You must really be one of the richy folks to be able to afford a apartment on Sammamish.  It's an awesome lake.  It doesn't have any boat rentals but does have some limited shore access.  It's about 15 minutes from Renton and a chunk from Everett (depending on traffic) 45mins to 1  hour.  You should have any trouble getting some backseating time.  Go ahead and load up the SouthBend spincast combo and come on down.

Sarge, Howd you know? Or was that a lucky guess?

Anyway, I aint richy rich, I just compared prices and so far those apts are same price as other suites Ive looked at - cause I need it furnished and all.  Plus having a lake right by your house is priceless, especially when its replacing a freeway!

As for smallies, dont you worry, Ive caught my fair share.  Weve got them in Pyramid lake.  Ive gone up to about 4#, and on 4# test I might add, thank you very much! haha. And trout, I dont fish the stockers anyway, just do some native/wild trout fishing, which amounts to fish that grow to a max of 10 inches.  Not exactly the best rivers in the world here in LA

So sounds good, just gotta make some final considerations, and then Im gonna start grillin you guys on what tackle i need for the trip.  And i ask you, please, lie straight through your teeth and tell me to go out and buy luckycrafts and chronarch SFs and tell me that only people with G Loomises are allowed to fish on WA lakes, and anything else that will convince me to spend some money on some new toys.

tite lines for now, and you can count on my joing the club...

Well, it was a lucky guess... but there aren't a lot of reasons anyone would ask about Renton and Everett commute times. There's only one company in both those cities that would cause someone to come up from CA for a job  (oh yeah- and your screen name is flyinfish)

I look forward to meeting you. Anyone who can keep up with the crap flinging this club dishes out is ok in my book.

Chris

I lived in San Diego for the last 4 years. you probably fished a lot of the same lakes I fished when in that area. Maybe Not. The waters aren't restricted as bad in in SO CA. which is nice. Did you fish in any clubs down there? This is a good club to get involved with. There are a lot of boaters, which is good for finding a backseat. The winter can be depressing though compared to that area. Good Luck.