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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/27/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
OK, I got lured in to trying this lake after the last post. I fully admit it. Regardless, I am working on learning early spring bass techniques so Goodwin was as good a lake to try on as any. Got to t...
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Amber
Amber
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/17/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish Amber for the first time with our software engineer, Aaron, and also met at the launch a WL.com regular, Gary from Spokane. The weather was clear skies but breezy, making it seem colder th...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/6/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 3/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
First time I've tried "early season" bass fishing. I fished from 9:30 to 12:30. Weather was great - sunny, warm (upper 50s), light breeze. Water temp 45. I decided to take the advice offered on the Fo...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/18/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing with Tom and Stephanie on their new Bayliner (with the works). Great day on the water, sunny and pleasant. No luck in the catching department. We trolled off DRs and flat lined to no avai...
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Big
Big
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/9/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 10/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Well I have fished this lake a couple times now for bass and been sent home with my tail between my legs. Nothing for three plus hours of pounding the water. Variety of rigs. Weeds were a problem so m...
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Flowing
Flowing
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 10/1/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Bumping the edge of a "4", maybe the best this lake can do is a lot of small guys and an occasional biggun. The big one was 15", caught at the most bass-looking spot on the lake - and I'm not telling ...
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Flowing
Flowing
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/26/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I give this a four not for the size but for the action. Only had a few hours to fish in the morning, 9 to 11am. Weather was gorgeous - sunny, Indian Summer. Immediately starting catching bass on surfa...
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Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
Area 10 Seattle - Bremerton
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/25/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 9/25/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with Tom Jacobs, hitting the water at 6:30am, Meadow Pt. No fish seen other than several small shakers. HT 7am. Moved up to Edmonds where we were marking quite a few fish, but again no bites an...
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Stevens
Stevens
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/18/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/18/2006
Hot Spots: 0
My son Matt and I fished from 9:30am to noon. Worked the southeast side of the lake and had limited success. I did manage to get one in the three pound range. Also caught several perch and trout for a...
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Kapowsin
Kapowsin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/12/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got to fish this lake with fishing buddy Bob Johansen. We hit the new launch at 6:15am and I must say they did a great job. So we finally have boat access to a famous bass lake long left diffi...
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Meridian
Meridian
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/4/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Meridian (first time ever) from daybreak to around 9:30 when I was driven off by the water-skiers. Fished the usual gear and found an abundance of willing small and largemouth bass. Unfortunate...
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Black
Black
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/29/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/29/2006
Hot Spots: 0
A well-deserved day off and fishing with my good fishing buddy Bob. We picked Thurston's Black lake as I had never fished it and it had been awhile for Bob. Started the day at 6am. We cut across from ...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/19/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Another day on the water for those tasty sockeye. Fished from 6am to 10am with friends Tom and his wife Stephanie. We ran three rods off two riggers and an extra dodger off a ball to add more attracti...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/15/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Day two of my Sockeye season I fished with friend Tom Jacobs. We launched at 6am from Atlantic park. Fished for an hour or so at the south tip of Mercer Island. Plenty of fishing being marked but no b...
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Washington
Washington
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/13/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I returned from vacation and thanks to Easy Limit's heads-up realized I still had a chance to catch some sockeye! So I took my son James for an over-nighter. Started at 6pm and at 7:30pm we caught a 4...
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Alice
Alice
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:30am to 9:30am with my son Matt - at his request! Target species: bass. Primary lure was WCCT western sticks. Dabbled with floating rapalas and surface frogs - nada. But the soft bait wo...
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Joy
Joy
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6am to 10am in my trusty float tube. Target species - bass. I fished WCCT sticks, floating rapalas, and weedless frogs (in all the lilly pads). I got my first ever Joy lake bass at 6:40, a...
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Alice
Alice
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/6/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son James out for an evenign of bass fishing (no baseball practice -yeh!). Anyway, the bass fishing was good for the little guys which was fine with me. We don't get to fish as much as I'd lik...
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Terrell
Terrell
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/19/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 7am with my friend Chris. First thing I noticed right away was this is one weedy lake (which would later come to cost me). We quickly settled in on surface lures as the most effective...
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Goodwin
Goodwin
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8am to 11am. Started out cloudy, calm, by end of the mornign got a few springles but I didn't melt. Water temp 64, species targeted - bass. I started on the far north shore, casting a floa...
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Joy
Joy
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/30/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8:30am to 10:30am. A little tricky finding the trail down to the water, but once there this is a great looking lake. A bit bigger than I expected. It would take several hours to fish the e...
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St. Clair
St. Clair
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/24/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish with my good friend Bob Johansen after a long winter break. We decided to give St Clair a try. Launched at 7am and as we began fishing in fairly short order we each caught twin 9 1/2 inch ...
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Pine
Pine
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/15/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Pine is still putting out good numbers of fish. I was there from 8:15am to 11:30am. Fished intermediate sinking, fast sinking, and floating line with strike indicator. All results the same - planters ...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/9/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
What a great morning to be on the water! Started fishing at 8am, water temp 53 degrees. The first 1 1/2 hrs I fiddled around with a gang troll which was a waste of time. Key word - fish deep! After wa...
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American
American
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/1/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8:30am to 1:30pm with Bruce Middleton. I got lost finding the boat ramp, but that's another story in itself. Short and sweet report: we fished all types of lures, all depths, and had no fi...
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