Hi y’all i’m relatively new to the forum, I recently moved to uw from eastern washington for college and i’m missing out on SRC on the beach because it’s a harder commute and a whole days trip during the quarter. I was wondering if anybody has had any luck on lake washington from the shore for resident cutthroats (any species of fish tbh) or any spots near the uw campus via bus or light rail? I’m not looking for any super secret spots but an if you had any information a pm would be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome! I haven't fished Lake Washington but I'll bet you'll get some pointers in PMs.
This is all old info, but we used to catch some nice bass down by the crew house. There are smallies in the cut. Look for rocky areas.
We use to rent canoes from the waterfront activity center to get out on the water.
Go Dawgs! 
SF
We use to rent canoes from the waterfront activity center to get out on the water.
SF
yeah thank you, I haven’t been down there much but i’ll give it a try specially for prespawnThis is all old info, but we used to catch some nice bass down by the crew house. There are smallies in the cut. Look for rocky areas.
We use to rent canoes from the waterfront activity center to get out on the water.
Go Dawgs!
SF
Weren't they birch bark canoes back in your days at the UW? ;-) (or am I confused with dugouts?)This is all old info, but we used to catch some nice bass down by the crew house. There are smallies in the cut. Look for rocky areas.
We use to rent canoes from the waterfront activity center to get out on the water.
Go Dawgs!
SF
We used to rent UW canoes and do pretty well trapping crawdads nearby. Canned cat food was the best bait. And beer was involved as best I can recall.
Or, join the UW yacht club down by the boathouse and take sailing lessons. Great way to meet girls.
Concentrate on these important things at this point in your life. Fishing can come later.
Or, join the UW yacht club down by the boathouse and take sailing lessons. Great way to meet girls.
Concentrate on these important things at this point in your life. Fishing can come later.
The Burke Gillman or LWB will take you to many public beaches on a bike. Nice trout can be taken, however in warmer months panfish/bass make up most of the catch. Seward, Leshi, Magnuson, Matthew's and Logboom all give up fish. The Seminary is where I'd head for cutts this time of year.
Lake Union/Gasworks has good panfishing and sees the occasional migrator.
Green just got planted and isn't far from the North end of campus.
Lake Union/Gasworks has good panfishing and sees the occasional migrator.
Green just got planted and isn't far from the North end of campus.
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there are some small mouth that hang out around gas works park. We used to sneak into the arboretum in the early 70s by launching a small car topper behind the museum of history. we fished for large mouth and occcasionally would find a few dinner plate size crappie. with all the trails and bridges that they have built thereyou can probably find a place to make a cast.
You’d also mentioned using the public bus lines, and Tom had recommended Green Lake which gets planted in the winter. Another one that falls into that category is Lake Ballinger. Both of them get winter plants and have public docks and shorelines, and although I don’t know about Green Lake, Ballinger has self serve kayak rentals (and life preservers to wear) that will get you access to the whole lake.
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Hell @Stonedfish is so old he wore a leather helmet, rented canoes from the Indians, after riding his horse down to the lake !!!
Old info indeed....
Yeah back when he was fishing it the Lake still drained into the Black River and there weren’t no Cut!Hell @Stonedfish is so old he wore a leather helmet, rented canoes from the Indians, after riding his horse down to the lake !!!
Old info indeed....
Hell @Stonedfish is so old he wore a leather helmet, rented canoes from the Indians, after riding his horse down to the lake !!!
Old info indeed....
I’m so old, dirt is envious….
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When I went to school there I would walk down and look for kings swimming by. I remember seeing bass spawning by the hatchery intake. I think you're better off targeting them.
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I live on the lake...and take my Outcast Stealthpro to fish along the shore near Clark Beach...no shortage of yellow perch, crappie, sunfish, rock bass, and occasional smallmouth or largemouth....mostly on small leeches and buggars, and in the summertime small beetles and ants on the surface...
Did Old Man Jim take this picture? It's from the time before color even existed. Looks like the center part was the go-to hair move back then. Kind of interesting the way the kids on either end of the front row have a gaiter or pad on the outside leg. Looks like the scrapping occurred with a solid wool turtleneck of any grayscale, pattern or compulsion. Except for the dude in the top right, he seems on a different wavelength....
I'm pretty sure that's the 1888 UW varsity Crawdadi'n team.
