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I fish Green Lake mostly during the afternoons but it gets pretty crowded and often times the parking is non-existent at Evan's Pool, which mean I usually end up parking by the crew launch area on the south side of the lake. I'm still somewhat new to the area so I don't really know the specifics, I do know that this lake is stocked with trout at times but I've been told that most of the trout numbers have probably dwindled at this time of year. Reading reports and talking to people, it seems there are a few people targeting catfish. I figured, I'd give it a try when less people were around crowding the docks. If your interested in bass, there are tons of largemouth from babies to about palm sized to catch. They seem to be hitting everything, grubs, lures, and worms(real and synthetic).

Managed to get to Evan's Pool parking lot by around 10:50, it was fairly empty. Tried for bass at first with a lure but no hits, not like the ones I get during the day or afternoons. I decided to go for catfish since I still had a bag of Powerbait Catfish 'Liver'. I noticed a few hits but kept reeling back nothing, finally at around 12:14am, I was about to call it quits and started to reel in my line. Felt a slight tug and struggle but wasn't sure if it was the weights or current. Surprised to catch my very first catfish in Seattle at Green Lake.

It was quite a test of patience unhooking the catfish in the dark, but managed to get lucky and unhook it, even though the hook was pretty deep inside the fish's mouth. Set it free and went home feeling accomplished. Next up, is carp.

If anyone's familiar with this lake, please let me know what works for carp. I'm thinking I might get some corn or dough but carp bait here in Seattle is rather limited. I also understand that fishing for carp doesn't require a license, if this is the case can one use two rods if they are specifically targeting carp?

fishinChristian

10/11/2014 12:54:00 PM

Niblets brand corn works great on carp.

hhc1482

10/11/2014 2:15:00 PM

Thanks! I'll have to give that a try, I was considering raw corn but that tends to get messy. Hopefully I'll have some success with carp real soon. I welcome any other tips and tricks, I know carp are finicky fish.

For Reel

10/11/2014 4:39:00 PM

Nice fish, I haven't fished for catfish in a long time…Maybe I'l l give it a try soon

hhc1482

10/11/2014 10:12:00 PM

Thanks! catfish is a waiting game. I found that conditions also matters: time, weather, etc... I honestly never caught channel catfish before, I've mainly caught bullheads back in NY. Using Powerbait was also something new for me. I went through more than half the pack at various lakes until it finally worked last night at Green Lake. I dug around the interwebs a little more and found out that Green Lake was stocked with channel catfish back in 2011. Considering that I've heard and also seen people with buckets taking catfish, I think the numbers have probably dwindled at the lake as well. But if you don't mind the waiting, it's an interesting species to catch. Good luck!

Shadow Caster

10/12/2014 4:51:00 AM

I'm pretty sure that fishing in general requires a license. If you're targeting a specific species isn't going to matter to a ranger. And knowing my luck, I would have a trout hit my corn as I was telling the ranger that I was only fishing for carp. And same logic applies to the two pole theory as well. Better to just pay the extra for the license and 2 rod permit than face the alternative.

hhc1482

10/12/2014 11:05:00 AM

I always play it safe, I carry my license with me all the time, and at the moment I only own one pole, so I didn't bother with the two-pole license yet. I'm guessing it should be rather simple process to upgrade later. I hear and get what your saying, this is what I found on the WDFW:

"In Washington, a fishing license is not required to fish for carp. There is also no daily limit. However, please be responsible and harvest only what you will use. Fishing for carp is normally done in two ways, the traditional angling methods using hook and line and with bow and arrow (bow-fishing)."

But yeah, I suppose it'd be tough explaining what your doing if some trout decided to take the corn.

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