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By: Dan
Posted: 5/26/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2007
Hot Spots: 0
After getting skunked by the local largemouths 2 days in a row, I decided to try the Lake Whatcom Smallies. My past success on Whatcom has been spotty, skunked somedays, catch a few on other days. ...
By: reidmilt
Posted: 5/30/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I got on the lake around 5:30 and first worked sudden valley road with zero takers. Then worked some pilings and rock, landed a solid pounder, also saw lots of fish trailing my crankbait. ...
By: fishtimidator
Posted: 9/29/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
What? Only two boats at the launch at 6:30 this morning? Alright!! Headed down the west shore of the lake to start, alternating between throwing a spinnerbait, and a green grub. The grub, a Yamamoto s...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a nice 5 pounder and many more smaller ones very good opening day.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/10/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Whatcon yesterday. Launched at the ramp on south side of lake, and fished the south end of lake. Caught a 20" smallmouth - she was full of eggs so was released to make more fish. Caught ano...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/17/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Thought I would try fishing at my favorite lake again and caught another 5lb bass and a couple other little ones. Man did he fight. I caught him in the lily pads with a brown chatter bait and gold bla...
By: Dan
Posted: 6/18/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/16/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Whatcom for 3 hours Tues morning. Was shocked to see water temp only 55 & 58 in mid June! The wind was kicking up from variable directions making fishing a challenge. l caught 4 in 2-6 ...
By: SWJ
Posted: 7/20/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/20/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 3 smallmouth and one cutthroat trolling Rapala shad raps and a small flatfish, respectively. Depth to bottom was 13 to 20 feet and my lure depth was deeper than 10 feet. I was fishing around ...
Posted: 8/4/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had to try whatcom again for the smallies....no luck. But heh, look at the bright side, I'm learning a new lake all on my own!! You can't expect to much being pretty green on a lake. Plus, whatcom...
By: SWJ
Posted: 8/10/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled a shad colored Rapala Shad Rap for a few hours and had plenty of smallmouth action--caught approximately 5 and lost 3. The photo is of the largest fish, at approximately 18 inches, the bigges...
By: G-Man
Posted: 8/30/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I heard that this lake was full of Kokes and just had to give it a shot since we were in the area. The launch at the North end of the lake is 4 lanes and free! Headed out to the deeper part of the l...
Posted: 10/3/2008
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Great morning on Whatcom for me. Sorry darksiders, five stars but no bass!! I was targeting smallies from the get go, trolling and casting deep diving perch and blue colored rap's. 8-30 ft, nothing...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/5/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Boy, should have listened to Rollin', the smallmouth were non-existent for me today, which officially marks the first time I have ever been blanked on smallmouth on this lake!! I would list everything...
Posted: 10/14/2008
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Whatcom is still kicking out kokanee. Went today and once late last week, tons of action. Every other one is about 10-11". lots of nice cutthroat also, including a PB 18"er. All fish released the...
By: Oky777
Posted: 10/22/2008
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2008
Hot Spots: 3
Gorgeous day on Lake Whatcom the winds were light and the fish biting. Manages six smallmouth and two trout on a single tailed grub fishing the pilings at the north end of the lake. The fish came from...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Living just minutes from samish I can't help but fish it pretty regularly. I love trolling, and am a big time salmon angler so when I'm not out chasing bigger fair I often find myself hunting "trophy...
By: Jsun
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at whatcom for a couple hours and had very fun afternoon caught 3 Bass within an hour 1 2pounder 3pounder and a nice 4 pounder in the same area. They were all caught on tube baits. Very n...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/27/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took a co-worker up to Lake Whatcom this morning for his first smallmouth trip. Day started very slow, tried spinnerbaits before the sun got too high, then switched up between different depth and colo...
By: Dan
Posted: 5/22/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Water temp 59- 60 in 1st basin, 55-56 in far end & was very windy on most of lake so I had to hunt for relatively calm spots. Fished the Marina at Sudden Valley - nada. Fished far end - nada (its alwa...
By: Liquid metal
Posted: 5/24/2009
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
First time to Whatcom this year. Sunny/Bright-water temp 56 deg. Started out casting for bass with rapalas(perch and crawdad) ended the morning trolling same lures down at the far end catching the cut...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 6/12/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not a detailed report today as I know there's a tournament on Whatcom this weekend, NOTHING against tournament fishing, just want to see if any of the tourney guys post a report on here after the tour...
By: visanick
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great lake, better luck next time.
By: midget2000x
Posted: 7/12/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
This was maybe my 5th or 6th time out to Lake Whatcom. I love the place, but am having a REALLY hard time catching fish consistently. I've been trying for anything that will bite: smallies, trout......
By: 8theB8
Posted: 7/18/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't launch until almost 9am and was off the water by 4pm on 7-17-09. Had action today, but nothing of any size, in fact nothing over 2.5lbs! It seemed as though the smaller fish were shallow today ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/19/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Borderline Bass club (Nice folks) had a club tournament on Saturday and I'd like to hear how it turned out.
We were not part of the tournament but did fish Whatcom until the wind and the waves broke ...
