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By: 8theB8
Posted: 6/15/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
What a difference a day makes :(
I was hoping there was still enough instability in the atmosphere to keep the bite I got into yesterday going but unfortunately I ran right into post frontal condit...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 6/14/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Unfortunately short trip today as I had to tip my hat to mother nature and head home early. Waited out one thunderstorm to the north of me before launching, it headed east so was gone pretty quick. Go...
By: moyer88
Posted: 6/13/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We loaded up the boat and hit the road to try our luck at Big Lake for the first time this season. We arrived at the launch about 30 min before sunrise.It didn't take long to get hooked up with our fi...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/17/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had the first minor issue with the boat, tachometer stopped working so this morning was the drive to Tacoma where the dealer pulled one from another boat and I was headed home thirty minutes later! Th...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 5/16/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The first voyage in the new boat!! I really didn't want to rate this trip as I was more interested in learning the new rig, doing break-in runs and acclimating to my new surroundings and equipment. I ...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/20/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/20/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Hit Big Lake today for the first time this year. I launched and headed for the south end to go after the easy fish in and around the pads. Nothing touched a topwater or spinnerbait for about 100 yards...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 1/1/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/1/2016
Hot Spots: 1
What a cold morning and a slow bite on big lake today got quite a few perch bites and managed to land a nice cut on my buddies new rod.... Guess he shouldn't have walked away??
Used worms and power...
By: Big Smooth
Posted: 7/8/2015
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Had A very active holiday weekend on Big Lake. Caught six inch perch all day , all weekend with wedding ring and worm setup. water temps were in the upper 70's. Only a few cuttys took the bait and a f...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/21/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
On the way home from Grandy I swung by Big Lake to check the wind conditions and found it to be very manageable so I stopped to fish for a bit. I worked several docks with jigs, worms and Senkos witho...
By: bothellbassman
Posted: 6/7/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Big Lake this morning to try the Large Mouth bite and to do some tuning on an old outboard I just rebuilt the carb on. Tough morning, no Largies but caught a few perch and one of them was probably...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/1/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn't buy a bite! Water temps in the 49-52* range. Fished from 1-12' and more techniques than I feel like typing right now...
By: johnsonator
Posted: 3/11/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I had to check out Big Lake today to see see if the rising temps did anything to turn on the largemouth bite. Water temps ranged from 46 to 50 degrees from morning to afternoon. I threw everything at ...
By: Stsb
Posted: 9/13/2013
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished big lake today for about 2.5 hours. Started fishing at the north end of the lake at about 4:00. I was trolling directly down the middle of the lake heading south. I finally bought some down r...
By: bothellbassman
Posted: 8/16/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Big Lake today to try for some LMB. Got to the lake at first light and headed along the shoreline clockwise. Beautifull morning, no wind and just a little fog. Caught a couple dinks pretty qui...
By: Stsb
Posted: 4/22/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 4:30-6:30. The fishing was pretty good. I caught 4 fish, lost 2, and had a few other bites. One of the fish was 14" while the others were about 12". I was just flat lining a small m...
By: Stsb
Posted: 4/21/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing after I got done with work today. Got my gear in the water at about 4:00. I only fished for about an hour and a half. I used a dick nite with a chartreuse tail behind a little dodger....
By: Stsb
Posted: 4/20/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishin today. Got up bright and early and was on the water at about 6:30. Drove down to the boat launch and checked out the bass derby.(talk about some nice boats) I fished for about 4 hours for...
By: Stsb
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I have fished big lake for the past 4 days straight. Not even a bite none of those days. I have been fishing from about 4:00 to 7:30. I have tried everything and absolutely noe fish. I had a nice one...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 4/16/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This has been the worst start to a bass season I have had in 10 years! Slooooow today. I didn't get or see anything? Maybe I should have headed back up to the northern lakes? I don't know what they ar...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 3/31/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Friday 3/29, tried all my spots and never saw a fish? Thought the weather would pick things up but??? Tried everything from Senko's, jigs, worms and lipless cranks to DT6's, jerkbaits and carolina rig...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 3/25/2013
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Water temps at launch were 50* as this lake runs a little darker. Fished my last 3 hours of the day here hitting a couple of my favorite spots. Caught 1 and missed 1. The 5lber (pic) took a jig and I ...
By: Stsb
Posted: 10/28/2012
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/28/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Me and buddy started fishing at about 1:30 we were casting some crank bait into the beach and around docks. We were targeting largemouth. After fishing for about 2-3 hours we had caught and released a...
By: brutus234
Posted: 10/4/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Big Lake last friday night to try and get some fish in the boat after several unsuccessful outings for silvers. Trolled two fly rods rigged with weighted line using flat fish with a worm trail...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/28/2010
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The boat got a new deep cycle battery and live well today so it was off to Big Lake for some testing. I chose Big Lake because it is over loaded with eager to bite perch and I figured they would be go...
By: Hawgs On
Posted: 8/26/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got on Big Lake at daybreak and fished for a few hours. I got this 4+ pounder right away under a dock, but then no more bites for the next 2 hours. The wind was pushing me around a bit, and the cold...