In an effort to fix my very screwed sleep schedule, I stayed up all night.
I headed out to Lake Union and got there around 9 am.

I started off just trying to see if I can get some panfish to bite.
Not a single bite whatsoever on a tube jig or on just a piece of worm.

The Largies didn't want a worm either.
It was the first time ever that I saw a small Largie come to the surface, look at an entire nightcrawler and just turn away.
I couldn't believe it when about 10 different largies came to investigate a full nightcrawler and just swam off.

I then decided to switch it up and started tossing a Spinner Bait.
I had one bass that looked to be about 1.5 lbs maybe 2 follow it in a few times but turn away at the last moment.
I decided to try the musky trick and do a figure 8 and it worked and failed at the same time.
The Largie kept following it in the figure 8 and actually struck my spinner bait but hit it from the side and didn't get hooked.

I then switched it up to again to smaller spinner bait type lures and caught 6 small Largies.
Had a ton of follows and short strikes.

I wish I had some topwater plugs or a popper because fish were surfacing everywhere.
I even saw what appeared to be a GIANT rainbow trout breach the surface completely and come out at least a good solid 2 feet out of the water.
It was quite the sight to see.

I then decided to give my shot at crankbaits.
I have never really fished crankbaits much before but I figured I'd give it a shot.

I had these two crankbaits that I had purchased earlier this year but never caught a Largie on before.
Well, I caught fish on both of those crankbaits today :)
I was casting near the weed edge and shore line and working them in with various retrieves.

I caught 5 Largies total on the crankbaits and it was a total blast.
Being pretty new to crankbait fishing, the feeling you get when a Largie slams your crankbait is pretty amazing and instantly gets your adrenaline flowing!

The biggest Largie I caught today weighed in at only 12 oz but it was fat for it's size.
It was short but fat.

First picture has two different Largies that I caught.
Second picture is the Largie on the bottom of the first pic.

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