WHO REMEMBERS THERE FIRST BASS CATCH WITH A LURE...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Lukjanowicz on December 19, 2009 at 8:44am

Although it was not exactly my first, it is the one I remember the most. I was just getting started, and fishing with a buddy, in a rickety, leaky 'ol tin can of a boat. I threw a rapala down an opening about 2 feet wide and 10 feelt long in the pads. A largie appeared behind it, flared its gills, opened up really wide, and inhaled it. All in slow motion! I still smile when I think of it. It was the coolest thing i'd ever seen, and I was hooked for life!

Permalink Reply by Harold Erickson on December 19, 2009 at 9:06am

It was in 1961 Ihooked a lmb,About 4lbs on a creek chub injured minnow at Patterson lake in Thurston county They renamed the lake in the 80's to pattison For some stupid state reasonning. But I'll never forget that fish.

Permalink Reply by Robert Akers on December 19, 2009 at 12:07pm

I had my first encounter with bass by design. I had bass fishing friends telling me that catching bass was the epitomy of angling and I needed to give it a try. So, I set out to fish Winchester Lake. I had my trusty 6'6" light action Eagle Claw spinning rod and a Mitchell 300 spinning reel, using 10# test trilene.
I was wading in hip waders and throwing a blue spinner bait (of all colors). Between moving in and out of the reeds, getting water down my boots I had success hooking a 2# LM. It gave a surprising fight, something I didn't expect. I landed the fish and true to my past trout fishing I took the fish and put it on a stringer and tied to my belt. As it turned out it was the only fish I caught and to my surprise as I looked down to retreive it, it was still alive and swimming around my leg. That's when the idea of catch and release first impacted my thinking. I was impressed with the fishes fight but its endurance is what really took me back. This is one tough species and I felt it necessary to let it go so that I may experience this event and feeling again. I was so taken by this moment it turned me from a salmonoid follower to a true blue commited bass fisherman. I now have been an avid bass angler, guide, tournament and club fisherman for over 17 years. I am now 62 and can't think of doing anything else but catching bass.

Permalink Reply by Chad Simon on December 19, 2009 at 1:26pm

Is this "no wake lake" or "Burkett Lake " as some call it? I've pulled numerous good smallies and largies out of there until the hipanics started keeping everything out of it over the last few years. I use to be the only one that fished that lake when I worked for the PUD from 2001-2003. Now when I go there, there is allways families fishing it, and keeping everything.

P.J. Koshi said:

It was on a small private lake outside of Beverly WA. It was about a 1lb Smallie on a smoke color single tail grub rigged Texas style. That was the first way I learned how to fish plastics and I caught her while fishing off a dock. I believe this is a pic of that first Bass. It's amazing looking back over the past 6yrs I have learned so much and had so much fun Bass fishing! Dez thanks for taking us down memory lane.

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on December 19, 2009 at 7:54pm

Chad this is the No Wake. I am good friends with Rob Harbin the guy who lived there as the care taker when it was a private water ski test lake before the PUD bought it. I have not fished there for in probably 4 years because I went there in June which used to be the best month to see and catch a ton of good fish and I only saw 1 fish! It was then I realized that it got raped by hungry fisher families pretty good. It's too bad since that is where I caught my first and biggest bass a 7.2lb pig out of a float tube. Those little lakes with good bank access so close to a paved road have no shot to retain good populations of Bass once they turn public. I know bass aren't the easiest to catch but they aren't hard to catch either, and honestly those Mexicans can catch them good all summer I've seen it as well.

Chad Simon said:

Is this "no wake lake" or "Burkett Lake " as some call it? I've pulled numerous good smallies and largies out of there until the hipanics started keeping everything out of it over the last few years. I use to be the only one that fished that lake when I worked for the PUD from 2001-2003. Now when I go there, there is allways families fishing it, and keeping everything.

P.J. Koshi said:

It was on a small private lake outside of Beverly WA. It was about a 1lb Smallie on a smoke color single tail grub rigged Texas style. That was the first way I learned how to fish plastics and I caught her while fishing off a dock. I believe this is a pic of that first Bass. It's amazing looking back over the past 6yrs I have learned so much and had so much fun Bass fishing! Dez thanks for taking us down memory lane.

Permalink Reply by Jason Brown on December 19, 2009 at 8:45pm

I was 14 on Long Lake in Thurston County with one of my best friends, Matt. My Dad dropped us off at the lake with my newly purchased Sears 10ft. gamefisher with a JCpenny trolling motor on da' back. I was fish'n a texas rigged 4 inch plum ring worm with a 1/4 ounce head. That fish sat there and "ticked" my line I don't know how many times before I finally set the hook. If memory serves me correctly, it was a keeper, but nothing to run home about...about 1.5 to 2lbs. I kept that damn ring worm for like 15 years until I finally misplaced it.

Permalink Reply by Ron Baugher on December 20, 2009 at 7:27am

I grew up in the 50s fishing the Cal Delta with my dad. Mostly the San Joaquin river but all over the delta to some extent. I dont specifically remember the first as I caught thousands of bass as a kid. My dad was a LM fanatic and probably caught 100s of bass over 10 # in those days. I remember he used what he called a black eel lure 90% of the time. We farmed right up to the banks of the river and he fished basically every evening for the 20 years we lived there. Bass fisherman were few and far between in those days so he had alot of water to himself basically.

Permalink Reply by Zackery Shaff on December 20, 2009 at 2:22pm

I've been fishing Twin lakes for years and still never caught a 5lber there. That's going to change soon though, a slot limit has finally been put in place on the bass there.

