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Yea, I'm still around, just so busy with the kids growing up and in sports, work, the band, trying to fish occasionally, it gets crazy.

I still jump on here once in awhile to see how you guys are...

Hey Slab!

Thanks for the info. I have a 3yr old that I'm going to take there Friday to try and get him his first solo fish :-D Wish me luck in finding them!!

I fished Harts a couple weeks ago...

Thudpucker:

Here is a link to show you what yellow perch look like.

Yellow Perch Fish Identification

I fish for them often, great eating fish and usually willing biters, my kids love to...

You are down near one of the better crappie lakes on the west side, IMO. Silver Lake in Cowlitz County, just north of Longview. It has been good in both fall and spring for me. With a little time...

Clearvision,

I'm not SlabKing by any means but I can tell you that crappies love a jig that is slowly falling, So the use of sinkers isn't common unless your fishing minnows over brushpiles or...

Slab,

OK, you make me jealous! Not that I don't catch my share of fish but holy cow, I haven't caught a stringer of crappie like that since I left TN, and not even there most days.

Those are...

Shoemoe,

Your definitely right after reading that, guess I've just been lucky so far, nor do I plan to unmount my 115 Yamaha off the Skeeter....;) Maybe I better quit going down there before my...

Actually, I don't think the law requires you remove the outboard, I believe it allows you to have it in a raised position out of the water and you just use your trolling motor, I've fished Swafford...

Ya know, I have never done very well on crappies in St. Clair, I think I've caught two and I'm pretty sure that was by accident, although they were decent, 11-12 inches probably. I was chucking a...

I only fish freshwater in my boat, and I probably fish saltwater once a year in a buddies boat. I've seen plenty of glass boats running the Columbia though. Although that is the only river I can...

Yelm puts you within close shot of Lawrence Lake which I hear has some decent bass fishing as well as your just around the corner from St.Clair where there are crappie, bluegill, bass, perch, trout...

I am currently in Graham, although the address is Spanaway. I am within 15-20 minutes of Ohop, Kapowsin, Clear and Tanwax, so to me, I am in the perfect spot. Just close enough to get off work and...

Hey Tex,

When I was stationed at Ft. Lewis I lived in Spanaway but at that time I didn't have children to worry about schools but where I was, the crime wasn't bad. Depending on where in...

Yea, we had about 17 keeper crappies, 10 bluegiils, a few perch and a couple bass, including the big one. All in all it was a great day....

No, that's just where I took the picture so as to confuse all those that fish down there :D Yep, the island is usually good to me... although I use your map quite a bit to find some more out of...

OK, I got sidetracked, but here it is....

Hey guys,

I haven't doen a lot of fishing this year as compared to usual but did get out Friday and catch some bluegills and crappies on Silver. Also went bass fishng for awhile, and caught a...

Depending on where you want to drive to you can get into just about everything well except Stripers/Hybrids. To include what has already been mentioned, Walleyes, Bluegills, Perch, and Catfish...

I haven't been fishing a great deal but did manage to take my boys camping for a few days on Silver Lake down in Cowlitz County. We had a blast and caught a lot of fish. Bass, perch, crappies,...

Sucks to be a full time working stiff and part-time fisherman huh Slab... Between my full-time day job and my band that plays on the weekends, I don;t have near enough time to be on the water.
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Ends up its a broken throttle cable so it will be a few days before its ready to go. :(

Shot out to Ohop for a bit after work last night. Caught a few of the small males Slab talked about and found that they didn't put the throttle assembly together correctly when they had my motor in...

Great report Slab, many thanks for the information. They just called and my boat is done so I should be back on the water this weekend. I may give Ohop a go or I may go back to Kapowsin and see...

OK, well at least it isn't just me! :D I am hoping to have my boat back by Sunday and if so I'll be out this weekend looking for them too.

Slab:

Were those fish suspended in open water on nothing? Or was there some structure they were suspended by? I have a hard time finding the suspended fish and I think it is because I'm not...

My boat is still in the shop getting the carbs rebuilt but I'm hoping to have it back soon, if not my oldest son is going to shoot me....:eek:

Yea, I'll let you know. I'm not going to get out this weekend unfortunately, with all the warm weather they may have moved up. Hopefully I'll be able to get out next weekend. If we go by moon...

So I made it out to Kapowsin last Saturday for a bit and the crappies weren't up yet. Highest water temps I could find were 57-58 degrees but it should happen soon. We caught a few trout but no...

Sequalitchew is the lake on north fort that I fished when I was still in. Has lots of laydowns and some good bass fishing.

If it means catching fish I'm not scared of stumps or tweakers :D