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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/18/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/18/2001
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ADVICE TIME AGAIN. WENT OUT ON LAKE WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND TRYING FOR CUTTHROAT AND RAINBOWS. I WAS FISHING THE NORTH END OF JUANITA BAY TOWARD THE POINT, TROLLING DICKNIGHTS BETWEEN 25-65FT ON DOW...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/10/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 2/10/2001
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Rainbows and Cuts where hitting hard today. Trolled along the north side of Juanita Bay 50 to 85 feet. Caught and released 19 fish (11 cuts, 8 rainbows). Started at 7am and was done by 11. The large...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/28/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/28/2001
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I took the family out fishing for cutthroat trout South of 520, fishing along the bridge and in front of the Gates house and didn't get a bite using needlefish (65-85 feet deep on downriggers). ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/15/2001
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Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2001
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Fished for 4 hours and had good luck for this time of year. We caught two smallmouth weighing in at a total of 5 pounds. Had to fish extremely slow dragging plastic. 40+ feet of water was where we f...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/14/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2001
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I fished Lake Washington today (1-14-01). I trolled the north side of the west channel of the I-90 bridge for a couple of hours at various depths with various gear. No Luck. I could see lots of fis...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/6/2001
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/6/2001
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I set out to fish the lake about 9 am. I launched at Atlantic City and cruised up to the west channel of the I-90 bridge. The weather was foggy/sunny, 34 degrees with a steady breeze from the nor...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/30/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/30/2000
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Trolled north end of lake just north of O. O. Denny Park. Marked loads of trout from five to fifteen feet. Caught one at fifteen feet using #2 needlefish and downrigger. 16 inches and fat as a bear...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/11/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 11/11/2000
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We fished for yellow perch, starting at Coleman point and then moving up to the tip of Mercer Island. We fished in about 18 to 21 feet, just outside the weed beds. We used a 1/4 oz terminal weight ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/22/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/22/2000
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I took an afternoon jaunt out on the lake, mainly to run the gas out of the kicker for the winter, but also to see if any silvers were left after all the rains. I tried a pass through Yarrow Bay, ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/13/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2000
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I took a short trip to Lake Washington this morning to see if I could catch a silver using the info gleaned from here and the forum. I was only able to fish from 8:00 to 9:30. I fished in Yarrow Ba...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/8/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/8/2000
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We were out fairly early, not quite first light and ran up to the St Edwards area. Several boats were out trolling, some jigging. The weather was overcast & a little windy. We trolled at 75 to 85 i...
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Posted: 10/8/2000
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Rating: 2
Fished: 10/8/2000
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Went fishing with my friend from 7 to 11am. Started the day off Hunt's Point and within two minutes Brad pulled up a jack coho on a plug. Depth 60 feet in 85 feet of water. We fished the area until 10...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/7/2000
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Limited out at yarrow Pt. Lots of fish, hard to get them to bite, on the water by 8am, left at 11am.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/7/2000
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We fished the seminary to Champagne Pt but stayed north of the flotilla. We didn't see any fish boated and the only action we had was a brief hook up by my wife on a hot pink coyote. It couldn't hav...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/7/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/7/2000
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I decided to try to go fishing for coho for the first time this weekend. I got together all my new gear and all the things I thought I would need. Any information I have regarding how to fish for...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/6/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2000
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Was out on LW this morn by yarrow pt. Hit 6 Coho and released 3 between 8am and 11am. Left at 11am to go home and watch the M's play the whitesox. Used steelie-wiggle-warts in red colors.
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Posted: 10/4/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2000
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OK, I admit it, I'm dog tired fishing twice in one day. It wouldn't have been so bad except the wind came up a bit and the evening was spent battling to keep the boat on a good trolling line. I took m...
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Posted: 10/4/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/4/2000
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Hit the water at daybreak to fish for coho. Per an excellent post over at NWFishing.com from Steelhead Slayer, I came prepared to either jig or troll plugs. I decided to start out with plugs and watch...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/30/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2000
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Some one submitted a report in which they described getting lots of small bites while fishing from shore. Even after reducing hook size, he was still unable to hang any of the biters. Lake WA is s...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/29/2000
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/29/2000
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Decided to fish under I90 at Mercer Island from the shore. There's a small parking lot area which leads you down to the shoreline [no boat launch just shore fishing], got there 8:30am. Decided to brea...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/9/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2000
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Fished the Arboretum area from 4:30 to dusk. Caught several yellow perch, bluegill and a baby bass. Kept 3 pan size perch which fried up great for dinner. Talked with other fishermen and everyone was...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/27/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2000
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I have been fishing off the docks at the arboretum for a week now. I usually get down there around 7 pm and don't leave until 11 or 12. I have caught three 10 inch catfish, some nice size blue gill,...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2000
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2000
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Today, two of my cousins and I went to the arboretum at about 8:30am. When we arrived the weather was hella nasty. It was windy and kinda cold. We started off fishing on the first bridge by the ent...
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Posted: 7/16/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2000
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Thanks to as favored owed by a co-worker, I managed one more trip for sockeye. My kids and I hit the water at 5:30am and had our gear down. Matt is getting quite good at running downriggers. Makes lif...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/16/2000
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2000
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Sockeye Wrap-Up I didn't have time to send in a report during the season, as I tried to juggle fishing, work and family without getting fired or divorced. I kept good records of my trips, with de...
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