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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/19/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught just enough for dinner, was nice to see a game warden here checking size and limits! They were picky today, the lucky jig today was a dark green mini jig 1/32. Spent about 2 hours caught 5 all ...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/18/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught enough for dinner for myself, since the kid is away! Tons of pressure from other anglers, and lot of people keeping undersized fish! They looked at me like I was crazy throwing back 8"rs. Plen...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/10/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
It took about 3 hours to get a limit. Must of thrown back a dozen or so 8"ers. Seems like they are shallow 2'-5' of water.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/8/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The bite was good today! Caught 14 total, 10 over 9"! limited out in about 2 hours! fishing shallow between 5'-3' of water, with a jig just off the bottom!
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I think this weather is confusing the fished, however managed a 1/2 dozen in an hour or so this after noon.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/4/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
fished a few hours before the storm! caught a lot of cookie cutters 8 1/2" - 9" a couple 10". had to switch color of jigs every couple fish! luckily i left 5 minutes before the storm came in.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/3/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a few in a couple hours, had to switch colors of jigs to keep them biting.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 4/26/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
A little slow today manages 3 keepers in a couple hours. Ton of 6" fish.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 4/25/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Another good day freezer should be full soon!
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 4/24/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
They are about to spawn, full of eggs. Kept 4 big ones today, lots of small ones. All of them caught in 2-4' of water. First picture is from today, second from yesterday.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 4/23/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Water was 15 degrees warmer than usual, the bite was non stop.
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 8/21/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I went out on my kayak, expecting a limit of crab! Guess what got it, was out for less than an hour my secret is to have the pot sitting during slack tide! 1 pull and over a limit of red rocks, only r...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took the yak out right before the tide change. Soaked one pot for 1 hour. Had double my limit of red rock.
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 8/3/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Tons of fish this year, but the lurkers are hiding. Must of caught 20-30 in a couple hours. The biggest being about 12"
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 7/23/2015
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Caught every species of fish in this lake, except the crappie I was targeting. I give it 3 stars because I caught over 50 fish, in a couple hours, with some big ones mixed in. Was fishing from the yak...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 7/17/2015
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I know there are crappie and catfish in this lake. No luck on the cats tonight. However did manage 1 10" crappie.
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 6/14/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went out Saturday afternoon. Dropped pot an hour befor high tide, not very far out. About 20-30 feet of water would be my guess. Picked up pot just after high tide had 3 large red rocks. Funny I left...
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 6/11/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Not bad for a 40 minute soak off of kayak. Ended up with my limit of 6. No dungies which is fine I prefer red rock, however I would of liked 1 dungie.
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 6/5/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kayak out this afternoon with one pot. Soaked first time for 1hr in 50ft of water caught one red rock, and 1 female dungie. Moved to about 80ft and soaked for an hour and a half, caught 1 8+"...
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Long
Long
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Picky lake, one day it's every cast, the next you have to work for em. But managed to get enough for dinner.
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Area 13 South Puget Sound
Area 13 South Puget Sound
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 6/4/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Went out with the kayak, was planning on spending several hours but that didn't work. I dropped one cage baited with stocker trout, then rowed about another 100 yards and dropped the crab ring. After ...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/26/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was cleaning out the tackle box, and found a few of jiggles jigs from last year. Was bored decided to hit the lake for a couple hours and catch some panfish, then some cat fish. Right away nymph jig...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 5/6/2014
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted some catfish, so I talked my brother into taking me to the lake tonight. We launched the kayak trying for bass before evening nothing. Around 8pm set up for catfishing, me mr no it all rigged a...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 1/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
There are still the 14"-18" trout still there. You just have to fish for them. The bite is extremely lite and when you feel it you have to rip there lips off. I tried multiple set ups; worm, power egg...
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Black
Black
By: nwtoolman
Posted: 11/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The state just releases a bunch of 1lb rainbows into the lake. I was using chartreuse power eggs tipped with worm. Lots of limits. Be careful and read the regs you can only keep 2 over 14". The big ...
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