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By: jayshaw20
Posted: 8/7/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I used to fish Swofford when I was around 12 yrs old and never forgot the fun times I had there with my friends catching very nice large mouth bass out around that little "island" that is closer to th...
By: Thom Thornton
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the pond at 5:30 AM and tried a number of different baits before hooking up on a white spinner bait. C & R 12 LMB and had a number of other follows. Most fish were about 2 pounds with a couple i...
By: Fish-or-man?
Posted: 5/28/2012
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Swofford Pond from about 5:30-8:30pm using a red tube tipped with a wax worm, typically under a bobber. I caught probably a dozen small bluegill, one averaged sized black crappie, and one lar...
By: huntrobb
Posted: 7/23/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
had a day off from work so i thought i would hit up swafford pond. fished for a couple hours and only cought one perch. i used to have a lot of luck here but lately i havent had any luck for trout. ev...
By: trout17
Posted: 7/8/2011
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got there late afternoon. We were catching fish left and right then caught the biggest one of the day, about a 7 pound smallmouth below the dam. Fun day with my dad.
By: stoshzydek
Posted: 6/6/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Caught a 3lber, a 4 lber and a 4.5 lber, and a ton of dinks jigging a senko. bass wouldn't bite anything topwater. Saw 3 monster hawgs sitting on nests but couldn't make them budge. Had one huge one o...
By: stoshzydek
Posted: 6/4/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is heating up. Alot of surface action at dusk and dawn. Hooked into a 1.5 lb largemouth and a bunch of little guys, and even a 3 inch trout fry. Right after I hooked into the 1.5er I casted di...
By: stoshzydek
Posted: 4/24/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Swofford is still slow for bass. I have been out there every week for the past 3 weeks. Bass are a no show in the shallows what so ever. I've been looking for them in suspended water but am still tryi...
By: Aaidian
Posted: 4/23/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
First try at Swofford trying to take advantage of the first sunny day off I have had in months.
Only 2 other boats (1 a kayak) on the water when I launched my cartopper, and wouldn't you know it...t...
By: arniejl
Posted: 2/10/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, still kind of high on my fluke from last Sunday, was hoping to duplicate, but to no avail.
Fished from 11:00a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Fished mostly jigs with trailer, but tried a little panfish ac...
By: Bisk1tSnGraV
Posted: 8/2/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son R0cky23 out to get him onto his first bass. Was a cold, foggy, rainy morning and we had the lake all to ourselves but am sure everyone within a 10 mile radius heard Nathan as he hooked an...
By: la
Posted: 7/30/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to swofford pond looking for big gills on my third cast I landed a real monster it was 11in in length and girth was 11in it's weight was 1lb.8oz i'm getting it mounted i wish I knew how to down l...
Posted: 7/25/2010
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I have been in Vancouver all week helping out my parents and got a break on sunday so I decided to head to Swofford Pond!!
I haven't fished here since 2007 but from what I remember the fishing is AWE...
By: gbpackerdog
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
first time on this lake and i will be back. boated 9 fish in 4 hours. ranged in size from 1lb to 3.4lb. the best part was the fight. these fish are strong. I mostly fish thurston county and the do...
By: arniejl
Posted: 5/16/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Swofford for the first time ever with a friend that lives in Morton (he has never fished it, either). Got on the water around 1:00 p.m. and instantly started catching bluegill with a small Rapa...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 5/10/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Swofford pond from about 10am to 4pm. I intended to go after some bass. Had a new lure that I got with my WALakes.com gift package and tried that. Tried fishing shallow areas on the far ban...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 5/10/2010
Species: Catfish
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Girlfriend and I went Camping at Mossyrock, and she wanted to catch Catfish, so we went to Swofford Friday night. I mostly kept myself entertained while she fished for, and caught a little channel ca...
By: Thom Thornton
Posted: 5/2/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Water temp 52 degrees, overcast with sprinkles and very calm water. Caught one small 1 pound Largemouth on a small jerkbait in the shallows up against the reeds. Two good size largemouth on chartrus...
By: Armando Cortez
Posted: 4/20/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My friend "Joey" decided that we needed to go on a camping/fishing trip so she booked us a cabin at Ike Kinswa State Park for the weekend. Knowing how tough it can be to catch fish on Mayfield Lake f...
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 9/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Swafford and got on the water around 6:00am. Air temp was right around 55F, water temp was around 68F, mostly cloudy and wind was from the west at 5 mph. Water was typical for Swafford, dir...
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 7/6/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Swofford Pond around 800 am. Slight breeze from the west around 5-10 mph. Cloudy, threatening rain for most of the day. Water temperature was around 70F.
Quite a few people were already ...
By: bassendave
Posted: 6/27/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2008
Hot Spots: 0
for the month of June i caught a 3.3. a 5.8 and a 6.00 largemouth all caught on Gary Yamamoto Senkos T-rig # 241 color
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 5/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Swofford Pond at around 0700 am. Overcast, air temperature was about 55F. No electronics this trip...no water temperature. Probably safe to say it was right around 55F-60F. Water was slight...
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 5/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Had a day of fishing planned out for a few guys from work and myself. Weather reports earlier in the week called for rain and wind...so we were up in the air whether the guys were going or not. Starte...
By: leahcim_dahc
Posted: 5/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Today was the day to spend some time alone with the wifey and kids. We were already down at the in-laws and the daughter wanted to fish at Swafford today.
Arrived at about 7:30 am, wind was from th...
