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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I never believed the old saying "... too hot to fish..." until Saturday! Fishing was hot in the morning, the weather was in the afternoon. Took three trips again, like last week.
Took buddies Do...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south tip of Mercer Island limited by 8:30. Fish were being caught all around us all day, a friends boat with 5 people limited by 7 am. All fish were caught on the good old red hooks, one...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Also fished for sockeye second week in a row. Last week all 4 of us limited in about 2 hours out of steward park to south mercer iceland part of lake.
This week the fish and the water temp made it ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/24/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2004
Hot Spots: 0
We anchored at Seward Park yesterday evening and really enjoyed getting out of the heat. Swam and had a good time with my son James, my friend Tom, and his daughter Elizabeth.
This morning we hit t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/19/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Launched in Kenmore at 7:30 AM, fished nightcrawlers and salmon eggs along eastern shore of north end. If you are pan fishing stick to bait (worms) and bobber it or put it about a foot off the bottom,...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/17/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I've done well on sockeye in the past, had procured a slip on the lake, and I have lots of friends who wanted to fish the lake. We took three trips. We fished in the armada at the south tip of MI fo...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My son, friends Brad and Tom and I joined the mass of humanity out for the one day sockeye season. We got to the Gene Coulon launch at 3am and waited about 1 1/2 hours to get the boat launched. Once...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at Mercer Island at 7pm and fished a couple hours just south east of the ramp. I had one big strike and had trouble reeling in but lost it fumbling around for the net. I made anoth...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/10/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Started on the lake at 7 am. We trolled south of Mercer Island for trout at 55' and I came up with a sockeye within 5 minutes. We released it and headed up near I-90 bridge on the east side of Merce...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished 90 to 100 feet with no luck, TONS of fish there, and had been having good luck catching nice sized trout, but when we fished at 50 foot depth we pulled up three rainbows ranging from 15 - 18 in...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/26/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Well I went out on Washington on Saturday. Got a 17 inch 2.5lb smallmouth, she was still spawning believe it or not. I also got a pair of 16 inch smallmouth, 1.9 lb and I think 2.2 lb. Both fought ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/23/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/23/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Washington tried for perch not too much luck, tried trolling on SW side of Mercer C&R nice a bow, a kokannee.
Oh yea the most important catch of the day was Walleye about 14 inches at Gr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2004
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Washington today with pretty good results. Started out at Coleman and caught a couple, biggest about 3lbs. Went up the east channel and did really well. We mostly targeted docks. We ca...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/21/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the big lake, not all that crowded for a warm evening. Pulled in a nice 20" Cutthroat, a nice fighter. Hooked up a great rainbow that had to be released over the weekend, as well as a sockeye ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/19/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/19/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Lake Washington for some bassing. This was the day they had the hydroplane races, I didn't know that so I launched my small boat off Coulon park off the grass like always. I got a 3.5 in...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/8/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went out early before work with some night crawlers and caught 4 rainbows in less than an hour! These are the freshly released trout that are biting like crazy! They were close to the surface and ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The Trout have been released at Coulon park in Lake Washington.
Every year there is a kids fishing derby and when its over they release the trout into the lake and they usually stay close to the su...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2004
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Had a nice Memorial Day on the big lake this year. Started fishing by I90 and didn't get anything but small ones close to the bridge, fishing at 1-2.5 mph. Lots of marks on the fish finder from 45...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Actually fished the slough, @ the boat launch off of I believe 68th ave in Kenmore. My God, perch every where! They are jumping and biting at everything. I used worms and anise sent marsh's. Be ca...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I fished lake Washington for bass last Sunday in the sloughs around the arboretum. I have been checking out this area for a while but could never get any bass to bite, until a nice 18 incher. I tried ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Lake Washington to do some field testing of some of my line of hand pours(West Coast Custom Tackle). Started by split shooting a reaper on the south end of Mercer Island and caught one small...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/5/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/5/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Got out for a couple of hours on my friend Brad's boat. We fished four rods, two 30-35 feet on riggers and two surface rigs. An assortment of lures produced just one, a nice 16" cut. Caught on a yello...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/3/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/3/2004
Hot Spots: 0
On the lake by 6:00AM caught one cutt 20inches and one small salmon. Let the salmon go. Lots of other hits though literally right on TOP of the water. Trolling SLOW north of 520 bridge 100feet f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/2/2004
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/2/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Fished today from 7 to 12, first at the south end and later along I-90. Caught one 12" cutthroat on the windy side of I-90 trolling a herring. Also trolled a needlefish. No other fish on.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/31/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Took new boat out and my 13 year old son hooked a 21" Cutthroat. It was 5 plus pounds. Fished with flasher, wedding ring, and worm at 50 feet northeast side of Mercer Island. It was a great first f...