
So I went out with a good friend who I have been blessed to have met last year ptfletcher. We went out around 2 pm. We went out by the south end of mercer island. We trolled dodger with wedding ring. ...
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By: VMV1998
Posted: 2/12/2016
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It was heavy fog in the morning, so we decided to start fishing shortly after 12 pm. Kirkland is new area for us. We did not have fish finder this time. So I used anchor's rope with marks. Checked 60'...
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Posted: 2/3/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to go with a buddy to Lake Washington this morning and see if we could put some fish in the box. We launched at 8 in the morning and headed to the south end of the Mercer Island. We decided to...
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Posted: 1/15/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Saw the weather report the night before and I've been itching to take my new Pflueger for it's 1st spin (literally). Finally a morning of sun and zero wind. Arrived at Luther Burbank Park on Merce...
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By: ARK
Posted: 1/7/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
With a forecast of light winds and warming temperatures had to give the big lake a try. I had a new Garmin plotter/sonar to try and a brand new 9.9 Yamaha trolling motor to put some hours on. Big mot...
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Posted: 1/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to all the friendly fisherman on the lake who share information about depth and lures types. Been fishing south end of lakes and have caught fish at mouth of Cedar, south end of Mercer Island ...
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Posted: 1/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I had a nice lovely day on the lake today. No Cutts but caught four salmon. Water temperature was 47 degrees. Launched from Magnuson at 10:45am and ran to Hunts Point. First fish of the day wa...
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Posted: 12/29/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/28/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took advantage of the day off and nice weather and hit Lake Washington. Got on the water about 8:30 am. and headed to the South end of Mercer Island. Fished along the shore for an hour or so with o...
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By: YellowYak
Posted: 12/16/2015
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I went out for 3 hours from Waverly Park shortly after noon in my kayak. I cruised around looking for schools of perch and found them between 65' and 90' of water straight out from the park. Some of...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 11/28/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Aided by a belly full of food from the previous day's festivities, I slept in long enough to have the sunlight wake me up in the morning. A cold morning to be sure but clear as a bell and not a hint ...
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By: akiviat
Posted: 11/22/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for 2 hours off my kayak by the South Point of Mercer Island. I was using leaded line, a flasher and a green wiggle-hootchie tipped with a piece of herring fillet. I caught this beautiful 16 in...
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By: akiviat
Posted: 11/16/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Spent two hours off the south end of mercer island today on my kayak. I was trolling a wiggle-hoochie behind a flasher. I was using leaded-line about 30 feet down. Caught and released this 9" cutt...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 11/14/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Been a couple of weeks since I last hit the lake and it wasn't looking good with high winds and rain forecast to move in this weekend. This morning a quick check of the WSDOT 520 bridge conditions sh...
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By: repoch
Posted: 11/12/2015
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Short trip to the lake. Lights out perch fishing in 55 feet. Juanita pt. No jumbos. All average
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