Bluegill spawning?

[Parasite]

Hey guys, when do the bluegills spawn in this state? Also, any lakes within 45 minutes of Olympia I can go after them? I need some flyrod practice.

[Mfowl]

This month is the time. Most of my experience is from eastside lakes though. I have caught bluegills in Sammamish along with crappie and perch. The pic is from the wdfw site. There is a list of statewide lakes for bluegills.

[Parasite]

Thanks! I really need to spend more time on the wdfw website. There's more information on there than I expected.

[Cylvertip]

Just about all the lakes in Thurston County that I can think of have them other than Capitol and maybe Offut and Summit.  Macintosh, Hicks, Pattison, Munn, Chambers,    Black  should all have them plus some crappie in a few of those lakes too.

[Cylvertip]

And spawning is probably a couple weeks to a month away.  Bass will finish first then the gills and bullheads give it a go.  Bass are  60's to mid 70's.  Gills will want that Mid 70 and up I believe.

[buckcanyonlodge]

This month is the time. Most of my experience is from eastside lakes though. I have caught bluegills in Sammamish along with crappie and perch. The pic is from the wdfw site. There is a list of statewide lakes for bluegills.

I have fished Franklin Roosevelt Lake in Stevens County for 25 years and have never seen a bluegill.

[ne kid]

Buckcanyon pretty scary the wdfw can't  tell the difference between pumpkin seed, and bluegill growing up on Rosie myself fishing at least 3 times a week for 20 years minimum never seen one either. Have you seen any of the snapping turtles, because they are in there.

[Jonathan_S]

Lake Roosevelt has bluegill? I've caught trout, salmon, baby sturgeon, pikeminnow, pike, whitefish, walleye, smallmouth, perch, burbot, carp and even a crappie. Never even heard of there being bluegill

[ne kid]

There are no bluegill in Roosevelt, there is quite a few crappie  in there though.