RRRRRrrrrright.... no fish in there. Shouldn't even take a boat in there, much too dangerous.

You actually can't even enter the East channel without a birth certificate and passport.

and.....the Deep Cavity Searches........................


DEEP CAVITY SEARCHES.........

Fished washington last night 730-930 Caught two small ones under i 90 and one by all the boats by bellevue way out in the middle of nothing. Tried the old lumber mill and nothing. Seemed real weedy and windy.

How is everyone else doing?

Went down to fish at Coulon for an hour this evening.  I didn't get any.  A skeeter came in and told me a tourney was going on earlier.  Hey Pat, nice pics at Sportsman Warehouse.  Didn't feel like braving the rain this morning so I went shopping. 

For smallies, find the weed edges in 18-22 feet and fish them.  If deep docks and deeper water are near by - all the better.  Trees, rocks, and stumps aren't real common, but if you find them - fish them.  Early morning and evening - use reaction baits (cranks and spinnerbaits) and faster moving plastics.  As the sun goes higher, start fishing your plastics slower.  All of what I just told you are general rules - and as usual there are exceptions to everything said.  But it's a start.

As to public holes: fish in front of where the lumber company used to be, try the columns and footings of the I-90 bridge (East channel - always holds fish), Coleman Point is great for qualities of smaller fish roaming the mud flat between the grass beds and the docks in the late evening, almost any stretch of docks near deeper water is good in the summer, and every one knows Webster Point (near the U of W campus) holds fish year around; Groat Point at the entrance to the Bellvue area can be hot or cold but always worth a shot in the morning or evening.

I decided to fish Lk WA on Saturday morning and was on the water with my line wet at 0615.  A scrappy two pounder hit a Pop-R on about my 4th or 5th cast and I thought the day was starting off pretty good.  One more about the same size came on a very shallow running Bandit crankbait about 15 minutes later, and then it got realy slow.  
Two hours later my next fish came on a senko in 20+ feet of water under Paul Allen's helicopter landing barge.  Fishing got progressivly worse with less bites as the day wore on.  At 11 I decided to pack it in an go home.  The NorthEnd Bassmasters had a club tournament going on and the three different boats I talked to, all stated that the fishing was very "slow".  However I stopped on the way to the launch to drop shot an area I had never fished before.  I noted several good arches on my Lowrance 332 just off the bottom.
Bang! in 22 feet I hauled in a 4 lb 9 oz smallie after a terriffic battle that really tested my 6lb Gamma flourocarbon line and the drag on my Chronarch 51 Mg.  The very next cast awarded me another 4 lb 4 0z SMB, and there were still several large arches on the bottom!  The next victim that fell to my blue scaled Powerminnow was a mere 3lb 13 oz.  After retieing my dropshot rig I cast to the spot again.  This time the hit was strong and hard and was before my weight even hit the bottom.  Another 4 lb 5 oz smallie!  All these fish came from one spot in less than 30 minutes!  After the last one there was nothing left, yet I'm not disappointed as it was easily one of my best days on that lake.  Four smb's on 6 casts for over 16 lbs with my 1/2 days total of over 18 lbs.  Thats a good day by anyones measure.
Now if I can just figure out the self timer on my digital camera.  

Smitty