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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/1999
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the water at 9am,ran south to island and turned east.Worked shoreline back north with a 3" yamamoto single tailed grub!! Man I love "smallies"!!! Caught several fish from 1-3 pounds,then the sun b...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/11/1999
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/11/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Weather was rough and the tiny ship was tossed if not for the courage of the fearless tracker the smallies would have been lost. 5hrs 7 fish landed biggest just over 4lbs. smallest just over 2lbs. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Posted: 5/9/2001
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with guide Mike Carney using plastic lizards cast among the various docks and structures on the north end of the lake. The day started quickly as I briefly had a fish on my first cast. Mike soo...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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