Hit Samamish yesterday for a few hours and found your very typical post spawn pattern for the Big Sam....  I did manage to get one largie on a bed to go though.  all the smallies (7) came out of the 10-20 ft range on a variety of baits dropshotting.  I suppose a jig would have worked just as well.  But I stuck with dropshotting and used a variety of new baits and fished new area's.

  Mark

Mr.Mark, When were you there? I was there everyday this week. I did not see you. I get there around 4 and fish till 8. Were you in a Ranger this time? That is the only guy I saw.

I was out on Lake washington today.  I did pretty well, fished from noon til about 6:30.  I caught a 17 inch 2.2lb and 3 - 18 inchers, 2.9-3.3 lbers.  One was caught on a senko, two on dropshot and one on a spinnerbait.  

Chris

Hey Guys,

Bob Payseno took me out on Sammamish yesterday...fished from 1 to 9 PM. Caught probably 25 between the 2 of us. Bob caught one nice 3 lb largie flipping a jig in the pads, and the rest were smallies in 15-20. We drophotted most, but I was pleased to catch a few fish deep cranking....finally, summer has arrived. Our 2 biggest smallies were 3 lbs, and a few around 2 lbs....and of course, many dinks. The big story of the day was what I hooked up with but did not catch. Dropshotting a hump, I laid into what I thought was a log. Trying to free the snag, we circled the spot, that seemed to be a moving. Then the log came to life. It peeled off half my spool in about 10 seconds and then broke off. The only other time I've had a fish run like that was when I hooked up with a big King on the Cowlitz.  After talking to Sarge, we suspect it might have been an early arriving King. The only other thing that came to mind was a sturgeon, but I've caught them, and I don't think they could swim that fast. It was an awesome experience. By the amount of commotion we were creating, you would have thought we had just caught the state record smallie. I guess we'll never know how big it really was. Thanks for putting me on those fish Bob. Looking forward to Riffe.

Tight Lines,
Danny

Nice job Chris!!! Great looking fish!

hey chris, I heard that story earlier today! i'm the guy that pulled up next to you at the dock. I had a decent day, 6 fish biggest right at 4# the rest 2s and 3s, all smallies. mine were off of docks. Got into a bit of a debate with a homeowner that wanted me to keep the 4#er because "those mean fish eat up all the baby salmon". I laughed and tossed it in her direction. Jack

new to club only few months. get there when I can, I have an 18 month old little girl so its hard. live in west seattle, so sammamish is close and not to big for the nitro. Nice boat yourself.

I'm not going to Riffe    I might be going to Roosevelt with some work buddys, but I'm not sure yet.