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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I was fishing off of the dock at Madison Park for Perch with my son towards twilight. Not much action, I was thinking of quitting for the night, then I hooked a small perch. My wife came by and took...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/23/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2002
Hot Spots: 0
This afternoon, Steve Foley (WDFW biologist) gave me the results of the scale sample tests on the big cutthroat. This fish was seven years old and entered the lake after spending two years in it's na...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/18/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/18/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished a boat dock in Medina and caught 1 perch --6.5 inches and three catfish 6, 5, 12 inches. Most catches came after 7:00 pm when the shadows started to creep in and the water got a little cooler....
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/17/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/17/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about one hour --7:00 pm to 8:00 pm-- with my niece off a shallow boat dock in Medina. Water was 10 feet deep at best.
We used worms and caught two smallmouth bass, 14 & 11 inches and t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/11/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/11/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I took my friend Sok Keo fishing for cutthroat on Lake Washington this morning, and he caught a real PIG!!! This big boy measured 29.25" fork length and 20.25" girth. Should weigh about 14.9 lbs.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/10/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 8/10/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I WENT FISHING BY THE UW AND CAUGHT 14 NICE SIZE PERCH (6-9 INCHES) THE ACTION WAS FAST, ALL WHERE CAUGHT IN ABOUT AN HOUR THEN THE BITE JUST STOPPED I MOVED TO A LITTLE DEEPER WATER AND LOST TWO GOO...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/28/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
It was a heavenly site seeing all the Sockeye rolling and jumping. Ended up
catching out limits in 1 1/2 hours from launch to last fish. It could have been a
quicker limit but we had a couple of pr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/28/2002
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the 2002 Sockeye run all three days, 07/26/02, 07/27/02, 07/28/02
Kept the boat at a friends dock on the lake to avoid the launch crowds.
07/26/02 - 1st day. on the lake at 5:45. Temps ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/28/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Sockeye 2002! A bonus awaited my return from vacation - the sockeye run had reached escapement goals and was opened for the 26-28th. I put the boat in at 2:45pm at Coulon with my sons. We started at t...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/12/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2002
Hot Spots: 0
My cousin and I launched our little boat at Madison Park around 6:00 AM. The weather was very nice and the water was very calm. Got all our gear in the water around 6:30 AM. Fished a nice pocket ne...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/1/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Seattle Times staff reporter (reprinted with permission)
This summer's Lake Washington sockeye sport fishery came as a sweet surprise to state Fish and Wildlife biologists, and to anglers, too.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/22/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started from Kenmore around 7 AM, the lake was windy with gusts. Tried Juanita Bay to no avail, lots of tracks in the fish finder but no bites. Moved to Carrilon Point and bay to get out of the wind...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2002
Hot Spots: 0
We were on the lake at false dawn. Launched from Mercer Island. Headed for Gates' Place. Fished there for about an hour only caught white fish. The darn things are fairly good sized, 13-15" but so...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the big lake at 0800. Water temp 63-65. Started trolling with ol' reliable, pop gear/wedding ring (Uncle Wes)/ worm right on the surface as soon as I left Sayres Pits.
I pointed the bow of the...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/13/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started out fishing Juanita area and caught one 18" cutt, Pretty slow morning. Ran to 520 bridge north side around noon , took awhile to find the right depth but once we located the fish we managed to...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/6/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
These big cutthroat trout can be had from shore. Use a large slip weight, a ball bearing swivel and a nickel plated wedding band along with a night crawler. Hope this helps gets some of those interna...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/4/2002
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Gene Coulon Park at 2:30pm to throw in a worm and see what would happen. I caught a ton of perch (20) and threw them all back. Most of them were small but a few were good enough for the fr...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/2/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/2/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Out on the Lake at 8am with a buddy, Rob, in my trusty Boston Whaler "Puffin." Lake was rough with a SW wind. Fished the east side of the north end, from Kenmore to the 520 bridge. Lots of fish on ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started around 8:00 AM. trolled one at 25 the other at 50. Finder showed lots of fish between 30 and 50, trolled back and forth threw them with everything we had, not a single taker! We tried spoon...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/31/2002
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing around 9:30am. riggers were set between 30-45 feet
with Ford fender, wedding ring and worm. Fished cozy cove and surrounding area with out success. Moved to 520 bridge and picked up 5...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/30/2002
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Rating: 2
Fished: 5/30/2002
Hot Spots: 0
After Carl's excellent outings I had to give it a try. I had two friends with me so I knew we could cover the water column very well. I also know that lake Washington can be generous one day, tough th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Kirk and I started fishing about 1030, the south end of the lake. We spotted several fish at 40' in 53-65' of water.
I was trolling a ford fender with wedding ring like lure which I tied. Caught 2...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/27/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I tried Washington again today. We fished 3hrs along both sides of the I-90 bridge, with no success. We used pop gear with wedding rings and worms, along with all the other trout gear. I think my exp...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/26/2002
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/26/2002
Hot Spots: 0
I spent about two hours fishing at coulon park I caught
about 1/2 hours in to it a good size smallmouth, it was about
17inches long and I saw a person catch a 4 pounder off a grub.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/24/2002
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
After hearing some good reports, I ventured out to the big lake today. I've fished Washington a few times before, and have never really had much luck. Today was no different, fished from 12-3pm on the...
