Latest Fishing Reports for 7/3/2009
WashingtonLakes.com 2009 Lake Sammamish Fishing Derby!
Here’s your Chance to Win Big and Join the WL.com Family for a day of fishing, fun, food, and friendship! Over $400 in prizes – sponsor gift bags for all anglers equal in value to your derby ticket.
Top prizes are $100 each for biggest bass and trout caught!
Click Here for the Entry Form and Rules.
Sunday, July 19th. Advanced registration encouraged. WL.com BBQ/Potluck to follow and open to all members, whether you’re in the derby or not.
Hope to see you at the lake!
The Lake Sammamish Fishing Derby and Picnic has been rescheduled to Sunday, July 19th. We hope this will allow a greater number of members to participate in the event. Looking forward to seeing you July 19th!
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Pontoon Boats for Bass Fishing
 A bass boat doesn’t catch more bass… When it comes to fishing for bass most anglers think they need a really big and powerful bass boat to go fishing in. But in real life we bass fisherman know that there are a lot of options besides owning a big bass boat and that there are a lot of places a bass boat just can’t get into. Fishing from the back seat of a friends bass boat or the front seat of a friends smoker craft are viable options to fish from verses buying your own. Joining a BASS club can introduce you to a lot of people who would love to take you out and show how to fish. Having a little company while fishing can be very relaxing. Fishing from the bank or a dock is a good way to start fishing and if you add in waders you can get quite a ways out from the waters edge. There ... [read more]Article Category: Bass
Date: 3/29/2009
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Washington Lakes News
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Site Updates!
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We are into our busy summer but hey, still have to find the time to update WL.com. Here are this month's Updates:
New or Updated Overviews: Ames (King), Babcock Ridge (Grant), Blue, Slide (Skagit) Erie (Skagit), Jiggs, Lost, Maggie, Spencer, Tee (Mason), McDonald (King), Twin (Whatcom). (Thank you Bob Johansen!)
New Topos: Buck, Koeneman, Tahuya (Kitsap)
Fish like a Madman - see what Bruce Middleton is talking about in his latest bass article.
Last but not least, check out my Blog for new videos - Spanaway Lake in Pierce and Alice lake in King. We are updating our server and video host so for now new site videos will be posted on my Blog, until we can get them moved to the Video Section.
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Posted: 06-15-2009, 10:56 AM
Category: General
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New Stuff Added!
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I'm clearing out my In Box this week so we have some new goodies for you to explore:
New on WashingtonLakes.com - High Definition Video! See our first HD Video on my Blog page, Neah Bay Ling Cod.
New Lake Information:
Chamberlain picture (Kittitas), Trails End Lake Overview (Mason), Buck Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Square Lake Pictures and Overviews (Kitsap), Drano Lake Overview(Skamania), Black Lake Overview (Pacific), "H" Lake Overview (Grant), Cow Lake added (Adams), Riffe pictures (Lewis).
New Articles:
Fishing Big Water for Big Bass by Bruce Middleton, A new Fins to Feathers article by Marc Martyn on tying and fishing the Water Boatman. And in Tacklebox Tales, Bob Johansen discusses how to effectively fish jigs for bass.
A new Audio Report from Dave Graybill on lake Chelan silvers is posted and...
A new high resolution lake map has been added for our Premium members - Liberty Lake.
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Posted: 05-07-2009, 12:10 PM
Category: General
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WOW! 20,000 Fishing Reports!
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We are excited to announce the posting of report number 20,000, by Big D. of East Wenatchee!
And while we are sending Big D a gift package of tackle from our sponsors, we would also like to thank all of the readers that sent in fishing reports for helping us to reach this milestone, one report at a time. Thanks Everyone!
Mike and Aaron
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Posted: 05-02-2009, 10:07 PM
Category: General
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New Fishing HotSpot Tool!
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The New Fishing HotSpots tool is now ready for use! For those of you with Premium Memberships the tool will list all reports posted in the last 30 days that contain HotSpots. Just browse through the list, select an area of interest, click on the report link, and you'll see the "HotSpots!" graphic listed. Click on that and you'll get the HotSpot map. For best results, use the information posted in the fishing report along with the HotSpots.
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Posted: 04-12-2009, 01:08 AM
Category: General
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WashingtonLakes.com Fishing Derby May 23rd!
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It's Official! WashingtonLakes.com will host it's first ever combination bass/trout derby on lake Sammamish, Saturday, May 23rd. Following the Derby will be a prize ceremony and BBQ.
Guaranteed first place prizes are $100 cash each for top weight bass and top weight trout. Runner Up prizes for second place bass and trout winners are soft tackle boxes filled with tackle gear, valued at $75 retail. Anglers are allowed to fish for both bass and trout during the derby.
Cost per angler is $10.
Further details and registration form will be posted shortly.
We hope to see lot's of anglers for this sure to be exciting event!
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Posted: 04-11-2009, 06:17 PM
Category: General
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March Contest Winner Anounounced
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The March report drawing was won by RAT Sports for his Rock lake report. He'll be getting a prize package from our various Contest Corner Sponsors. Become a member of WashingtonLakes.com (it's free to register), submit your fishing reports and you may be our next winner!
