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Sammamish Lake Report
King County, WA

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07/08/2020
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Smallmouth Bass
Mostly Sunny
Noon
66° - 70°
07/08/2020
3
2151

It's been a while. First time out solo with the pup, so lets see how this goes.

Got onto the water at about 10. Fishing an outside weed edge in about 15' of water. 3rd cast with the dropshot and fish on! Feels like a good one. 2.64# to start off the day. Not bad. Hooked onto another one but lost it when it came to the surface. A 13" or so.

Moved to a deep point and a few casts in, fish on! Didnt weigh this one but guessing right at about 2#. Fish was wounded looking on it's belly. The tail looked fine, so dont think it was from spawning. Again, lost another 1 here. Felt pretty good but I couldnt get a good look at it before it popped off.

Tried another deep point. 1st cast into about 20' of water and fish on! This one feels like another good fish. It looked bigger than the first one but it only weighed 2.68#. Fought very well.

Now is a little after 12 and I can hear the dog panting after taking a nap on the deck lol. I forgot the umbrella to give her some shade. So I headed back in. Not bad for 2 hrs worth of fishing. Caught 3 good ones, hooked a total of 5 bass. Caught 1 10" perch.

I only used the dropshot today. Did a handful of cast with the swimbait but felt the bite was better with the deeper water dropshot. Not to mention, I absolutely love my dropshot rod. Hard to put it down.


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Mike Carey
7/9/2020 7:12:55 AM
another angler with a dog in the boat, very cool!
Amx
7/9/2020 3:01:10 PM
Dogs are great fishing buddies. I use to take my dog fishing all the time, from Washington to Calif. Now I have another puppy and need to get him on the boat. I caught 6 on Sammamish yesterday, biggest and only 2 pounder was 2.17. Started by checking the 4 pounder I keep loosing at the boat, she wasn't there yesterday.
FishingFool
7/9/2020 10:25:48 PM
I got some Lure covers to cover up my lures just in case. Afraid she'll get hooked.
knishino
7/10/2020 12:33:20 PM
Thanks for the report! Sounds like a great time on the water. I haven't had as much luck on Sammamish lately in my kayak, but I'll keep trying. Can I ask what kind of drop shot rod you use?
FishingFool
7/11/2020 12:51:39 AM
It's a 7' med Kistler Z-Bone spinning rod.
knishino
7/13/2020 12:10:14 PM
Thanks for your reply! I'll have to check that out.
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