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By: londracek
Posted: 7/19/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to get on the lake earlier than other days to see if there would be any difference in action - didn't get on until 8:30. Hooked a medium cut within 30 minutes and a 16 incher shortly after. C...
By: ak9800
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from 6:30 to 9:30 on Lake Sammamish trolling on the south side of the lake for cutthroat trout with 4/0 dodgers and wedding rings with nightcrawlers. I had the downrigger set at 30 ft and...
By: Bradabass
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/15/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Fished on Lake Sammamish, which I do quiet frequently. A friend of mine came to visit who loves to fish for bass too so I took him out on my little 12ft Smokercraft. We started at the south end, and f...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 7/17/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wanted to fish around the northern part of the lake. Halfway up the lake, decided to pull over to the shaded shoreline and toss the topwater. I think the 5th cast in, see the strike. Waited for the ...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 7/13/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Colleague and I headed to Sammamish. Told me he goes fishing at Yakima and stuff. Turns out, only for sturgeon and doesn't even have a rod/reel or know how to tie fishing knots. *sigh*
Busted out...
By: londracek
Posted: 7/12/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
On the water at 8:30 - limit of trout by 11:30, all on downrigger, 35' seemed to be the depth. Started out with Ford Flashers with a green and red wedding ring tipped by a worm. Caught one. Switche...
By: stevertd2010
Posted: 7/12/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing some prior good spots for SMB. Very windy and nothing but perch bites. Lots of fish spotted on the sonar in 15 to 20 feet of water, but the underwater camera showed nothing but per...
By: mizefish
Posted: 7/11/2017
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got some cloud cover so I was on the water by 10am. Nothing at the condo weed patch. Nothing at my other weed patch. Too windy, I guess, for the Whopper Plopper, but the tube & spinnerbait did...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 7/6/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Started off fishing near the launch and it was uneventful for me. Did catch a couple ~10"ers SMB.
Started moving further up the lake. Stopped off on the east side and saw lots of activity. Big c...
By: mayday
Posted: 7/6/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Little slower than last few months. Fished from 830am to 1200pm with five in the boat all decent sized. Same dodger and green/red wedding ring with worm. Tons of fish marked at 15 ft, but didn't ge...
By: mizefish
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
As I might have mentioned before, I moved to Sammamish from Chicago 7 years ago and have just this year begun to fish Lake Sammamish. On this day, my goal was to catch my first Lake Sammamish smallmou...
By: londracek
Posted: 7/5/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water at 8:45 a.m. Trolled with green wedding ring and flasher set up and 2 large split shots for an hour with no action. Switched to the downrigger with the same rod set up and picked up ...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/29/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
2nd time out on the lake this year. Water looked like perfect conditions when I pulled up. I started fishing quickly not too far away from the launch. First cast was right at about 8:30. It didn't...
By: mayday
Posted: 6/25/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
What was I thinking? Going out on Lake Sammamish during the hottest day of the year on a weekend day?? Almost got seasick from the amount of rollers caused by ski boats.
Fishing was still good, a...
By: Amx
Posted: 6/24/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Finaly went to Sammamish again for a change. Caught some good Smallies up to 2.22 lbs., nothing big enough for a picture. I did start at my favorite spot, and got one the first cast. Don't pay any att...
By: rmrauscher
Posted: 6/24/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Decided to take a new approach to fishing Lake Sammamish, no bait/no scent/C&R all. After fishing for about 3 hours, with nothing to show for my efforts except two perch, I was beginning to think my n...
By: Markin' Fish
Posted: 6/22/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing was tough yesterday. The fish were scattered and the wind blew pretty good. Caught all of our fish east of the weather buoy. Took my co-worker Scott out and he hadn't fished in years. Fish...
By: FishingFool
Posted: 6/22/2017
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My first outing for the year. Wow that's late. Put fresh gas in and motor started right up. Woot.
Clear sunny sky. Water temp mid 60s. Water has some color to it. Smooth as glass...
Starting wi...
By: CousinSam
Posted: 6/22/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2017
Hot Spots: 3
My first report. Thanks for all the great info, especially the Sammamish and Lk. Washington cutthroat crew. The techniques I've picked up here have been really effective . Hopefully some of this inf...
By: mayday
Posted: 6/21/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Second time on lake sammamish and had my limit in a little over an hour. Was set at 30 ft on the downrigger using a green dodger and red/green double whammy with night crawler. spot was the buoy abo...
By: slabmaster
Posted: 6/20/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Me and my son launched at about 3pm and fished wood structure. Average size was 10" or better. Population seems strong.
By: mayday
Posted: 6/18/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Sammamish, so inexperience may be a factor in rating. However, talking to several on the launch only a few here and there as well.
Brought a couple into the boat ( 12 - 14") and rele...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Scheduled a trip on Lake Sammamish with a guest/guide Paul Lewis of Fast Action Fishing Adventures. Arrived at the boat launch around 6:30am, launched the boat and combined the rods and gear that Paul...
By: Break80
Posted: 6/8/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
I've been following the posts for Lake Sammamish since I moved to E. Bellevue a few months ago and watched the video on winter cutthroat fishing that sealed the deal for me on hiring a guide to get to...
By: mizefish
Posted: 6/7/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/4/2017
Hot Spots: 0
First-time poster here. Hope I can figure out how to post a photo.
Wanted you Lake Sammamish experts to confirm for me that this fish is indeed a cutthroat. Reddish patch under the chin folds was the...
