August 20, 2015
Fishing Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Rating: 9
Weather Conditions: Sunny with clear skies and moderate wind
Bait: Drop Shot with Poor Boy’s Baits Green Pumpkin Drop Shot Darter and Quick Drop 1/4 ounce weight; Strike King Green Gizzard Shad 1.5 KVD Flatside
Rod: Megabass Orochi XX Drop Shot Rod; Abu Garcia Medium Veritas 2.0 Winch Crankbait Rod
Reel: Shimano Sustain; Shimano Curado I
Line: 7-pound Sunline Super Sniper FC; 12-pound Yo-Zuri Hybrid
Total Bass Caught: 6
Final Weigh in Weight: 5.84 pounds
I’ve been rather busy as of late, so when I found a few extra hours of free time I seized the opportunity to get out onto Lake Sammamish. I started the day by jetting over to the second point on the right hand side of the lake and fishing the drop offs in that area. When I arrived there, I noticed a deep dock that I had never fished before, so I decided to give it a try. I cast my drop shot over to the left pillar of the dock and right away I felt a massive bite. I set the hook, adjusted my drag, and began reeling in the bass. It put up a great fight and even jumped a few times before I got it into the boat. Immediately, I noticed that this was a largemouth bass! I quickly put it on the scale and it came out to be a nice 1.19 pound largemouth. This is the biggest largemouth that I have pulled out of Lake Sammamish, so I was definitely pumped about it. I tried that dock a few more times, but didn’t get anymore bites, so I decided to go back to my original plan of working the drop offs. I cast over to bottom of one of the drop offs and immediately I saw my rod load up and felt my line get heavy. I set the hook and the bass began to take line. I fought with it for a good minute and when I put it on the scale it came out to be a solid 1.38 pound smallmouth. I then cast out to an orange marker buoy and gave my worm a few twitches. When I let it sit, I felt a strong bite, so I set the hook and landed a 0.75 pound smallmouth. This put me at a total of 3 nice bass in less than 5 casts, which was great. Unfortunately, the wind really picked up and I was forced to move. The only spot that I could find without much wind was the lilies by the state park. When I arrived there, I spotted two pilings sticking out of the lilies, so I cast my crankbait in between the two. I slowly began retrieving my lure and right away I felt something come up and hammer it. I set the hook and landed a dink 0.5 pound largemouth. I then continued my way down the stretch of lilies, but didn’t have much success. I was just about to leave the spot when I noticed a steep drop off on my fish finder. I picked up my drop shot and cast it over to the top of the ledge. As soon as it hit the bottom, I saw my line take off, so I set the hook and landed another largemouth. This one was a little bigger and came out to be 0.75 pounds. I then cast back to the same spot and worked my worm all the way down the drop off. As soon as it hit the bottom of the drop off, I felt a huge bite, so I set the hook and landed a nice 1.27 pound smallmouth. After this, it got a little dark, so I decided to end on a positive note and call it a day.
Observations: The water temperature ranged from 74-75 degrees, which is a little bit colder than last time. The bass varied in depth today and I caught them in 10-50 feet of water. The bass that I caught all fought very well and had big stomachs, so that is a good sign that the bass are healthy. One thing that I noticed is that the marker buoys around the lake seem to mark the major drop offs and the ones that I cast to seemed to hold fish. I will have to investigate this in the future, but for now it is a solid thing to key on. I am extremely excited to get a nice sized largemouth in Lake Sammamish. All in all, it was a spectacular outing and the only thing that could’ve made it better was a bass over 2 pounds.