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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2003
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Fished the south end of the lake started out in the afternoon from the WDFW launch and went out around the point fishing the docks with a rapala and hooked 3 bass one weighed 3 lbs and the other two w...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/16/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2003
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Went out with Mike's Bassin Adventures for a day on the lake. My kids were with us. We had moderate success, catching several 2-3 pounders. Best lure were sluggos and lizards on a Carolina rig. It was...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/12/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2004
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We started fishing around 8:30 a.m. on the north end of the lake. The sun was shining and the water temperature was 60 degrees. We noticed a few beds in the shallows around the north end of the lake. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2004
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Fished Lake Whatcom with Bass fishing expert Mike Carney, If you want to learn how to fish for Bass this guy knows his stuff and as
many times as I have fished with him I continue to be amazed at
h...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/30/2004
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I took my friend Dan to whatcom for he has never fished there before I knew that they would be easy to catch for they are on there beds now, we did well even though we really got rained on, one thin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2004
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Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2004
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Fished Whatcom for several hours in the afternoon with Clover. No fish caught but a wise lesson learned. Whatcom gets heavy boat traffic and a lot of the boats are big and fast hence the need for a ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/11/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2004
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We hit Whatcom around 6 and boy were the trout jumping. The were around the middle of the lake. Most were from 5-11 inches they were feeding on 1-3 inch minnows. WE caught all our fish on topwater lu...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/31/2004
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2004
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It was another excellent Spring season on Whatcom. Opening
day and the fish were already on beds! Wow! That doesn't happen
very often , but this year , the Full Moon was in the first week of the m...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/9/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2005
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Fished the lake from around 3-7 pm and caught a couple nice 12 or 13 inch trout... tried for bass but didnt have any success with that. Trolled a small plug for the trout and used a spinner bait and r...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/9/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2005
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Had a good morning on Lake Whatcom in early July. We were trolling Cow Bells in front of worms. Caught 6 Rainbows (approx 10-16 inches) and 8 Yellow Perch. Mostly along the North Western shoreline....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/7/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/6/2005
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First time on Whatcom. Lots of hits. Caught one Perch.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/27/2005
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STRONGLY RECOMMEND GIVING LAKE WHATCOM A TRY FOR BASS AND PERCH. FOR SUCH A DECENT SIZED LAKE, THERE REALLY ISN'T VERY MUCH TRAFFIC OR WATER SKIING.
Fished Lake Whatcom from 6:30am to 7:00pm. Lake ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/6/2005
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2005
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Fished Whatcom. Water temp = 64. Started on Northern end pilings. Used silver and blue rattle-trap and green jig with white grub trailer. Had some sporatic luck. Moved down the lake (still in the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/8/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2006
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Best day I have ever had on the lake. In 2 1/2 hours I caught 10 smallies and lost 4. 5 of the 10 went over 5 pounds. The largest I landed was 6 3/4 lbs. One of the fish I lost got off as I was trying...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2006
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This is the time for BIG smallies on Whatcom. I've been out on the lake 5 times this year and have produced lots of quality fish, most fish ranging 2-5+ lbs. I've had most success fishing 7-15 ft. o...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2006
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1st time to the lake.
The small fish and game launch at the south end of the lake sucks. Not much parking, Ramp is shallow, no dock.
But with that being said. I was able to launch with few problems....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/12/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2006
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My dad and I took on Whatcom again on another mild June afternoon. We launched at Blodel and jetted right over to the docks and submerged pilings just to the right of the public swimming area. I hav...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
First time out to the lake. Someone should include on the details of this lake that there is a 4stroke requirement on this lake. 10hp and below will be allowed untill the end of this year.
Fished a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/7/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Been noticing a lot of confusing here about the motor laws on Lake Whatcom. Just want to make sure everyone gets their fishing in while they can (until 2009)...Below is an excerpt taken directly from...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/2/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2006
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Picked a great fall day to fish Whatcom. Conditions looked right but fishing proved other wise. We got out around 10:00 and headed down sudden valley road fishing the drop off and pilings along the ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/3/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I find no better month than May to fish Whatcom. Last year I produced a number of 4+ lbers, and this year was a great start. Got on the water around 7:30am and fished only until 10am. The wind was...
By: Lip Rippa
Posted: 5/5/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Whatcom on April 30th (never mind the photo date stamp). Fishing was slow. I expected the smallies to be in a pre-spawn or spawn pattern. They seemed to have already spawned and left the n...
By: Edgeran
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The boys and I went to Lk. Whatcom this saturday. I caught a cutthroat on a jig w/ craw trailer (found that kind of odd). Then Mr. Magler caught a cutthroat on a Lizard drop shot (a little bit more od...
By: reidmilt
Posted: 5/10/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake at 7:00am with my buddy Vano, conditions were sunny and calm. Worked the road that leads to Sudden Valley and landed this quality smallie with chartreuse 7-10 ft. diving crankbailt. Fis...
By: kunsterr
Posted: 5/22/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2007
Hot Spots: 0
my brother, friend, and i went fish at lake whatcom for three hours around 1-4pm. it was a sunny day but a little bit windy, which made it hard to sight fish, but we manage. l show up late around 2p...
