Does any one know any good Bluegill Lakes in Western Washington? Also any good tips would be appreciated

Try Kapowsin or Whitman in Pierce County Both have very ample panfish around the shore and in the pads.

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hope this works
nice bluegill eh?

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Hope what works. I didn't see a picture.

A couple years ago one of my friend's parents caught a 12 inch bluegill out of Kapowsin. Even had a picture with the fish next to a ruler. That was qute a fish.

Another good spot for decent bluegills is Five Mile Lake, but you can't launch boats there unless you want to carry them some 300 feet to the water. Both lakes also have decent crappies.

Good fishing.

i cant get my picture to show up.
help me please.
anyway the bluegill is 3.5 pounds and 12.5 inches long.

Yeah how about a short corse on this picture thing

I want to see that fish.

heres the web site for the big bluey....http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/recreational/tournament/staterecords/bluegill98.html

thats a hell of a fish!

Try Bay Lake in Pierce County. My husband & I were there the other nite & caught about 100 between us withing 2 hours. Pesky little buggers wouldn't leave our flies alone and we were trying for trout.

Oh wait, you're in Canada, sorry Bay Lake is in the South Puget Sound-don't know if you want to drive that far!!

:p

Hows that Mr. 404?

ahhh....very good!

HEY - Isn't that the fish from my kids computer game "Freddie the Fish". Finally got caught. That's one huge bluegill!

I've been looking for a good bluegill lake myself. It appears that Silver down in Cowlitz county in the best. Potholes Reservoir looks pretty good too. I have fished 5 mile lake and caught a couple of medium size ones. Everywhere else I have caught the little guys.

I was out at Battle Ground lake at the end of last summer. I had heard that the bluegills were spawning. My brother and I found a spot with lots of sunken logs. EVERY cast had a bite. Fished there many times before and after, never caught another bluegill. Guess you just gotta get 'em on the spawn.

Have you tried American in Pierce County? It has a ton of pan fish.

Last time they printed the records Moses Lake had it. I believe it was about 2 1/2 lbs. Why don't they print them anymore? Alittle late thinking about sunfish. Tell me when and where and I can tell you how. Last turney I took 2 of the 3 first places. Couldn't keep that little guy holding on my red worm long enough to put him in the boat, had to settle for a 2nd on that one.

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do any of these lakes mentioned have good panfishing in January?? or is this a spring-fall fishery??

Sawyer Lake in Pierce County has been good during the winter for perch in the past, but i never looked for crappie or bluegill when i was there.

I caught some decent crappie in Banks lake, but thats in Eastern Washington of course. The seemed to reallly like yellow and white poppers.
-Steve

I think Kress lake is in pierce county. It has a good panfish population. The columbia river slews have some good panfish populations too.

FB5, Kress Lake is in Cowlitz County.