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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/17/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing with my sons this evening, spend a couple hours trolling three lures at various depths from hugging the bottom to skimming the top. We used dodgers, flashers, flatfish, spoons, all to n...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/7/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 8/7/1998
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Did a morning trip to check out the spawning Chinook and catch a few cutts if lucky. Fished from 6am to 9:30am. Saw a few salmon jumping in the area of Issaquah Creek. No take-downs on my trolled gear...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/1/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/1998
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Fished a couple of hours this evening with my two boys. We trolled the area offshore of Issaquah Creek. Used thin blade spoons and a gang troll with nightcrawler. We had one tap on a thin blade but ot...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/10/1998
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/1998
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with BK, a regular contributor to our Lakes pages, for the monster cutthroat of Lake Samm. The weather was great and conditions couldn't be better. We hit the water at 6am, trolling thin...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/7/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/1998
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Got invited to go boating on Lake Sammamish on the 7th of June. It was warm and sunny, water full of skiers. My buddy coaxed me into taking my pole and after cutting the motor at 90 feet, I was lef...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/1998
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/1998
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Fished lake Sammy right off the boat launch to Issaquah creek and back a couple of times. We fished from 5-9 and caught 6 fish, one of which was really big, about 5lbs. A couple more 18inchers and w...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/20/1998
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/1998
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I fished Lake Sammamish today from 6:00 to 9:00 on the east lake. Hooked a beautiful 4 LB cut after an hour of fishing only to lose her as she was on the way to the boat. Hooked one other nice fish ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/3/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/1998
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing from 8:15am to 10:45am. Fished a variety of lures, colors and depths from 25-45 feet off a downrigger. Trolling thin blade spoons. The lake was calm, the weather was nice, and the skiers ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/1998
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/6/1998
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Fished lake Sammamish twice last week -- on March 6th (Friday) and March 10th. This is my first year fly-fishing, and I left work early on Friday, basically to practice casting. It's a good thing that...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/22/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/1997
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Sammamish started out slow today as my sons and I began fishing at 6 am. Our first two "spots" yielded no fish, and I was beginning to think we might actually be skunked. However, at our finally ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/4/1997
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/1997
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Summer has arrived on Lake Sammamish as the skiers and jet boats came out in force on this hot 4th of July morning. Despite the boat traffic and occasional close buzz by skiers, the fishing continues ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/15/1997
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/1997
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A Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there! My three year old son woke me up at 6 am this morning to remind me that my alarm had gone off and it was time to go fishing! What more could you ask for...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 3/30/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 3/30/1997
Hot Spots: 0
My sons and I spent a couple hours trying for cutthroats on the lake. We trolled thin blade spoons without success, came in at noon when the wind started to pick up. Saw no one else doing any good. Th...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 2/17/1997
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/1997
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I read in the dreaded FHN that Dec and Feb were good months to try the lake for cutthroats, so I loaded up my boat and my two boys and spent a couple hours this afternoon in pursuit of the red-throate...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/3/1996
Hot Spots: 0
I was at Lake Sammamish State Park the other day and the place was crawling with salmon. They were even jumping in the swimming area. Most looked pretty dark and in the 3-8 lb. range. From my experien...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 8/18/1996
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/1996
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The perch fishing on the lake is at it's prime now. My sons and I went out this afternoon and caught non-stop perch ranging from 8-10" on the keepers with a couple to 12". We found the best bait is t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/19/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/19/1996
Hot Spots: 0
This is an update for those of you curious about the salmon and kokanee fishing on the lake. I spoke with Mike at the Issaquah hatchery after I caught some jack salmon a few weeks back. He told me tha...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/30/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/30/1996
Hot Spots: 0
I fished from 6:15 to 9:30 am on a sunny, calm and warm Sunday morning. Caught one 14" rainbow at 35 ft. on the downrigger in 70 ft. of water. I was trolling a white/red small needlefish. Other angler...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/16/1996
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/16/1996
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished from 6am to 9:30. As good as it was last week it was slow this week. We caught one jack salmon (3lb) at 8am at 30 ft on the downrigger using a super-duper (silver/red head). Tried ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/1/1996
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/1996
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6:15am to 9:45am. Weather clear, warm, and calm. My son and I trolled Super Duppers at 15 ft on the downrigger and also on longline. Caught and released two jack salmon (chinook), one was ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/26/1996
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/26/1996
Hot Spots: 0
Fished about an hour from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Target was bass and was not successful. When my sons and I returned to the boat launch we did meet a couple who had several rainbows and two nice 2-3lb sea-r...
