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Gissberg Lake Report
Snohomish County, WA

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04/19/2010
Other
Rainbow Trout
Worms
Bobber
Afternoon
04/19/2010
4
2927

Went down to Angle lake near Sea-tac earlier today.....didn't like the looks of it too much (low vis water, lots of garbage around shore and in water, foul odor in the air, limited public bank fishing acces)..... picked up and ran north ... stopped in for lunch at home in Seattle to save a couple bucks....... headed on up to gissberg pond south (complete whim when reading through WA guide book)... arrived around 2:30 to sunny calm day on the water.... to say that this little Snohomish County Park pond is popular would be an understatement of fairly generous proportions..... probably 40-50 other bank fisherman around the shore.... found a little nook that was unoccupied and had a couple of 8 inchers on within 15 minutes........around 4:30 the trout went ballistic (for me at least.....talked to many others who had been sprayed by the proverbial skunk).....wound up landing trout on everything from worm & bobber to kastmasters to roostertails to powerbait... gave all eight of them ( 8in-13in ) to a couple of youngsters who were fishing with push-button zebco casters (about 6 and a half feet from shore).... kept the only triploid (approx. 1.5lb 16in) all in all a rewarding early season day of fishing......

question: So a rumor I heard is that their are some pretty impressive channel catfish in this little pond....can anyone confirm? . . . . Heard the same rumor about LMB..........


Comments

Countryguy26
4/20/2010 10:39:00 AM
How many people were fishing with you that you were able to keep 8? The daily limit is 5, and you must stop fishing after you catch 5.(when using bait), regardless of if you release them or not. I have seen the warden numerous times at gissberg, and would caution you to follow the regs, wherever you might be.
Bass Woody
4/20/2010 11:41:00 AM
those ponds are plentiful with fish!
yes on the channel cats.
Yes on some HUGE largemouths!
some kind of a bullhead lookin fish and many others.
popular ponds probably because they are all year open, best lake around here for miles that has all shore fishing access.
fun lake to leave the boat at home and just walk around and cast
jens
4/20/2010 1:01:00 PM
You can still fish, as long as you are using artificials, ie: spinners/spoons/plugs...
the Salmonid Kid
4/20/2010 10:12:00 PM
didn't keep 8 ... let kids reel in a few ..... kept one...... only fished bait on 3 fish.... rest were on spoons and roostertails..... thanks for actually ready through jens..... thanks for the heads up countryguy, i definately check the regs on every body of water that I fish......
swayner23
4/21/2010 9:14:00 AM
I just google earthed this lake; is it two rectangular lakes side by side off of I-5? Thanks.
swayner23
4/21/2010 9:33:00 AM
I just google earthed this lake; is it two rectangular lakes side by side off of I-5? Thanks.
Uncle Booch
4/21/2010 11:11:00 AM
yep
the Salmonid Kid
4/23/2010 10:18:00 AM
yep, can't be too picky on how pretty the ponds are while we wait for the statewide trout opener....anywhere that I can feel a tug is a winner in my book at this time of year....
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