Previous Next

My first post on Washington Lakes. Hopefully anyone readin this will be able to take something from it, for what it's worth. More importantly, maybe you have some helpful insights on what I'm doing right, wrong, or the other. Please feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts.

I had a little time to head down to the Madrona fishing pier this evening. I got to casting around 7:30. On these rare, great summer days, if you're not catching anything at least you have a spectacular view of the lake, Bellevue, and Mount Rainer in the distance, clear as can be. I normally bottom fish of the pier with worms picking up Peamouth, Yellow Perch, and tiny Bullheads (bait stealers). However, last trip out, watched a guy pull a nice plump 13" small mouth from between the pier and shore with a spinnerbait. I decided to have a go at a nice SMB myself. I worked a black and yellow 3" jointed Rapala for about a half hour and then switched to a yellow spinner with a brass flash. I figured since Perch were in the area, so emulate the baitfish. On my third cast hooked a nice fish that fought like a 5 pounder, but was only an 11" SMB or so (the photo really doesn't do him justice as he was still fighting and turned away). Always nice to catch the fish you're targeting, and even better when they're larger than the little dock huggers I normally catch stealing my bait. No more luck for the rest of the day though, which was short lived as the misses was cold and had to use the restroom. But I'll take an hour and a half of fishing wherever I can get it.

I frequent Greenlake and Lake Washington from Seward Park and Madrona Pier. If anybody ever wants a fishing buddy, let me know. I'm usually down.

pika206

7/6/2011 1:17:00 PM

Great post and welcome to the forums! Greenlake can be tough to fish in the summer due to the weeds and shoreline activity that pushes fish away from the shore, but there's always a chance as i fish there once a week just for kicks. Keep up the reports and hope to see the next one soon.

Anonymous

7/6/2011 7:02:00 PM

Hey! I have been on for a bit.....and I appreciate the info from anyone. I am not so good at photos(of myself) but get a bit here/there from taking pics of scenes/events. As far as bass-rigs go, I was told to SENKO AKA YAMASENKO by Gary Yamamoto in color #176.

Been watching reports and paying attention, but most places i hit are in ALPINE...so SM/LG Bass are still a mystery to me. Hit one while targeting Kokanees on Lake Stevens when down a few weeks ago. He was @ about 13-15' shelf drop after fast-jigging my TX-Rig out from hitting a Yuppie-boat/shot in ~6'... yeah, they fight like beast....taste awesome too. over 1LB weighed fillets off him... BTW, I have never posted anything either....I usually solo-fish and snap pics of Rod/tape-measure for scale.... If you figure out the messaging/etc, I must be missing something...most likely!!! Keep having fun on the water! -T

Bass Hunter

7/6/2011 8:10:00 PM

Did you use a blue fox spinner? Or a spinner bait ( what kind ( how many blades, what kind of blades)?

cptlaurion

7/7/2011 1:58:00 AM

@ liveasyouwill - Yeah, I can't quite place their location right now. Seems like when I catch them (SMB) it is usually a fluke, except for this one. Sometimes they're in 5' of water, other times more like 15'. I spent about an hour today around all sorts of structure at Seward Park casting Rapalas and the same spinner and it didn't bring up squat. I figured something would have hit it for sure.
@Bass Hunter - I'm not sure what brand it is, but it basically looks like a rooster tail on steroids. Bigger body, bigger hook, same feathering coming off the tail. Just one large brass spinner on it.

Bass Hunter

7/10/2011 11:53:00 AM

Thanks for the reply!

Leave a Comment:

Login

Flag

×

Why is this comment inappropriate?

Close Submit

Delete this comment? Provide reason.

No Yes

Edit

×

Cancel Save