Twin Ponds I-5 and 145th N. Seattle

[whorde]

Sculpins like worms. I've caught one there at Logboom, and one in Ballinger. Not intentionally. You just randomly pull one up once in a while. I was messing around at the very start of the pier at Logboom, got a huge snarl on my reel, had a worm sitting in the water, pulled up a 3 inch sculpin. Was the first fish I caught this summer. Man, how time flies.

[hhc1482]

Thanks whorde for the tip. I've since managed to catch some sculpin on worms and jigs. Interesting looking critters.

Twin Ponds Lake - Revisited

Fished at this location earlier today. I wasn't sure whether or not to submit a report, since it's not a particularly great place to fish and it's not listed in the reports section.

I wasn't expecting much to be honest, there is still a slick of chemicals on the water top most areas. The ponds themselves are covered 70% by algae. And the openings to actually fish are very limited. That said, I caught my biggest largemouth bass catch in Seattle thus far, here. I'd forgotten how fun it was to catch a lunker in the 5-7lb range. I didn't have a scale so this is only a conservative guess on weight. It looked immaculate, no scarring or damage to the tail fins, a good indicator that this monster wasn't one that had recently been caught and released. I also managed to hook into something that appeared to be a trout of some sort, unfortunately that one got away as I reeled it into shore and got tangled by a water bogged log. I'd be really interested in fishing this place some more, if only there were more openings to fish. The north pond is where I had most luck, south pond may as well been rendered inaccessible with all the greenery in the way. Caught about 3 fairly nice sized largemouth, and one trout that I could only visually surmise was one, and it got away.

Would I recommend this fishing hole to people? probably not, it's a mess to really find a good spot to fish from shore and it's a pond. If your in the area and have some time to kill, it's nice to try your luck, won't really take much effort, bass in here seem real hungry.

[dutchman2858]

There's an interesting article in the latest Outdoor Life reference urban bass fishing.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/201 ... ss-anglers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not necessarily my thing, but have noticed a similar type of niche fishing in Phoenix in the urban waters there.

[drysuperfly52]

a little more north has anyone fished at chase lake/pond? years ago i remember people catching small bullheads from there.

[The Quadfather]

a little more north has anyone fished at chase lake/pond? years ago i remember people catching small bullheads from there.

I grew up right around Chase lake/pond. As I recall the last few times driving over the bridge, (in the past 6 months) There is not any access to the water, that I can see. At least on the West side of 84th Ave.
I think on the right side, there is a picnic table, and MAYBE some kind of access to water, but as I see it from the car, it looks VERY much like it has filled in since my 1980-82 time period.

Edit: Well, since I started this thread a couple years ago, I guess I can derail myself if I like.
Drysuperfly, check out a little known lake called Forbes lake. It is in the report section. It is located in the Totem Lake area a few blocks North of that Costco that is NE of Kirkland. Very small lake with minimal access, except through a weird little trail behind some apartments. Cool little lake, I've caught LMB, tons of perch, catfish, etc. in there. Gets NO pressure, due to limited access.