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Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:21 pm
by Firetiger
Fish the two big lakes and several on the eastside but interested in lakes closer to home. Excluding Lk Wash & Lk Sam, what's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake on the westside?
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:05 pm
by fishingmachine
my fav smallie lake is actually pine lake i caught some hawgs out there last year
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:23 pm
by A9
fishingmachine wrote:my fav smallie lake is actually pine lake i caught some hawgs out there last year
Dude....
Most people don't know anything about the bass fishing in there...Most people prefer to keep it a secret cause it gets no fishing pressure and produces some nice fish...
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:52 pm
by JT26
Sam Kafelafish wrote:fishingmachine wrote:my fav smallie lake is actually pine lake i caught some hawgs out there last year
Dude....
Most people don't know anything about the bass fishing in there...Most people prefer to keep it a secret cause it gets no fishing pressure and produces some nice fish...
That doesnt help much either.
But to keep it on topic i'd have to say lake Union...cause thats the only westside like i've caught smallies in though..never anything special, just small guys.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:00 pm
by kevinb
I'm sure some of you are really tired of hearing it but here goes. Lake Tapps....awesome smallies....the end.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:18 pm
by platinumroof
Lk Stevens has some giants
So does Whatcom.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:19 pm
by HillbillyGeek
platinumroof wrote:Lk Stevens has some giants
So does Whatcom.
Ditto for Lake Stevens. It has lots of nice-sized smallies and most of the local fishermen prefer to chase silver fish (kokanee & trout). 
Stevens does have lots of dead water, however, so it can take a while to find the fish. During hot summer months it is also a mecca for jet skis and ski boats. If you're in a small boat, you'll get plenty of rock & roll...
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:28 pm
by fishnislife
Whatcom and Tapps are the ones that I know of that produce nice smallie. I trust Hillbilly with his Lake Stevens knowledge.
I have heard that Pine Lake is a horrible fishery and it's not ever worth trying. :thumright
fishnislife
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:33 pm
by kevinb
fishnislife wrote:Whatcom and Tapps are the ones that I know of that produce nice smallie. I trust Hillbilly with his Lake Stevens knowledge.
I have heard that Pine Lake is a horrible fishery and it's not ever worth trying. :thumright
fishnislife
Yeah,no kidding...the last time I was there,all I caught was a virus:-"
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:02 am
by kayak chris
Lake Washington...without a doubt.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:12 am
by kzoo
I've heard Lake Whatcom and Goodwin is pretty good, never been to either. I've only fished washington and sammamish.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:10 pm
by tnj8222
fishnislife wrote:Whatcom and Tapps are the ones that I know of that produce nice smallie. I trust Hillbilly with his Lake Stevens knowledge.
I have heard that Pine Lake is a horrible fishery and it's not ever worth trying. :thumright
fishnislife
yeah its not worth trying at all. its terrible, dont go there. not worth it at all. seriously you wont catch me there at the end of the month.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:14 pm
by BassTracker16
Lake Sawyer and Lake Meridian have produced some nice smallies for me and I'm also going to say it. TAPPS.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:00 pm
by Fisherman_max
i am thinking that if you are ever down in southern washington by the columbia gorge to try the sloughs they can produce!
i know of one in perticular.............*cough*Drano lake*cough*
that was painful
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:37 am
by dilbert
My favorite Smallmouth lake
-has ridiculously high launch fees
-has car-eating Bollards Of Death (BOD)
-has plenty of prop-eating stumps
-has more water skiers and rude boaters than any other lake I have been to
-produces consistent nice smallies (and some other toothy critters)
I think it’s time to get my boat out of storage!
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:27 pm
by iPodrodder
dilbert wrote:My favorite Smallmouth lake
-has ridiculously high launch fees
-has car-eating Bollards Of Death (BOD)
-has plenty of prop-eating stumps
-has more water skiers and rude boaters than any other lake I have been to
-produces consistent nice smallies (and some other toothy critters)
I think it’s time to get my boat out of storage!
That sounds more like an aquatic demolition derby ring than it does like a lake. Hmm.......I wonder why.
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:03 pm
by Jacob
im gonna have to say black lake in tumwater
RE:Westside - What's your favorite (3-5 stars) smallmouth lake?
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:16 pm
by kevinb
dilbert wrote:My favorite Smallmouth lake
-has ridiculously high launch fees
-has car-eating Bollards Of Death (BOD)
-has plenty of prop-eating stumps
-has more water skiers and rude boaters than any other lake I have been to
-produces consistent nice smallies (and some other toothy critters)
I think it’s time to get my boat out of storage!
DAMN THE BOLLARD OF DEATH!!!!!!!!!