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By: gort
Posted: 9/3/2012
Species: Rock Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Fremont side of the Ship Canal right at sunset, but only caught a dink smallmouth. Was about to call it a night when Bryne Chum let me know he was on his way down there as well. We decided ...
By: pizzaman
Posted: 8/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a couple hours along the fremont side of the canal. Pulled out a couple smallmouths on a crankbait. Tried a few spinners but nothing hitting or following on those.
By: drysuperfly52
Posted: 8/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the fremont side of the canal to try my luck bass fishing, we fished for 1.5 hours without a hit, spinner baits, rapalas, grubs, you name it i threw it.
Is it really that hard to catch a b...
By: gort
Posted: 8/20/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 3
Everyone in the family was kind of doing their own thing on Sunday evening, so I decided to head off and get a couple of hours of fishing in. I also wanted to try out some new lures I had bought on a ...
By: gort
Posted: 8/16/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/15/2012
Hot Spots: 2
After getting skunked at the Ship Canal on Sunday, I thought I would try fishing in the evening when things cool off, and see if the fish were biting more. Had much better luck this time. Started fish...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went to the ship canal west of Fremont bridge. Meet up with Gort. Throwing the usual soft crays and perch minnow rapala. Hit the spots we normaly catchem. Nothing all morning. decided to try the oth...
By: gort
Posted: 8/4/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Took my daughter to the Ship Canal for fishing this morning. After our last successful outing, she was eager to go. We fished for about a half an hour at a couple different spots before she got a bite...
By: BankBasser
Posted: 8/2/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Been trying to go out fishing for the last 3 days, but work has been pretty busy. I finally put my foot down and headed for the west canal off Lake Union. Took my son with me in hopes he would get his...
By: gort
Posted: 8/1/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/31/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Had a little free time last night after dinner, so I went out for a spontaneous trip to the Ship Canal. I fished up and down the Fremont side using a joined floating minnow in the rip rap, and a drop ...
By: Gringo Pescador
Posted: 7/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My 3yo daughter is catching the bug. Before she was born I found a 4' batman combo so I started her out with that. Then she saw the infamous Barbie combo and HAD to have it. So of course! I've tak...
By: gort
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I took my seven year old daughter fishing at the Ship Canal after dinner this evening. It has been forever since she has caught a fish on her own. She just keeps getting skunked every time we go out, ...
By: cardinalorange
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2012
Hot Spots: 3
This is the third time I've given Union a try and I must be doing something wrong. I fished all over this lake last night and I just can't see any areas that look bassy for largeys, and I don't have a...
By: thefranimal
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I've been taking an hour here and there to get to know Lake Union and the Montlake/Fremont cuts. My first 2 times out have been quite successful fishing for smallmouth bass. I'm fishing a small dick n...
By: islandbass
Posted: 7/7/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/5/2012
Hot Spots: 1
My Son’s First Bass
Thursday 07-05-12
My son and I headed to Lake Union this evening to fish for smallmouth bass. He had mixed feelings about going. This was most likely because his previous a...
By: gort
Posted: 7/4/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 2
I got skunked at Greenlake, so after a couple of hours I decided to move onto Lake Union and see if I'd have any better luck there. On my second cast at the ship canal I hooked into a little smallmout...
By: gort
Posted: 6/30/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Fished from shore along the Fremont side of the Ship Canal for a few hours this afternoon. It rained on me intermittently, but it was warm enough that I didn't mind. I had enough strikes throughout to...
By: gort
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 1
Headed out fishing after dinner to enjoy the warm evening we had. Fished along the Fremont side of the Ship Canal for about an hour and a half. Caught two smallies in the 11-12" range, and lost a slig...
By: Logan77
Posted: 6/16/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
To be truthfully honest I wasn't going to post a report on this, fishing wasn't very good at all, but my dad asked me to so he could find out what type of salmon he caught. We were fishing at South La...
By: dresscode5
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The last 2 weeks have provided some productive fishing on Union. The good times have come and gone just like that. Catching Union pigs will not be easy from land from here out. If you can fish it from...
By: swayner23
Posted: 5/27/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished all around Union from 8-2:30. Man, it was rough fishing for 4 hours starting out, barely had a nibble on a variety of soft plastics and crankbaits. I was about ready to call it a day before I...
By: topdawg47
Posted: 5/24/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had some time to kill after work, stopped by Union, which I have not fished since college I think. Fished by the big concrete wall. Methods uses were drop shot w/black sniper bolt and jiggys nymph j...
By: islandbass
Posted: 5/3/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I took a few seniors fishing for smallmouth bass in the canal area last Friday. Things looked promising in the beginning.
I started out with a husky jerk (per initial gut feeling) and set up the s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/2/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed down to see a buddy of mine on capitol hill and decided to go down to the lake. I think it was about 1:00 when we got there. A bout 20 min. in my friend caught his first small mouth about 1 1/2...
By: gort
Posted: 4/2/2012
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Played hooky today, and was surprised to see the weather turn out a little nicer than expected. Had a couple of hours, so I thought I would give the Ship Canal a try and see if I could turn up any bas...
By: dresscode5
Posted: 10/28/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My schedule changed at work so I got to try the afternoon bite for the first time in a long time. It's been getting cold at night so my expectations were low. I hit all of my favorite local spots in a...