Posted by: rob_maglio - Ex Member Posted on: 05/26/04 at 18:54:56
You're right, it's kinda strange. Makes you wonder on those days where it seems like you can't buy a strike. Fish are probably there, but not wanting your offering, or they aren't there at all. Some of those other guys caught fish the same way you guys were, but I couldn't. And a few said they couldn't get strikes on spinnerbaits.
Posted by: sarge - Ex Member Posted on: 05/25/04 at 16:22:16
It's always cool to see how different people can be on the same body of water and do well with totally different methods. Ron and I (mostly Ron) caught all of our fish on senkos and bitsy bugs, and most of the time we weren't near any docks!
Chris
Posted by: rob_maglio - Ex Member Posted on: 05/25/04 at 14:42:29
Sweet! That would have won it. SOme of those guys struggled, but I think they were fishing too slow. I didn't catch anything fishing slow. Those fish seemed to me as if they were reaction biting more. I didn't catch a single fish skipping Senkos under docks like I usually do. They wanted some loud I guess. Nice bag.
Posted by: EX-PREZ Posted on: 05/25/04 at 02:57:07
Hey Rob, Hate to burst your Bubble but you weren't the only WBC anglers on the OLE" POND! Chris and I went out to Sammamish all day and must have just missed you at weigh in. Sorry there my man, You'd of taken second , behind me. First fish of the day was a 5 lb. 11 oz. LM and 7 others between 2 and 3 pounds. Had a great time with Chris, even if the rain was hard enough to run the bilge almost full time. Have Fun dude, just yankin' your chain a little. RON
Posted by: rob_maglio - Ex Member Posted on: 05/24/04 at 14:06:17
I hit Sammamish on Saturday while most wera at the tri-Cities tourny. As I got to the dock around 7am, I was talking to a guy (Brian) from Washington Bass Anglers who showed up late. They were having a tournament and he was waiting for his partner to come back and get him.
Anyhow, They were having weigh in at 3:30, so I decided to see what my best 5 would be and compare it to them. Their winning weight ended up being 13.4lbs. I put my 5 in a Bass Pro Shops Bag and held them from a scale Brian had and it weighed 14.6. I think the bag is a tad heavier than a pound....so???? It would have been close.
Another thing I noticed about their scale when they were weighing in though was that it read 0.5 before the fish were being placed. I am not sure why it wasn't completely zeroed. But that 13.4 bag may have only been 12.9 ???? So I had a good showing for the lone Western Bass guy who was too broke to make the trek to Tri-Cities. Big fish was a little over 5 (largemouth).
All the fish came of spinnerbaits around docks. These fish were active and feeding. I had probably a dozen fished that missed. I boated 8, and lost 2 others at the boat. One didn't measure, and the 2 smallest were culled out. My two biggest were close to 4 lbs. All smallies.
Posted by: marktfd88 - Ex Member Posted on: 05/19/04 at 01:29:24
6lb line, what were you trying to catch with that spider webbing, a little goosling ??? Mark
Posted by: rob_maglio - Ex Member Posted on: 05/18/04 at 14:21:25
I'd take your word for it Mark. I have never weighed a goose. My 6 lb line held up good.
Posted by: marktfd88 - Ex Member Posted on: 05/17/04 at 23:16:30
Nice Job Rob, Twenty pounder you say..... I am sure that it could have easily topped 25lbs.......
Posted by: rob_maglio - Ex Member Posted on: 05/17/04 at 18:10:26
Hit Sammamish Sat the 15th. Fished from 0630 till about 1130. Caught my first 2 1/2 on a crank. Got another 2.6 and 2 more 1.5 lbers on a senko. Missed two that struck my jerkbait right at the boat. Broke off a 3-4 lber as a was holding my line with one hand and reaching for the lip with the other. She got a good turn and shot straight down and......wap. Line snapped...Oh well. I also hooked a Canadian Goose...20 lber???. I must have skipped that senko right up her butt or something. Pulled her in and broke the line as close to her as I could. Counting the bird, I had about 30 lbs. Nice stringer!! I left as the rain started.
Posted by: Admin Posted on: 05/04/04 at 01:00:37
On Saturday, May 1st, Keri and I took our ambassadee, Ron Knot, out for a day of fishing on Lake Sammamish.
Lake temp was 61, wind - calm, boat traffic - moderate.
We didn't find any fish on beds, but did find a few empty beds here and there.
About 10 bass were caught between the 3 of us, the largest being a 4-10 largemouth. Most were caught on Frenzy crankbaits with a few falling victim to Slug-Gos and Senkos.
Had a good time getting to know Ron and showing him the lake. He's a pretty competent angler with thirst to learn more. All in all, a great day on the lake!