Joel Alinen said:

Sure do, I was 16 and spending summer vacation at Rainbow Beach Resort on Twin Lakes. The trout fishing was very slow that year, but I saw this kid catching fish after fish from under the docks. I had no idea what kinda fish he was catching so I went over and introduced myself. He told me he was catching bass. The next day I dug into my tackle box and pulled out the only bass lure I had. A storm rattlin Chug Bug. On my first cast that morning I caught a 5lb largemouth and have been hooked ever since.

Permalink Reply by Joel Alinen on December 20, 2009 at 2:56pm

Zack,
Are we talking about the same twin lakes, there are a couple of them. I'm talking about the one just west of Gifford Ferry on the reservation. I've caught many fish around and over 5lbs on that lake, its full of em due to a heavy population of golden shinners. Spring and late summer are the best times to find em. Top water and jigs resembling a golden shinner have been the most productive for me. If you go post pawn and summer you will find tons of stunted bass, I've caught between 50-100 in a day there! Great place to try new lures!!

Zackery Shaff said:

I've been fishing Twin lakes for years and still never caught a 5lber there. That's going to change soon though, a slot limit has finally been put in place on the bass there.

Joel Alinen said:

Sure do, I was 16 and spending summer vacation at Rainbow Beach Resort on Twin Lakes. The trout fishing was very slow that year, but I saw this kid catching fish after fish from under the docks. I had no idea what kinda fish he was catching so I went over and introduced myself. He told me he was catching bass. The next day I dug into my tackle box and pulled out the only bass lure I had. A storm rattlin Chug Bug. On my first cast that morning I caught a 5lb largemouth and have been hooked ever since.

Permalink Reply by Zackery Shaff on December 20, 2009 at 7:28pm

I am sure. My family has a cabin on Rainbow beach. My problem is we always go the first week in July. 1000's of bass but all small. The average has been rising the past couple years thou, and I always tag a couple of threes, but not many big fish. I hear they get some huge fish in the spring though.

Joel Alinen said:

Zack,
Are we talking about the same twin lakes, there are a couple of them. I'm talking about the one just west of Gifford Ferry on the reservation. I've caught many fish around and over 5lbs on that lake, its full of em due to a heavy population of golden shinners. Spring and late summer are the best times to find em. Top water and jigs resembling a golden shinner have been the most productive for me. If you go post pawn and summer you will find tons of stunted bass, I've caught between 50-100 in a day there! Great place to try new lures!!

Zackery Shaff said:

I've been fishing Twin lakes for years and still never caught a 5lber there. That's going to change soon though, a slot limit has finally been put in place on the bass there.

Joel Alinen said:

Sure do, I was 16 and spending summer vacation at Rainbow Beach Resort on Twin Lakes. The trout fishing was very slow that year, but I saw this kid catching fish after fish from under the docks. I had no idea what kinda fish he was catching so I went over and introduced myself. He told me he was catching bass. The next day I dug into my tackle box and pulled out the only bass lure I had. A storm rattlin Chug Bug. On my first cast that morning I caught a 5lb largemouth and have been hooked ever since.

Permalink Reply by Joel Alinen on December 20, 2009 at 9:27pm

Right on Zack, I actually just talked to your dad about twin lakes! Great lake, maybe we can meet up and fish it sometime.

Zackery Shaff said:

I am sure. My family has a cabin on Rainbow beach. My problem is we always go the first week in July. 1000's of bass but all small. The average has been rising the past couple years thou, and I always tag a couple of threes, but not many big fish. I hear they get some huge fish in the spring though.

Joel Alinen said:

Zack,
Are we talking about the same twin lakes, there are a couple of them. I'm talking about the one just west of Gifford Ferry on the reservation. I've caught many fish around and over 5lbs on that lake, its full of em due to a heavy population of golden shinners. Spring and late summer are the best times to find em. Top water and jigs resembling a golden shinner have been the most productive for me. If you go post pawn and summer you will find tons of stunted bass, I've caught between 50-100 in a day there! Great place to try new lures!!

Zackery Shaff said:

I've been fishing Twin lakes for years and still never caught a 5lber there. That's going to change soon though, a slot limit has finally been put in place on the bass there.

Joel Alinen said:

Sure do, I was 16 and spending summer vacation at Rainbow Beach Resort on Twin Lakes. The trout fishing was very slow that year, but I saw this kid catching fish after fish from under the docks. I had no idea what kinda fish he was catching so I went over and introduced myself. He told me he was catching bass. The next day I dug into my tackle box and pulled out the only bass lure I had. A storm rattlin Chug Bug. On my first cast that morning I caught a 5lb largemouth and have been hooked ever since.

Permalink Reply by Graham Dahl on December 21, 2009 at 8:09am

Absolutely. I was around 12 and I had been complaining to my dad that there was nothing to do. Never mind that I lived on a 40 acre farm with with every possible type of outdoor activity at my fingertips. So as he recounted the list of things to do he came to one that I hadn't thought of before...he said "...and you live a mile away from a great fishing lake." That wasn't one I had thought of before.
So I got my older brother to take me there. He had little experience fishing but he did have a spinning rod and some basic trout tackle. We tied on a wedding band with a worm trailer and started casting. I remember it being very difficult to cast so I am suspecting the line was much too heavy for the reel. We fished for about an hour under the high sun without so much as a sniff. We were just about to leave when I said a little prayer in my head..."oh God please let me catch a fish." (come to think of it I still say that from time to time;-)
Well without a word of a lie, the second, no make that the millisecond that I finished saying that my rod doubled over and the fight was on. I don't know what shocked me more; the strike or the fact that it came instantly after saying that little prayer.
From that day on I was hooked...good hobby for a kid to have...definately kept me out of all sorts of trouble.

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