Video Update - Google is in the process of verifying music rights on some of our videos. They will be back online shortly (we hope!). Thank you for your patience.
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Posted: 04-03-2009, 08:29 PM
Category: General
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Site Updates
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New articles from Bruce Middleton on using Pontoon Boats for Bass Fishing and John Kruse on the state of our State Parks have been published. There's also a new article in TackleBox Tales on using Planer Boards.
Audio Files from John Kruse and Dave Graybill are updated.
The Spearfish lake overview was updated from Bob Johansen.
And coming soon - WashingtonLakes.com/Digital Anglers has grown too big for our britches! Coming in April we will have our own dedicated server. This means the site will be even faster and our Premium Members will have more photo gallery space. Thanks to our readers for continuing our phenomenal growth rate!
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Posted: 03-29-2009, 11:15 AM
Category: General
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Columbia River & Snake River
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For those of you that fish the rivers of Washington, we've decided to put the Columbia River section back online with a revamped area list. Instead of 6000 distinct area to fish in you're now looking at 18. I think this will make it MUCH easier to post a report. I hope to have the Submit Report page done for this new area later tonight.
We've also given the Rivers their own menu spot AND added the SnakeRiver, also with a manageable amount of areas to choose from when posting reports.
River fishing is something I've been itching to get into instead of always heading to the lakes. Let's get these new areas off the ground this summer by posting some great reports and getting others enthused about the Columbia and Snake rivers.
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Posted: 03-12-2009, 01:08 AM
Category: General
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Have questions? Ask one of our local experts! Discussions on fishing reports, Washington lakes, Idaho lakes,
Oregon lakes, casting techniques, cooking, river fishing, tackle selection, website help and more can be found in our forums!
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Fishing Reports are now available for more than just Washington! We've
added Idaho Lakes and
Oregon Lakes to our database.
Help us get these new states filled with the same quality fishing reports you've come to expect for
Washington. If you're fishing at any of the lakes in these new states please consider filling out a report.
| Top Lakes Scoreboard |
| | Lake | County | | | | |
| #1 | Twin Lakes | Ferry | 4.48 | 62 | 4.481481 | 519 |
| #2 | Conconully Reservoir | Okanogan | 4.36 | 62 | 4.358108 | 348 |
| #3 | Williams | Spokane | 4.27 | 62 | 4.274509 | 18 |
| #4 | Alta | Okanogan | 4.21 | 62 | 4.214285 | 336 |
| #5 | Badger | Spokane | 4.11 | 62 | 4.111111 | 2 |
| #6 | Benson | Mason | 4.11 | 62 | 4.111111 | 483 |
| #7 | Silver | Whatcom | 4.08 | 62 | 4.076923 | 109 |
| #8 | Louise | Pierce | 4.04 | 62 | 4.043478 | 56 |
| #9 | Beehive | Chelan | 4.00 | 62 | 4 | 583 |
| #10 | Spectacle | Okanogan | 4.00 | 62 | 4 | 365 |
| #11 | Roses | Chelan | 3.96 | 62 | 3.960784 | 591 |
| #12 | Fishtrap | Lincoln | 3.95 | 62 | 3.949152 | 25 |
| #13 | Wannacut | Okanogan | 3.95 | 62 | 3.947368 | 369 |
| #14 | Leech | Yakima | 3.94 | 62 | 3.944444 | 187 |
| #15 | Fragrance | Whatcom | 3.93 | 62 | 3.933333 | 101 |
| #16 | Fish | Chelan | 3.92 | 62 | 3.924657 | 588 |
| #17 | Pearrygin | Okanogan | 3.92 | 62 | 3.921052 | 361 |
| #18 | Warden | Grant | 3.92 | 62 | 3.92 | 579 |
| #19 | Tiger | Mason | 3.89 | 62 | 3.888888 | 504 |
| #20 | Erie | Skagit | 3.89 | 62 | 3.888888 | 203 |
| #21 | Conconully Lake | Okanogan | 3.87 | 62 | 3.87037 | 347 |
| #22 | Margaret | King | 3.84 | 62 | 3.844444 | 454 |
| #23 | Nunnually | Grant | 3.79 | 62 | 3.791666 | 568 |
| #24 | Merwin | Cowlitz | 3.79 | 62 | 3.790697 | 269 |
| #25 | Deer | Island | 3.78 | 62 | 3.782608 | 283 |
| #26 | Ki | Snohomish | 3.78 | 62 | 3.779411 | 655 |
| #27 | Chelan | Chelan | 3.77 | 62 | 3.769696 | 584 |
| #28 | Diamond | Pend Oreille | 3.77 | 62 | 3.76923 | 382 |
| #29 | Long | Thurston | 3.75 | 62 | 3.754716 | 123 |
| #30 | Blue | Grant | 3.75 | 62 | 3.746031 | 540 |
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Washington Fishing Reports now
contain HotSpots! HotSpots are GPS waypoints that can lead you directly to where other members have had good
fishing experiences. All you need is a GPS unit (either handheld or boat mounted). HotSpots are available for lakes,
rivers, and saltwater areas, but only for Premium Members.
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