Hi all! I'm new to this board and have gotten a lot out of other forums.

Heres the deal. I may be coming up to Renton for the summer and of course theres one deciding factor - the fishing! Ive looked around and it seems you guys have some goo bass LM and SM, which makes me very happy.

Since Lake Washington is right there, is that  a good lake for bass? Pretty popular? Im in SoCal so Im used to different types of lakes than in most areas i guess and a salt angler originally.  In summer do you guys get the bass in the shallows to where you can sight fish? Hows the structure and contour of the lake? Whats are some popular summer techniques?

And lastly, is shorefishing effective on lake WA, or are there rental boats at least?

Oh, and one more thing, would any kinda of partial summer membership in the local clubs be possible?

Thanks so much for the info.

Just the response I was hoping for.  I hope things work out so I can come up there and show you guys how we do it in Cali!

  You've got to be kidding ff77? Allow me to laugh, HA. Thankyou!
   In order to show us hows it's done in (what did you call it?) Cali...you need to be in ''Cali"...So when you just get yerself up here to Wali, we will just have to take you out and show you how it's done here ...and you'll go dang! we have it good in Cali with hot tub ready water...and we'll go yup!  
   Come on up and lets go fichen!

We'll take you to our favorite restaurant...."The House of Humble Pie" 

WOW, wonder who opened up that can o worms? (slimmer bait ya know) Just one more question, "problemo" is that from south of the boarder? or north from the south boarder?...
Ps guys...we better be carefull, sounds like this city slimmer...um, I mean slicker, can take it, and he just might come up here .

Haha! Man you guys are getting worked up.  I guess you get tired of hear 'bout how much bass we kick down here.  But I think I may have set myself up here, cause, I'll be honest, freshwater is not my primary style of fishing, yet that is.  Ive only been bass fishing for like 3 years I think and saltwater for around 10, and bluegill since i was 4, haha. 

I garauntee I can keep up though.  I havent exactly mastered all the millions of bass techniques, but i got dropshotting down pretty good... if i could only have the g loomis dropshot rod! Man that thing is sooooo sweet it hurts! The tip and backbone are just amazing! But $235! But I just cant hold out much longer. I already dropped about $400 at the Fred Hall show on salt gear.

But since we're on this, what techniques are most popular for summer time up there.  Im sure dropshotting is all over the place.  What else? Whats your primary setup, other than dropshotting, in the summer?

Oh, and hows sight fishing up there?! We got gin clear water with 20ft of visibility at Castaic Lake and man its fun just watching the big females.  Around when do the Lake WA bass start spawning or pre-spawning?

Tite lines, and hopefully Ive havent set myself up too badly.  But if by any chance you guys get some barracuda or yellowtail off the coast, then I can really show you what Im  made of...

Flying Fish, we should probably tell you the VW takes medication and occassionally it affects his judgement especially with the extra time on his hands.  If your willing to bring some of that sun down with you, to help knock off some of the glare off of Virgil's white legs (tan?).  I think you'll enjoy all the same techniques up here as well.

Hey Fly Fisherman,

Ya know there is plenty of 8-10lb fish up here you just gotta figure out what of many lakes you have to fish.

Lets just say the following have 8+ lbers in them:

Silver Lake
St Clair
Desire
Sawyer
Goodwin
Morton
Ohop
Potholes
Banks
Columbia River
Spencer
Lawrence
Etc, Etc, Etc.

Now yuo just have to figure out how to catch them.

Russ