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Washington Fishing Reports

By: G-Man
Posted: 2/8/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Chalk up another tough day fishing to the dreaded rising barometer. The two of us fished the south section of the Lake from 10:30 until 2:30 with only one fish brought to the boat. I’d commented to ...
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By: Tesla
Posted: 2/8/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Yes, Lake Washington, Cutts, and a 5 all in the same post. It doesn't happen very often, so I couldn't resist. We had about 90 minutes of fishing time today. So, strictly speaking not really a day of...
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Posted: 2/5/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Put in a full day Sunday and Monday on the south end of 1-90 bridge. Based on the other reports, I'm not alone. I was just pulling out on Sunday and my line started bouncing. A nice 17.5" Cutthroat...
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Posted: 2/5/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I could practically cut and paste Salmonbarry's post- same time -same result- different gear (fire truck flasher w/chart wedding ring and worm) maybe next time we'll pass close enough for introduction...
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Posted: 2/4/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/4/2013
Hot Spots: 3
I have been itching to get the 'Tin Cup' out on the water so when I drove my Lake WA today @2:30 was excited to see the water flat as glass around Coulon and the sun so raced home and quickly loaded u...
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Posted: 2/4/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got the bug now to figure out this fishery as last weekend only produced one bite, one fish. Like others thought, it looked like the forecast was going to be decent, but it turned out to remain foggy...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 2/3/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well the fog took a break for most of the week only to return this morning. Along with the fog came the nearly non-existent bite which was not totally unexpected. What I can confirm is that the silv...
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Posted: 2/3/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/2/2013
Hot Spots: 1
First time on the water for this year and wanted to try for Lake Washington Cutthroat. Forecast was for sun and weather was supposed to better than Friday, but did not happen! Launched at Coulon P...
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Posted: 2/1/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to roll out and hit it for a few hours, weather was awesome ! Saw my fellow Cut guys rolling out also..got a few fish , on the small side, but I got the best day of sun so far this year.....
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Posted: 1/28/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I have followed the Lake Washington Cutthroat Trout fishing for sometime now and figured it was time to give it a shot! Launched at Magnuson Park at 10 am and made a quick run, in the chop, over to H...
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Posted: 1/24/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With today's weather being pretty fair, I worked feverishly through the morning hours to wrap up what needed to get done so that I could get onto the lake hopefully before the rain started. Put in at ...
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Posted: 1/23/2013
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finally hit the lake for the first time this year! Went out in the hopes that the small mouth would bite, had 5 hits, landed 2...It was a perfect day for me ! The smell of a outboard and having the la...
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By: Tesla
Posted: 1/22/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I got off to a late start today, hit the water about 2:30. Since it was the first time I've seen the sun in Seattle in about a week, I played hooky and went fishing. I worked the I-90 / north Mercer ...
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Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Launched from Coulon Saturday morning. Cold but calm. Trolled between the mouth of the Cedar River and Mercer Island. Sonar showed lots of fish and bait high in the water column between 6 and 35 feet....
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By: G-Man
Posted: 1/20/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I don’t think that the Seattle area has ever experienced such a long period of lingering fog like we have had the past week or so. I left for the launch around my usual time as the sun was beginning ...
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By: G-Man
Posted: 1/12/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Despite the freezing temperatures, it was a very pleasant day on the water. I didn’t have much time to spend so I decided to make one pass from the Luther Burbank to the center of I-90 and back. On ...
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By: rseas
Posted: 1/3/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well after a very long hiatus and many months of no-troll fever I finally made it out on the water. My two sons, one of their girlfriends and I found some time and we hit lake Washington for a few hou...
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Posted: 12/29/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of Atlantic City launch, S. end of Lk. WA. Was overcast, fairly cold, no wind. Had a few sprinkles and a small rain shower along the way. Picked up the, "Urban Angler" along the way. ...
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By: bigzee44
Posted: 12/27/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out in the new boat and fished Lake Washington this morning. Was mostly looking for perch but only found a couple that would bite. After searching around for a little bit I set up in another spo...
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By: Tesla
Posted: 12/22/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The weather finally cooperated this week for a couple of hours on the lake. I didn't get out until around 2 PM so I didn't expect much. I was dragging my trout gear hoping for a nibble. I picked up ...
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By: slabman
Posted: 12/14/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try 2 tactics today - one planner board and one downrigger at various depths Tried both spoons and rapalas in different colors but just couldn't get any strikes on the planner board. So t...
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By: Tesla
Posted: 12/12/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got out in the cold and rain today looking for some cutty action, and found a hen and a buck. I'd like to say that I caught a fish exactly at 12:12. I wasn't watching the clock but it was fairly clo...
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By: slabman
Posted: 12/10/2012
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Very interesting day. On the water about 1130 hrs to see if we could find some perch. Drop shotting in the 50 ft depths and could not find any perch on the finder so fishing "blind". Finally got a 12...
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By: slabman
Posted: 12/9/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Just a quick report, or should I say non report. Decided to go strictly with planner boards in the I 90 area and south end of Mercer Island. Trolled several type of lures from rapala type to different...
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By: slabman
Posted: 11/29/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Tues on the SW end of Mercer Is and went with down riggers at 40 to 60 ft and a planner board with a rapala type lure. Caught 2 fish on the planner board - small cutt and chinook. Then raised t...
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