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By: bob johansen
Posted: 4/30/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Horseshoe Lake. Parking lot was quite crowded and about 7 or 8 boats were already fishing. Two anglers were fishing from the shoreline. Fortunately most ...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 4/22/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Square Lake to look for some largemouth bass. It was cool and overcast as I launched. One other boat with two anglers were already out and they too were af...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Devereaux Lake. Water is very low with even the bottom plank of the concrete ramp out of water. See photos. Fished about half of the shoreline with out a...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 7/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After leaving Kitsap Lake, Mike and I went up to fairly close Wildcat Lake. There was only rig in the WDFW public access area and he was a trout angler. The weather was still fairly cool as we launc...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 7/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After a hot sleepless night, I was up at 4 AM. Got the coffee on and gear ready and got Mike out of bed at 4:30. After a quick breakfast we headed out to Kitsap Lake. When we arrived at the County ...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/28/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First of all this report is not about Square Lake - it is about nearby Nels Johnson Lakes. I have requested that Mike add Nels Johnson Lakes to the Kitsap County lake list but so far he probably has ...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/23/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I went exploring today looking for a new lake with largemouth bass. I launched my small boat onto Lake Carney and cruised the shoreline looking for bass or old spawning nest. Talked with a shoreline...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/10/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After hearing that the weeds were not too bad, I decided to try Bay Lake for largemouth bass. It had been 7 years since I fished this lake -- I had given up on it because it was so weedy. Anyway, th...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 5/16/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Jiggs Lake -- No outboards are allowed. Fished most of the shoreline and caught one bass -- 16 inches, 2 pounds, 4 ounces. The fish hit a Floating Rapala ...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 5/8/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Wye Lake for a bass try. Fished and explored much of the shoreling without seeing a bass or any sign of spawning activity. The only action was when a 15 3...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 5/3/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have fished Square Lake 16 times -- the first time back in March 1979. I hadn't fished it for several years however so decided to give it a try today. It was a bit too windy to really fish very ef...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 5/1/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/1/2009
Hot Spots: 1
Fishing solo, I launched the Ol' Bass Tracker onto Horseshoe Lake for a bass try. I had fished and explored almost the entire shoreline without a strike. I had seen one nice bass about 3 pounds and ...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Neighbor and fishing buddy Mike L. and I decided to spend this hot, sunny, April day on Trails End Lake. We both took our own boats -- Mike is a fly fisher and needs his space. I like bass fishing a...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 7/23/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched the ol' Bass Tracker onto Crescent Lake to try for a bass or two. It was cool, overcast and a little windy. I tried several lures but the 10 inch worm that Trent Hale gave w...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 7/8/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2008
Hot Spots: 0
As I started my 80th year on Planet Earth, I decided to fish Wildcat Lake. Was going to take my old bass tracker but had a battery problem so took my little boat. Wildcat Lake has a 7 MPH speed limi...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/25/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After reading Trent's success story on Long Lake, I had to give it try. Fishing solo, I launched the old Bass Tracker onto Long Lake about 7:00 AM. Weather was sunny with no wind -- lake was flat as...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched the ol' Bass Tracker onto Horseshoe at 6:00 AM. Cool and foggy as I launched. No other boats on the lake. I fished most of the lake and only caught 5 small bass -- all unde...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/12/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Trent and I launched the old Bass Tracker onto Crescent Lake about 5:30 AM. Weather was cool and overcast but almost calm wind. We fished long and hard before Trent put the first fish into the boat....
By: bob johansen
Posted: 6/5/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was cool, overcast and a little windy as I launched my small boat onto Wye Lake in search of the largemouth bass. Fished hard for about 3 hours and only caught one fish on a jig -- about...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After checking out Howell Lake and finding no smallmouth as reported in wl forum, I went over to Haven Lake to make a few casts. Pretty windy and I spent more time trying to control my small boat tha...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 5/23/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Son Donald, his wife and I spent 4 nice days down in the Columbia Gorge enjoying the fantastic scenery, taking photos and checking out the fishing. We caught several nice smallmouth bass. My fish ca...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 10/13/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The weather man promised a nice fall day so I hooked up the old Bass Tracker and headed for Wooten Lake. I thought I would probably be the only angler on the lake so imagine my surprise when I saw ab...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 9/26/2007
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched the old Bass Tracker onto Mason Lake for a try at perch. First time I have targeted perch for many years. They are my favorite eating fish and so prolific I don't feel guilt...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 9/14/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched the old Bass Tracker onto Pierce County's Crescent Lake in search of ol' Bucket Mouth. It was cool and over cast as I launched and mine was the only boat on the lake. Later,...
By: bob johansen
Posted: 9/2/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Up fairly early and fishing solo on Devereaux by 6:30 AM. Winds were calm and fishing conditions were almost ideal. I was in my small boat because Devereaux is a "No Gas Engines" lake. About the 3r...