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By: Vsheets4
Posted: 7/13/2020
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Love this lake! Small lake that’s easy to fish and fish are plentiful. Evening session on the yaks with my son. Only pitfall to this lake are some of the interesting people you can meet at the launch....
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By: Primate04
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
So this is my first post in over 5 years, back when this site was called Washingtonlakes.com. Hit the lake with trusty float tube around 7pm with a buddy and his float tube. Been going here for a mont...
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Posted: 5/14/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 1
The weather man had promised a warm, sunny day with temps soaring up into the 80s. I hitched up my small boat and headed for Jackson Lake. I was surprised to find 2 trout anglers fishing from the sh...
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Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to work to find out we don't have permits to start. So I was in Gig Harbor and my boats in Purdy I'm going fishing went to Jackson and started with a scum frog had one whirl the frog but didn't t...
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By: primate05
Posted: 6/15/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
i hit Jackson this morning at about 6am and left early, 8am. i originally started out trout fishing, and i just couldn't get it together today. i figured that there aren't too many trout here, so if i...
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Posted: 5/23/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the boat ramp to a nice smooth glass lake. As soon as I put the boat in the water the wind started blowing. Fished in the wind as long as I could then moved out of the wind but to do that I'd ...
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By: felts_jf
Posted: 10/9/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 0730. The water was so dark I believe the lake was turning over. I fished for 4 hours and not a single bite. I fished top, bottom, mid, diffrent colors, crankbaits, plastic, I ...
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Posted: 8/27/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/27/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Jackson Lake. Fishing was tough. The biggest bass I caught was a skinny little 16 incher that looked as if he had been on a Jenny Craig diet. Probably gu...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/3/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/3/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Went to jackson lake to do some bass fishing. Cauht bunch of little ones and three that looked like this.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/4/2006
Hot Spots: 0
WENT TO JACKSON EARLY IN THE MORNING ONE BASS CAUGHT ABOUT 1 POUND. cOUPLE OF LITTLE ONES JUST TOOK THE KIDS OUT TO HAVE FUN AND THEY DID MY FRIENDS KIDS FIRST TIME BASS FISHING HE CAUGHT THE ONLY GOO...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/24/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/24/2006
Hot Spots: 0
In response to the last entry about the dead trout at jackson lake the oxygen in the lake is to low for trout to survive. But if you are looking for a good bass bluegil and crappie lake it is a good ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/28/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Figured me and my buddy would check out the lake since it was only about 10 minutes from his cabin. Read some good reviews. When we got there, we couldnt get over the stench. There at the launch wa...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/18/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Jackson Lake today for a little fishing, since the day was hot and clear we decided to try to see if any bass where hiding in the lilypads by the launch. My wife and I waded over to the e...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/3/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2005
Hot Spots: 0
June 2, 2005. Fishing solo, I launched my small boat onto Pierce County's Jackson Lake for a couple hours of bass fishing. This is a small lake and can be fished in 2 to 3 hours of fishing. The wea...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/14/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
This just a sample of what this lake can produce. Have fished Jackson all my life. And this is just one of many largemouth caught in this lake.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2003
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/6/2003
Hot Spots: 0
I launched my small boat onto Jackson Lake in search of Mr. Bigmouth. The weather was a little windy at time and dead calm at other times. Fished for about an hour and a half and only had one str...
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