Northwest Fishing Reports

Good summer fish!

Not biting eggs or sandshrimp, but chasing down corky and yarn?

Been grinding big baits through the post spawn with minimal success until last thursday. Got a 6.1 on the G2 Shellcracker at dusk and on Saturday I caught a 7.14 and a 4.4 on the 8.5in Hiroshima Customs glide bait. Slump officially busted!

Mostly over?
Some lakes I know of just had their first big wave move up to spawn. I think it depends on what lake you are fishing, for sure. The weather delayed the spawn on my home lake this year as well. They are just now starting to bed good as of this last week.

Try fishing a little deeper. There is still lots of pre spawners out there on those lakes... The bed fish get the crap kicked out of them though so I usually leave them alone to do their thing.

Found a good one on my home lake last week. Biggest I've caught there yet at 6.10 and just about two feet long!

Get out and explore man. Ive been fishing a lot of new lakes this season and its been paying off big time! Hope you feel better so you can go out and whomp on em too!

Nice work 8theb8 you are putting a hurtin on em!

6.2# birthday fish

Welp, this season just keeps getting better! New PB bronze weighing in at 5.84. Shoutout to my buddy Elijah for the net job!

No sir both giants were caught on a jig. The bigger one hit on a dead stick and the other hit while i was swimming it back to the boat.

Another donkey weighing in at 7.2lbs. This season is shaping up to be one for the books!

Get yourself a Blackmax by Abu Garcia. I started with a few of the original ones and I must say for the price they are very hard to beat. I think they run about 50. Im sure there are others that compare, but its worth a try!

Nice one joe! I caught my 3rd and 4rth fish this season over 5lbs yesterday. This was the second biggest of the day behind a 7.6 and part of another 20+lb bag of westside largemouth. Aside from blowing up the drag on that reel a few fish later it was a stellar day!

Finally found me a WA state giant Anchored a good 20+lb bag and went 7.5-7.6 on my crappy scale. New personal best!

NWrookie wrote:Nice!!! also nice to see another Cardinals fan

Indeed it is! I get a lot of crap for it, but its all part of my mojo man

Tom summed it up a lil better with much fewer words.

Typically sun will make them want to hug tight to cover and in overcast weather they will tend to roam or chase a little more. When the sun really starts getting powerful they will prefer the shaded and cooler areas so targeting cover with a vertical presentation works well. When the water warms up ...

Perch, bluegill, sculpin, crawfish, trout. Anything that can pass for one of those will get bit. Ive seen em eat bullhead catfish too.. They will eat anything, but I tend to stick with natural colors. Spinnerbaits can work well in all conditions, but they work even better in windy overcast condition...

The hog quest continues. Caught these two today grinding the 8inch hudd. Big one went 4.5