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Panther
Panther
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 4/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at the Panther Lake about 0930. I caught and released 10 trout in about five hours. Most were 10"-12", two were in the 14" range. I used exclusively a purple Mack's Smiley Blade fly. I had the...
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Wildcat
Wildcat
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 9/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing in a few months due to the high heat and an injury. I got to the lake about 11:00 due to a late start. Water temp is coming down (66 on the surface). First 2 1/2 hours just two nibb...
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Panther
Panther
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/25/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2015
Hot Spots: 3
The day started kinda crappy. When I got to the lake I discovered that someone had stolen my transom tie-downs while I had a few beverages after fishing the night before. I didn't discover this until ...
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Wildcat
Wildcat
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I bought a new transom-mounted trolling motor for my "new" boat and just had to try it out Saturday. We hit the lake about 2:00 and fished until 8:30. The fish were rising/jumping all day. We were dra...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 4/24/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I finally got back out on the lake! My little aluminum boat was totaled when I was rear-ended on the way to the lake a few months back. I have since replaced it with a significant upgrade with the ins...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 11/3/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I hit the lake about 11:30. Started trolling wooly buggers. I only caught one in about two hours. I switched up to a green wedding ring tipped with worm chunk. After about 30 minutes BAM! I couldn't k...
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Mission
Mission
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/31/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I just couldn't stay at work on a beautiful day like we had Friday. I grabbed my friend and we were on the water from 11:30-7:00. We used Smiley Blade Wooley Buggers all day and pulled in at least 25 ...
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Panther
Panther
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went fly fishing for the first time. My neighbor and I launched our pontoon boats at 2:00. The fish were actively surfacing until about 5:30. I threw all kinds of stuff at them. It was mainly a lear...
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Panther
Panther
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/20/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After a brutal Saturday on Wildcat Lake I decided to hit Panther Lake before having lunch on Mother's Day. Boy do I now wish it had been any other day! I dang near couldn't keep my hook in the water! ...
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Wildcat
Wildcat
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/20/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was one of the toughest fishing days in my new hobby. I met my buddy at the lake and shoved off a little after 08:00. We threw everything but the kitchen sink a 'em and only managed to pull in four...
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Anderson
Anderson
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 5/3/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was a hot day,,, in temperature alone. This was my first trip to Anderson Lake and she wasn't in a very sharing mood. I threw everything but the kitchen sink at 'em. The only fish I caught was a li...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 4/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
A beautiful day on a secluded lake with an average of 10 boats on the lake throughout the day. We fished from about 07:30-15:00. We caught and released about 20 fish between us both. The morning was t...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 4/19/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Kitsap Lake for probably the last time until the Lowland Lakes close in the fall. We had a pretty good day on the lake. I finally got my lady friend to troll for more than 20 minutes and she cau...
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Spencer
Spencer
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 3/23/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the lake about 11:00 and fished until about 4:30. We were mainly bottom fishing. Between the two of us we pulled in nine trout. About half of our catch were little shakers, but since we were on...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 3/13/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I got back out on the lake today. It was an amazing day! I kept my limit (looking forward to a fish fry with friends soon), released at least six more and lost several along the way in about 3 1/2 hou...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 3/12/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was a rough day on the lake this day. I had to fight 5-15+MPH winds in my little aluminum boat. After two hours of trolling a wooly bugger (only two laps around the lake) and one trout in the bucke...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 2/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The day started with a little snow falling in the morning but turned to a light rain by the time we got the boat in the water (10:30). The temperature stayed in the low-to-mid thrities and the rain re...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 2/16/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/15/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I just got a Fishing Buddy for my little lake boat and just couldn't take it sitting around the house anymore and decided to fight the weather. Everything was marking in the bottom five feet of the la...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 1/18/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I had a great day on Kitsap today! Caught a total of seven Rainbow (one released itself when it saw my net and I released one) in just over two hours. I had my first real success trolling today. I cau...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 1/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a cold day! My buddy and I spent two to three hours on the lake and pulled three nice rainbows (13"-15") using my old stand by Orange Gulp Eggs & rainbow Power Bait. The temperature hovered aroun...
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Leland
Leland
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 1/1/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Not a very good day on the lake at all. I started out trolling, but the lake was FULL of debris. It looked like there had been a major wind storm, but there hadn't been. It was as if someone had clear...
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Spencer
Spencer
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 12/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/24/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I've heard nothing but good about this lake and it did not disappoint. I started the trolling but I guess it was just too cold for that. I found a sweet little honey hole about 2/3 of the way from the...
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Kitsap
Kitsap
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 11/15/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was my first time fishing Kitsap. It was a beautiful calm day about 50 degrees out. I launched my little aluminum boat from the WDFW launch about 09:30. The lake had a constant light film of alge...
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Twin Lakes
Twin Lakes
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 8/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I took two different friends out (one each Saturday & Sunday). I was bottom fishing with orange gulp eggs from the shore. Both days started about 05:30-06:00 and each day I had two on the stringer bef...
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Wildcat
Wildcat
By: Ball_Gawd
Posted: 8/3/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I got hooks wet at 05:00 (first at the lake!) at the state boat launch. We were out for 8 hours I pulled four Rainbow (3 appx. 13" & 1 appx. 17") while my buddy only pulled one. There was...
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