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Potholes
Potholes
By: billdance
Posted: 8/11/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes for the first time this year. Bass fishing was pretty hot… weather was hotter. Lot's of fish in the two pound range. Mixed bag of bucket mouths and smallies. Biggest fish was the smal...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 6/2/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Numbers were not as good as they were a couple of weeks ago, but we got into some bigger fish today. The two pictured were the biggest, 3 and 2.5 pounds. Caught a few more in the 2 pound range. The bi...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake twice today. Once in the morning and then back for seconds in the evening. Bite was hottest from about 10-12. Caught lots of smallies, most about a pound. Biggest was just over 2. Lost a ...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 4/30/2014
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First time on the water this year. Weather was great, boat worked, and the bite was hotter than expected. Pops caught all the picture worthy fish today. Biggest was just a hair over 2 pounds.
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Potholes
Potholes
By: billdance
Posted: 8/29/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Great couple of days on Potholes. You know things are running hot when you "mistakenly" catch a 4lb. trout while targeting bass. Actually hooked up on a couple trout, but only landed the one pictured....
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Chelan
Chelan
By: billdance
Posted: 7/20/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Chelan Thursday and Friday. Overall pretty slow. The usual areas were not producing. Caught fish where there were rocks and deep docks on crankbaits. Fishing was best right before dark Thursday...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 5/18/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Haven't seen a report for Sammamish yet so I wasn't expecting much. Got the boat on the water for the first time this year and started hot. 6 fish in the first 45 minutes or so including two pigs betw...
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Potholes
Potholes
By: billdance
Posted: 9/17/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Made it to Potholes to fish Thursday and Friday. It is crazy how much this lake has changed with the water level down to where it is. Thursday was productive lots of fish including a smallie around ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: billdance
Posted: 8/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Chelan earlier this month (8/5-8/9)... just got the camera back last weekend. Like most of my bass fishing this year it was a little slower than normal, but we still did okay. Most succe...
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Banks
Banks
By: billdance
Posted: 7/23/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a couple days on Banks. Numbers were great, but almost everything was small. Managed a couple of decent LMB, but all the smallies were very small. Still a great time catching tons of fish. M...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 7/14/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished only a couple of hours between the rain and work this afternoon. Had more action in two hours than two previous days on Sammamish. Caught SMB, LMB, and perch. All but the one were dinks, but...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Water temps already up to 65 degrees! Thought this was the recipe for success, but only managed one decent smallie and another not picture worthy. Saw lots of baitfish up in the shallows as well.
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Potholes
Potholes
By: billdance
Posted: 5/24/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Potholes Sunday and Monday. Maybe it was the weather cooling off or maybe it was the fisherman, but fishing was a grind. Water level is still really high. Totaled 6 fish for the two days(all ...
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Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
Area 2 Westport - Ocean Shores
By: billdance
Posted: 7/20/2009
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
If you like catching big salmon then the time to go is now in Westport. Big thanks to Captain Todd, the Rock n Roll boat, and Ocean Charters! The day started slow, but really picked up in the af...
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Sammamish
Sammamish
By: billdance
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Spent some time on Sammy today. Fished a couple of hours from our dock using nightcrawlers in the mid-afternoon. Only caught one small bluegill... very odd considering normally you can catch a perch...
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Union
Union
By: billdance
Posted: 6/26/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few minutes to kill tonight so I decided to wet my line in Lake Union for the first time. I was directly underneath the Aurora bridge on the North side of the lake. I was shocked to catch a lit...
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