Post by: bassquatch on February 17, 2015, 04:15:29 PM
First EVER February largemouth and biggest ever February largemouth in the same day :IBCOOL:
First pic 3.1lbs and second pic 7.4lbs! :whoo:
Post by: Bean Counter on February 17, 2015, 04:19:45 PM
Beauty
Post by: Mfowl on February 17, 2015, 06:38:17 PM
Post by: _TONY_ on February 17, 2015, 06:53:30 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on February 17, 2015, 07:06:31 PM
Post by: Hunting7mm on February 17, 2015, 07:21:45 PM
Post by: LBES on February 17, 2015, 07:45:32 PM
Wow!!! what a pig! February GIANT!!! Does it get any better!!!???
Congrats!
Post by: bassquatch on February 17, 2015, 08:26:15 PM
Post by: dumasbj on February 19, 2015, 07:05:44 PM
Post by: bassquatch on February 19, 2015, 08:01:15 PM
Where are good bass fishing places in western washington? Preferably Snohomish county. The only place I've ever had any luck is Lake Ki, but I am not a huge bass fisherman. I'd like to start though. Any info helps. Thanks!
Snohomish County lakes I have personally caught bass in:
Armstrong
Blackmans
Bosworth
Cassidy
Flowing
Gissberg
Goodwin
Howard
Ki
Loma
Martha (AM)
Panther
Roesiger
Serene
Shoecraft
Stevens
Storm
Of these Goodwin and Stevens have the best mix of smallmouth and largemouth. I would check out Washingtonlakes.com and do loads of research. March through November are the best months but as you can see this mild Winter has thrown the rule book out the window!
Good luck. :tup:
Post by: Special T on February 19, 2015, 11:01:36 PM
Post by: bassquatch on February 20, 2015, 06:22:04 AM
Lake Cavanaugh is in Skagit county... Yes there is small mouth in it... but dont disgrace it by saying its part of the 3 counties that cause everyone grief. :twocents:
Edited! No offense :tup: if it weren't for the alphabetized list it would have been at the bottom anyways. :twocents: and while I agree with you as I spend as much of my free time as possible in Skagit County I'm afraid it won't be long before they fall victim to poor voting techniques as well... :bash: Thanks for the correction, just trying to keep this about fishing though. :tup:
NUMBERS: Armstrong, Cassidy, Flowing, Howard, Martha (AM), Loma, Panther, Storm, Gissberg, Serene are all places to cut your teeth and have the potential to hook into a decent 3+ with the very occasional 5+ or bigger.
LUNKER POSSIBILITY: Bosworth, Goodwin, Roesiger, Shoecraft, Stevens, these lakes are good on numbers and larger fish of 5lbs+. Stevens and Goodwin are getting a little over run with the smallmouth for my taste but they are the easier to catch bass for sure as they are very aggressive and lots of fun to fight on light tackle.
HIT AND MISS: Blackmans, Ki
Snohomish County has it's decent lakes no question but if you're not afraid to burn a little gas and want to fish some very quality bass lakes head north! Skagit has a couple all time great ones and Whatcom County is phenomenal!! Then once or twice a year make a run East for some very different very fun fishing as Eastern Washington has some truly remarkable lakes for both size and numbers! :tup: :twocents:
Where are good bass fishing places in western washington? Preferably Snohomish county. The only place I've ever had any luck is Lake Ki, but I am not a huge bass fisherman. I'd like to start though. Any info helps. Thanks!
PM me if you're interested in more details... :tup:
Post by: runamuk on February 20, 2015, 07:12:40 AM
Post by: 87samurai on February 20, 2015, 10:54:34 AM
Post by: dumasbj on February 20, 2015, 01:42:28 PM
NUMBERS: Armstrong, Cassidy, Flowing, Howard, Martha (AM), Loma, Panther, Storm, Gissberg, Serene are all places to cut your teeth and have the potential to hook into a decent 3+ with the very occasional 5+ or bigger.
LUNKER POSSIBILITY: Bosworth, Goodwin, Roesiger, Shoecraft, Stevens, these lakes are good on numbers and larger fish of 5lbs+. Stevens and Goodwin are getting a little over run with the smallmouth for my taste but they are the easier to catch bass for sure as they are very aggressive and lots of fun to fight on light tackle.
HIT AND MISS: Blackmans, Ki
Snohomish County has it's decent lakes no question but if you're not afraid to burn a little gas and want to fish some very quality bass lakes head north! Skagit has a couple all time great ones and Whatcom County is phenomenal!! Then once or twice a year make a run East for some very different very fun fishing as Eastern Washington has some truly remarkable lakes for both size and numbers! :tup: :twocents:
PM me if you're interested in more details... :tup:
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Post by: h20hunter on February 20, 2015, 02:33:43 PM
Lives in Lake Stevens.....
Post by: bassquatch on February 20, 2015, 03:39:44 PM
Hey Squatch....you buddies with a Derek C. ?
Lives in Lake Stevens.....
Doesn't ring a bell?
Post by: h20hunter on February 20, 2015, 03:42:00 PM
Nice looking fish by the way.
Post by: bassquatch on February 21, 2015, 07:18:24 AM
Thanks :tup:
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on February 21, 2015, 07:25:20 AM
Post by: bwhntr350 on February 22, 2015, 07:53:48 PM
Great job getting out there! A lot of these fish have not seen a lure in a few months so getting one to bite can be easier than a guy would think. Nice fish!
Post by: bassquatch on February 23, 2015, 08:39:53 PM
lost one and missed another.
Post by: moocher97 on February 24, 2015, 05:51:34 PM
Post by: bassquatch on February 25, 2015, 08:43:42 AM
What are you guys using to catch these buggars. how deep to? I get bored on the lake trout fishing sometimes so just curious?
From now until May look shallow 10' or less. From now until April look for wood and rocks or even clumpy isolated vegetation. The fish want warmth until the water warms to about 52*+ then they will feed a little more aggressively. Use plastics or jigs for now and when the water gets warmer switch to reaction (moving) baits. There's a lot more to it than that but that's the short sweet version.
Post by: moocher97 on February 26, 2015, 04:16:41 PM
Post by: bassquatch on February 27, 2015, 07:01:23 AM
I'm fairly experienced in catching bass during the summer because that's what Ive done and I use double tail worms with a Carolina rig so I imagine just sink it to the bottom and finesse jig it?
Thread that on to a 1/4 - 3/8oz jig and you're in business :tup: