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Gissberg Fishing Reports

Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/21/2005
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Fished 1pm to 3pm. Caught about 12 stockers..released all. 8 to 10 inches. Green powerbait with 18 in leader. Saw others not doing so well. I think they were moving around the lake.
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/20/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/20/2005
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After reading scoobs article I would like to remind people about the 5 fish rule when fishing with bait the WDFW is very aware of this type of conduct and has a zero tolerance policy for this type of ...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/15/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 1/15/2005
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fished both lakes got a few bites but no big ones, also had a catfish line out, the fish had been staying very deep, what 1 fly fisher said while we were leavin, no catfish.
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/31/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by the ponds to try my luck with Channel Catfish. I used a gob of worms on the bottom with no nibbles then tried powerbait for them and still nothing. Guess the water has to be warmer for them...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/18/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/18/2004
Hot Spots: 0
found this spot 3 weeks ago. there seems to be only 1 color, retrieve, and size lure that works well here (I'll let you find out). bass in great numbers and size.4 today....2 1/2 to 3 1/2 lbs. you...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to gissburg to take the dog swimming. I brought my pole and tackle box. First I use a micro jig that was just to big for sunfish. I got 3 bass on it though, one 10 incher, one 8 ncher, and one...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/3/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My wife & I got to the ponds at about 4:30ish and found a suitable spot on the North side of the South pond, in the trees and out of the strong wind. We set up with worms & bobbers, thinking we would ...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and i fished the south lake from 10-4, casting rooster tails in fire tiger and pink, 1/16th size with 4lb line and c/r'd about 20 between the two of us. Lots of people there, most of them u...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2004
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to throw the Queefer (my boat) in the back of my truck and drive up to gissberg for some afternoon fishing. Got there about 3:00 and trolled around the lake with flatfish and rooster tails. En...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/16/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south lake for about half an hour. Caught nothing. There were a lot of people there though. I tried everything in my tackle box including my flies. I'm not sure if they planted this lake ye...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/11/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I took my 3 YOA daughter and trolled around the lake for an hour and a half and didn't see a single fish rise, despite a bug hatch going on. Not even a twitch on my line. Right around 11:30 we...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/1/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished south lake for hours. Nothing worked. Tried; spoons, wobblers, dough bait, jigs, bucktails, and spinners. Didn't seen any fish accept for the dead on floating by the parking lot. On the plus ...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/10/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/10/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished gissberg today from about 2:00pm to 6pm. fished the south lake first and not a single bite. then at about 4pm we took our little dinghy to the north lake. but before that we we fished the no...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/15/2003
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/15/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went out around 1pm with my 2 boys fishing was slow I got 3 small rainbows. I don't know why they stock fish that small. was using 1 chartreuse and 1 pink power egg for all 3 fish. Had 2 other bites. ...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/12/2003
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I both caught our limits in under an hour fly-fishing TDC's. These fish average 9-10 inches and will probably eat anything thrown to them. They're still fun to catch though. It was a rathe...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/2/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the north lake with a marshmallow and worm and caught 4 10 - 12 in trout then I switched to catching and retrieving a F 4 flatfish, and caught two more. Didn't see anyone else catch any fish....
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped off at the ponds at about 8:30am after having no luck at Lake Ki. My bud in his float tube picked up a couple of crappie on fly. I picked up one 10 inch RB on some power bait. Nothing like fis...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2001
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2001
Hot Spots: 0
WAS going to go fish for those kings in Blackman's lake early really early like 5:00 am so I get there and the city park doesn't open till 7:00 when is the best bite on for kings so I sucked down my j...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Was here for about 2 hours in the evening, fishing from the strip of land between them. I caught a nice channel cat in the south lake on worms. I was using a spreader rig, the kind normally used for c...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/20/2001
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2001
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I hooked into about 30-35 small trout. Normally orange Triple-teasers w/ one-quarter oz. weight on the line works great, but not this time. Flies on floating lines are usually our #2 choi...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/6/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Went to see how things were shaping up on a sunny Sunday at Gissberg Ponds. Um, CROWDED, in a word ... pretty much all of the south pond shoreline access was filled with people, with a couple of small...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/11/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/11/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Went by Gissberg Ponds today. Lots of people fishing the edges and nobody in the middle where the fish were rising. Heard they planted them. Guess I am going to have to get my pontoon boat pumped up a...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/3/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/3/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from raft 9;00am. Fished 3hrs released 2 bows 12 10 inch caught on frog hotshot. Went thru channel caught in north side lake. Far west side well be planted this week with 5 to a lb rainbows. P...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/1999
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/1999
Hot Spots: 0
There is no general public access for Jim Creek due to current threat condition, but for you active duty and retired military folks (and guests) Twin Lakes is pretty hot. I fished in the wind and rai...
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Gissberg
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/17/1999
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/1999
Hot Spots: 0
The Twin Lakes (the ones at exit 206 on I-5) were producing rainbows almost immediately after they stocked the lake. A few weeks after the stocking, the fishing slooowwwed down. Almost everyone who...
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