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Went to WA Yesterday 7-20-11 I have been hearing its tough out there but it had been few weeks so I thought things might have pick up.
Got one on a spinner bait in about 5ft 2lbr got another on top water in about 3ft 3lber both b4 10am
Then I saw Bonny launching under I 90 few sec later Mark B came by guess we were having a fish-in
I ran to all the points with no luck Moved out to 20ft Drop shot got a little LM . Around 1pm went to 5ft spinner bait  got a LM around 1lb
Then I saw Bonny again & Bill Hill we all were doing about the same not alot of fish & no pattern. I lost a nice one after that in 26ft on a Drop shot had her right to the boat.
Water was 65-68 Cloudy all day despite the weather mans prediction for sun & 70 Was very calm until noon.
The fishing is tough but I don't think its a post spawn thing It seems more like the food source is scattered IE no perch on the deep weed lines as there are not that many deep weeds due to lack of sun & I think lot of the hatch is just not there I had no taps or perch at all when I went deep. Just guessing here I am no expert.
O & I got one huge squaw fish that needed some extra breathing hole so I helped him out.

Says, Lake Washington can be real humbling in the summer.  I went 8/4 with the kids and managed a limit, but nothing special, best fish was around 4lbs, 1 at 3lbs and the rest just keepers, but I fished only grass lines to stay around perch to keep the kids catching fish.  Hit it again on 8/9 and the bite was slow but the big boys were eating and had around 17lbs for the best 5.  The biggest, close to 5lbs had a crawdad in it's mouth when I landed her.  The claw from the crawdad was close to 4" long.  Basically a fresh water lobster in it's mouth already!  Caught them all DS different baits, and a variety of leader legnths as I experimented all day long.  Caught them on grasslines, underwater rock piles and docks.  But it was a really slow bite.  One here one there kind of bite and nothing stacked up on any one spot.

Mark

I live in Washougal now but I spent 17 years learning how to catch SM bass on Lk Washington. I was on it 40 to 50 days a year. August was always a great month on that lake. However, you have to be willing to troll which is not legal in competition. I used 10 lb braid and a Hotlips med diver CB in rainbow trout. Put your favorite scent on it. If you use any deep diver CB the resistance will just wear you out. If you try this with any mono line you will fail to get the bait deep enough and will be unable to detect light bites or even achieve hook penetration. Your GPS should be reading between 1.5 and 2.0 MPH. Let the fish tell you what speed they like that day. I am currently experimenting with 12 lb Berkley Nanofil. This rig, if you let enough line out, will get the Hotlips to 28 feet if need be. The bait must be making contact with gravel or rock. You guys know the spots. This rig will work all day but try doing this a couple hours before dawn sometime. It tends to catch almost all quality fish if done correctly and in the right area. I don't why but dinks just don't bite it. I once cought two 5# even smallies on consecutive sets. My best August day was 30 fish.
I really miss Lk Washington. You guys have no idea how good that lake is...

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Pat Sotherlund

Hit Lk. Wa. today from 9:30 till 5:30 biggest was a Smally at 3 lbs even and alot of small fish...still seeing schools of fry jetting around and alot of weed debris snagging up spinnerbaits and cranks...all my fish on dropshots along weedlines.

Was out on the lake on Sunday the 4th and it was a zoo with all the pleasure boaters out there. Still managed to catch some fish in the morning. Saw Henry and he had a boat load of fish in his live well, ran into a school of smallies all looked decent sized. I caught some small ones but managed two decent sized ones. Big one was 4.4 lbs and other was 3.4 lbs. It got to crazy so I got off the water at about 3:00 pm.

Yep no fish in that lake