Thread: I will be moving to the Seattle area next month

Lake Washington does have Rainbow Trout , As far as Walleye I'm not sure as I never have caught any and the reports I've seen are from people that confuse the walleye with squaw fish or sometimes large perch. Also heard reports that some have caught Sauger and confused them as Walleye. Either way if there is any walleye or Sauger they had to have been plated illegally as they are not native to the lake. The lake does have a Salmon {COHO} migration, in the early too late Fall and can be pretty good fishing jigging and trolling for them. These fish come thru from the ocean to Puget sound thru our Ballard locks and into Lake Union .
Please look me up when you do get here as there other options and hopefully help each other to improve on our quest to catch Crappie. One thing that I must point out is there is a high level of PCB in the lake that suggest limiting the amount of fish you eat.

Originally Posted by Bassin Buddha

Lake Washington does have Rainbow Trout , As far as Walleye I'm not sure as I never have caught any and the reports I've seen are from people that confuse the walleye with squaw fish or sometimes large perch. Also heard reports that some have caught Sauger and confused them as Walleye. Either way if there is any walleye or Sauger they had to have been plated illegally as they are not native to the lake. The lake does have a Salmon {COHO} migration, in the early too late Fall and can be pretty good fishing jigging and trolling for them. These fish come thru from the ocean to Puget sound thru our Ballard locks and into Lake Union .
Please look me up when you do get here as there other options and hopefully help each other to improve on our quest to catch Crappie. One thing that I must point out is there is a high level of PCB in the lake that suggest limiting the amount of fish you eat.

I definitely plan on fishing with you when I get there. At this point I still do not know the exact date I will be there. It could be as early as the end of this month, it could be as late a mid-October. I will know more next week.

Nor do I know the area we will live. My daughter is there now, looking for her new dream home. Houses are a lot smaller there than here and they are almost twice as high. My son-in-law is facing sticker shock over the prices of the houses they are looking at.

I know the lake has crappie and rainbow trout. I have watched YouTube videos of people fishing for both. I have watched a few where they were fishing for walleye but walleye may not be plentiful on the lake. I don't find it unusual to think people have introduced walleye to the lake, as it often happens. And in this instance I hope it has happened.

I know about the mercury and PCB contamination. I have read up on both. For some reason crappie and rainbow trout are not included in the warnings but many other species are. Including cutthroat trout. I don't understand cutthroat would be include and rainbow trout not included. I also understand that yellow perch under 10" is OK, but over 10" is on a restricted diet.

I do eat crappie on a regular basis but I only keep around five fish when I do keep them. You must remember that the limit on crappie here is over 10 inch and 25 crappie per day. I personally do not keep anything under 11". So while 5 crappie is a very small portion of your limit here it is 1/2 your limit there.

I need to buy a fishing map of Lake Washington and learn it.