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Looking to head to Lake Washington Area tomorrow for a day of fishing. Any good bait shops with small minnows in the area?? Also any Lake Washington info. is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Fish on.

Posted

I really like the bait shop in Madison Lake. Great people, fair price and a decent amount of bait for the money. Much rather give my $ to them then the one here in Mankato.

As for the lake, if you want sunnies, last I knew was 7-9 feet of water in the weeds in front of Westwood. Larger fish were biting off 3rd point and in the bays, but were a little harder to find.
Follow the LARGE groups of houses that are out there. With the nice weather tomorrow I bet its going to look like a **** fishing contest on that lake.

Good luck to you!
Jeremy

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Hawkeye

I second the bait shop in Madison Lake. Much friendlier than the guys at the bobber shop. As for fishing on Washington I would highly recommend staying away from the crowds and finding some water on your own. The lake is full of fish and plenty of spots to catch them. Good Luck

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I went out to Washington today, and it looked like a fishing contest alright. We went off of the north access. We set up out from the houses aways, but that didn't stop some idiot from driving his full size truck within ten feet of my shack. mad.gif Plenty of space on either side of me, but he wanted to brush his mirror along side my shack. Some people... We did good with the sunnies on waxies, most were smaller but there were some nice ones too.

[This message has been edited by snake chaser (edited 01-18-2004).]

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Hey Snakechaser,
Did you get a chance to chase some snakes?We've done real well on the secret lake lately.

Posted

i know what ya mean we had a suburban drive by our house on bakers bay and cracked the ice right through the house !anyway me and my boy caught 47 fish sunnies crappies and perch only took home 4 crappies and 4 sunnies the rest were very small most on minnows

Posted

Thanks for the info. everyone. We fished Westwood from about 8:30 to 4:00 yesterday. We brought home 13 crappie ranging from 11" to 13". Caught several more that were 8"-10".

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I plan on going out on washington on wednesday. I was wondering where I should go and what I should use? Also do they only bight at a certain time or can I go whenever?
Thx for the help

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Adaylate, We got a few flags up, but no northerns. One came un hooked and I got bit off twice. I did get a nice eye on a waxie though. grin.gif DJ, I've been going just to the SW of the northern access, just outside of the houses. I've been using waxies in about 8 feet. The sunnies bite good during the day, but shut off when it gets dark. You might get a few northerns, and maybe a bonus eye. I haven't really tried for the crappies, but I hear you can get them and a few eyes off of second or third point, judging by the amount of houses over there they must be getting something over there.

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I was just curious, Is Bakers bay the one out from Westwood or is that the bay just off of the north access. Adaylate, We drove by your seceret lake yesterday, I think the secert's out.

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Hawkeye! man all we get is the 7-9 inch range i have tried westwood and bakers but just havent had much luck with the bigger ones .what are you useing?
snake chaser bakers is to the left of westwood around squirrels point

Posted

We were in Bakers on Saturday.
Several dozen sunnies, I would say about 1/2 were keepers, and about 1/2 the keepers were really nice ones. One 3# Northern. That was pretty darn fun, even though I didnt get it.
After sunset, we got 3 11+" crappies on minnows, but that was it. Really didnt mark too many fish after sunset either. Maybe had to move a little deeper (we were in 26' or so). It was a very, very good time though. Going to take some tip ups next time.

Many of the better sunnies that we got were 10' down. Seemed if you went all the way to the bottom to get your fish, you had about a 30% chance of dink perch and the sunnies off the bottom all seemed smaller to me. Just Imagination playin' tricks on me?

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We were fishing in about 32' of water using various glow jigs w/ mins. We caught fish at varying depths. The schools that we marked in 7-10' deep seemed to be the most active.

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Planning on heading out there in a few hours looking for crappies/sunnies. I assume people are driving out. I was wondering if anyone has some fresh reports form the lake. Not quit sure on where to go yet. Any info would be great. Thanks,
eyes'

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Eyes if you get this on time, I would try right on third point. Start about 100yds out and to the west there is a 40 ft hole. Find the edges and start about 25 or so. Hang on to your hat. Flip

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I was on third point on Sunday. We fished in 22' of water. We caught a few, on the small side. We marked fish consistently but couldn't get them to bite. We moved over into 15' water in the evening. We marked few fish and caught maybe six small crappies. The cold front was pushing thru and I was surprised at the people out there in gale force winds.

The amount of garbage was sickening. You would have thought it would blow clear but a lot of stuff frozen into ice.

[This message has been edited by KATOMAN (edited 01-21-2004).]

Posted

Went out yesterday for a few hours at 3 rd point. Wind was a blowin like no tommorrow. Managed to catch 8 small crappies. Was fishing 31 ft. Maybe to deep?

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Heading out sunday. What's the hot sunny report. thanks.

BI

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