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Wilderness Fishing Reports

By: Lou Smith
Posted: 5/9/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Wanted to go to Alder today, but Uncle Sam didn't deposit my SS early enough to get gas. So, off to Wilderness where I heard there were kokanee planted last year and this year according to a lake resi...
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Posted: 5/6/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Went on a mission to help a friend change his fishing luck. He had not caught a fish in WA for years, after many attempts. I was honored to change that fact today. We caught our limit in 2 hours on th...
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Posted: 5/5/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Well, I fished the south end of the lake, I started by throwing senkos, jigs and deep cranks along weeds in about 8-12 feet of water. Moved a little more shallow with the same methods, and couldn't ge...
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By: Lou Smith
Posted: 5/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/2/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Waited until the opening day frenzy was over and went to Wilderness for the first time. Launched at 6:00am and only three other boats were trolling. Started out with a 5" dodger and a wedding ring. Ca...
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Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Like always, a million fish were caught at Wilderness for the derby and it was just as fun this year as it has been in years past. Very well put together event by the city of Maple Valley, much thanks...
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Posted: 4/10/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My friend and I hit the lake for the 4th time this year, just before 11:00. We haven't even got a bite so far this year. We trolled from one end of the lake to the other and then back. I stuck with th...
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By: chengpu
Posted: 7/7/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
GROSS!!! The fish in this lake are infested. All 3 fish i caught today were covered in parasites. I know you are supposed to keep fish caught with bait. There isnt a chance i was gonna keep these. I a...
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By: procaster
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I used to fish for trout here all the time, then they started having big sores all over them so I stopped goin. I haven't been here for about 8 years either, so I wasn't sure what I was getting in ...
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By: edge540
Posted: 7/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for a couple hours and tried everything. No dice. Threw every lure I had on and my Girl trolled worms deep and on top. We gave up and went over and cought a few Blue gill and Baby Bass on bo...
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By: jelin20
Posted: 6/27/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took my daughter out on the boat for the first time and after no luck at my lucky spot, we moved and she caught this 17 incher! It was the only bite/fish we got all day. Sorry for the gross pic,...
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By: Conky
Posted: 6/23/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out around 1:30pm to fish from the shore. Spotted 4 large bass(15"+ I'm guessing) about 10ft off the shore. Casted out a Rapala F05 brown trout pattern. They weren't interested, then some dink ...
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By: chengpu
Posted: 6/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This is a multi day report. I have fished Wilderness 3 times the past week and results have been good. Average has been about 3 to 4 fish landed per day and losing 2 to 3 fish due to various reasons. ...
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By: chengpu
Posted: 6/14/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Wilderness early this morning and started off at the dock. Things were slow as expected and not a person in sight to later in the day. Missed a good hit because i was stuffing my face with a bagel...
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Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started out around 7:10am and stayed until 10:10am all by the boat ramp. There were a few boats on the lake and each time one came in they had at most two bites and nothing to show for it. There was a...
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By: chengpu
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing has been slow to good the past few days. Managed to hook into 4 10-12 inch bows this morning. Hit the lake around 6ish and had the whole lake to myself for about 3 hours. Not one person not ev...
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Posted: 5/28/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took the row boat out. Fished all round the lake for any bass pushed into the shallows, and nothing. Ended up rigging a 3 inch trout worm to see if I could pull anything out of a weedbed. Was bit abou...
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Posted: 5/11/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 2:30-5:30pm. Tough fishing for me till the end of the day. Only released about 5 using Chartreuse crystal bug on intermediate line casting and stripping. Tugs are more important and determ...
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By: rdrwolf
Posted: 5/9/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 2 nice pan-sized trout. Unable to fish very long as buddy did not bring rain gear and it started pouring. Used Chartreuse Glitter power bait with 4 foot leader off of swimming dock casting stra...
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By: Kevin K
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Wilderness for the first time on opening day this year with my father and brother-in-law. We were on the lake around 5:30 a.m., and left the water about 11:30. There were a lot of boats and p...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Hey everyone. I was soakin worms off the shore. I used floats. I had a couple small ones that I took home. The highlight of my day was when I wasnt paying attentin couldnt find my float. reeled i...
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Posted: 4/9/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Set out for bass on the shore, by the boat launch, throwing a trout pattern husky jerk which had caught me bass here before. After fan casting the area multiple times, I frustratingly changed my crank...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/18/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/17/2010
Hot Spots: 3
there was noboddy there nice peacefull day 6 fish to the boat 4 of witch were kokes and the bigest one was 18 inches the smallest 15 all in all a good day
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By: Rob G.
Posted: 8/3/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out Wilderness the other day after church. I took my two oldest boys and I figured we could fish for trout and bass! I must say that you gotta love the new 2 pole rule...I had some power bait rig...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/1/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It's been slow going just about the past three weeks, I decided to stay away from this lake for a couple of weeks and made an attempt to try it again yesterday(Sat 8/31) it wasn't very productive at a...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a slow day but at least I caught this big one, been at the lake for about 5 hrs and I only kept this two, the smaller fish is between 12" & 13" Late morning.
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