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By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/13/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
First one at the lake this morning as I continue to make the rounds to all of my local haunts now that I'm past the 2018 County Challenge. I tried topwater first as there were fish rising but prett...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/19/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/19/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Took today off to target Whatcom before this weekends "tournament". Not cool to show up to a CLOSED boat launch!! :( Knuckleheads decided to paint the parking lot at Bloedel Park...on a frigging Fri...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/23/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/22/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got a couple 4's and a few 3's this trip plus a smattering of 1-2.5's! Magic depth was 25', by 'magic' I mean everything over two pounds was in 25'. The smaller fish were shallower at about 20' a...
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 10/27/2018
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/27/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I goofed, I thought the Whatcom tournament was LAST weekend. Imagine my surprise when I turned into the parking lot at Bloedel at 6:01 and there were already five rigs in line! AIS was back t...
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By: Tom H
Posted: 12/14/2018
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing a small lake in Whatcom County and got my best largemouth ever! 7lbs 10.0Z on a Baby Bass Crankbait. Took a few pics and released him to fight another day. What a blast.
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By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/3/2019
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Was hoping the smallies weren't too far into the spawn yet. Fished three hours with only a couple drop shot nibbles to show for it, pretty sure they were perch. Got the first smallie on a break li...
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By: rseas
Posted: 5/5/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I’m not even sure where to start with this one. For work, the last couple of weeks I’ve been out on the water almost every day. I have Sundays off and we considered doing a land-based adventure today ...
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By: Kisutch
Posted: 5/12/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
After a short weeknight trip two nights before when my friend and i caught 16 keepers in just over 2 hours my buddy and i were pretty confident we had Whatcom dialed in. Friday morning i needed to be...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 5/27/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try Whatcom for the first time. I launched from the South launch around 6am. Soon as I got the Hobie out past the buoy markers I dropped my line in the water. It was odd kokanee fishing wit...
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By: Salmonids
Posted: 5/28/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Great day on the water today. The only thing holding me back from a full 5 star rating was the size of the Kokanee. Let a third of them go due to small size. Few in the six inch range. The “bigger” fi...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 8/16/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Met my brother at the south end launch of Lake Whatcom to fish kokanee in the Hobie's. I like to get up to Whatcom at least once a year, while the kokanee are small, the action is always good and the ...
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Posted: 5/1/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2021
Hot Spots: 2
I'd heard about the kokanee on this lake being a source for kokanee fry throughout Washington and was interested to give it a try. With rseas on board and NWFR writer Hanna Pennebaker and film assista...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I was targeting Small mouth bass and landed quite a few and My wife was targeting Rainbow trout and caught this huge rainbow trout.
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