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Whatcom
Whatcom
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/15/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After hearing about the fishing up on Whatcom Wednesday my wife wanted to run up there to spectate and enjoy the scenery so away we went! The scenario was the same, fished mainly grubs in deeper wa...
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Whatcom
Whatcom
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/13/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I was headed for Wiser when I remembered the last report and how green and nasty the water was! I pulled up short and headed for Whatcom instead as I hadn't fished it since Spring. I started down ...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/11/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
For last Saturday and today: I caught a 6lb hen and 3lb jack on Saturday, my friend caught two 6-8lb hens. A large school of fish moved through on Saturday and Sunday. I caught a 2.5lb jack to...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/11/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After processing my salmon from the Samish I hooked up and ran up to Clear for a couple quick hours of bass fishing. Should have listened to the reports and went to Big Lake or McMurray. I got din...
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Samish River
Samish River
By: 8theB8
Posted: 9/3/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/2/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the incoming tide with spinners last night. Only saw one fish role and lost five pounds sweating to death in my chest waders lol Think I will try it again but wait for cooler temps and or m...
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Chain
Chain
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/20/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well my turn to be the doofus... I was originally heading for Storm, just to mess around in the Jon Boat. I decided mid-run to instead take a look at Chain Lake. I do not remember ever fishing th...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/13/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another trip with no biggies to speak of. Launched about 0530 and with the rain falling and calm water I was very hopeful for an active topwater bite but a frog and two different buzzbaits didn't eve...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/8/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
In fairness I only had about 3-4 hours this morning. I went hoping the lake would be poppin' as I didn't have time to really get into dissecting the bite. I caught the first fish about an hour in an...
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Wiser
Wiser
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/30/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 6pm. I flipped the Guide on the east side with a Rage Craw and jig heading south, then turned back north and tried a swim jig with no action. The lake is higher than a week ago...
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Secret Spot
Secret Spot
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/28/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This lake missed a 5 rating by not giving up a fish over 3 lbs this trip. Everything under was very willing and I caught bass on just about whatever I threw. Bass Pro Shops Humpin' Toads were 'my go...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/28/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This trip lasted 90 minutes as that was what I could get out of my batteries with the wind and after fishing all morning on another lake. I pretty much stuck to the pilings that extend out from the l...
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Samish
Samish
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/26/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Was literally on my way back up to Wiser when I decided to stop and fish Samish instead. My goal was to try and eliminate smallmouth and just target largemouth. My approach was to hop from pad field...
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Whatcom
Whatcom
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/24/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Right out of the gate I saw the mythical Lake Whatcom largemouth!! Two of them where in among the pilings to the south of the launch in about 6 feet of water and one of them was an easy 6 pounder! T...
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Howard
Howard
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/23/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't been to Howard for a few years so swung by since I still had the Jon Boat loaded from yesterday. Bites came immediately, especially if you could skip a Senko way up under overhangs and docks,...
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Silver
Silver
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/22/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
To start my vacation I wanted to fish a lake I had never fished before. I have been eyeballing Silver for a couple years hoping it would be a lake similar to McMurray only farther north. It may be b...
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Wiser
Wiser
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/22/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Wiser today about noon and while the water was a tad 'browner' than usual, it wasn't bloomed out and nobody was there so I decided to launch. Made a quick pass up the Guide on the east side ...
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Sixteen
Sixteen
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/22/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Almost home and remembered another lake I have never fished...been by it a million times but never fished it. Looked to be a dink factory but I couldn't get bit to save my life! Tried Rapalas, Senko...
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Armstrong
Armstrong
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/16/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took a couple hours to go "dink" around on Armstrong. Used to be a great place to go and catch large quantities of fish up to 1.5 pounds on just about whatever you felt like throwing but unfortun...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/13/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I only had two hours but some quick observations: The spaghetti grass is the worst I have seen it!!! The water had just a bit of brown stain to it. Fry balls everywhere! Within 10 minutes of l...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 6/10/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Here comes the milfoil :( Water level is dropping and the weeds are growing as we enter summer. The milfoil is about one foot under the surface in most areas so it won't be much longer until the l...
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Banks
Banks
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/30/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This report is from 5/21/17 through 5/23/17 on Banks Lake in Grant County. Arrived Sunday 5/21 at around 0830 and was launched out of the park at Banks Lake South by 0930. I motored out to a littl...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/30/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived Wednesday morning to a wind storm and a Reservoir that looked more like the Pacific! Waves crashing against the Dam wall and splashing up over the roadway means no launching! Ambient temps...
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McMurray
McMurray
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to fish Samish but fortunately checked the WDFW site the night before and there was a "tournament" this weekend, so I swung by Shoecraft instead and the launch and weird abandoned car sketche...
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Clear
Clear
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/12/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The concrete ramp is fixed! I launched off the gravel side though to work the shallows. Pretty windy when I put in but instantly got a 4.4. Released that fish and rigged up the GoPro on the YoloT...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Was really hoping for a repeat of last year but the fish are just too far along in the spawning process. The few I caught were mostly males and the biggest only went 4.8 pounds. I fished numerous ar...
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