[fozzybeardude]

I've always thought the slough was closed to fishing but after picking up my first fly rod at The Avid Angler they said it was open but check the regs. My second trip in I landed a few of what I believe are white fish all around 8" and last night I landed my first ever bass! A real nice 2lb - 2.5lb small mouth. After that a nice little perch.

I am looking for anyone else who fishes this area or has recently fished the slough. It closes the end of this month and I'm looking for a couple of new spots to hit or ideas on what other fish might be in there and how to catch them. The Chinook (i think) are coming through right now, shaking lice seems to be what they are doing but I'm sure they will be in Lake Sammamish for opening day.

Thanks for reading and to anyone who may have some ideas! - Jon

 

[Lex Story]

I'm pretty sure those were pike minnows you were catching and not whitefish. Try further down around Woodinville and into Redmond anywhere you can find a hole in the blackberry bushes. Try reverse spiders in the slow water and see what shows up.

 

[Brad Niemeyer]

Fozzy:

I fish the slough regularly. Its a hit and miss fishery. I've done well, been skunked alot and caught too many NPM's. Fish are concentrated in certain areas at certain times. Wading access is tough and bank fishing is pretty limited as well. Floating it is an option but the effort to fish equation goes the wrong way. PM me and I can give you a few spots. Season ends soon though ( aug 31)

 

[fozzybeardude]

Thanks guys! I'm going to try and get in as much fishing as possible trying out some new spots before the end of the month. Sounds like maybe I was wrong about the salmon in there right now, maybe they are sockeyes and not chinook? Oh well, fun to look at I guess....

 

[flyfish4]

I believe that the numerous small white-colored fish in the slough are actually dace, not whitefish or minnows. Does anyone know for sure?

 

[sasquatch419]

Little Bear Creek. Easy access, easy wade.

 

[Lugan]

Little Bear Creek. Easy access, easy wade.

Hopefully you're 15 years old or younger. Page 40 of the 2010 WDFW regulations says it is open only to juvenile anglers age 15 and younger. Ditto Big Bear Creek. And the Slough is selective gear rules and all trout are catch and release.

Other'n that, access is a b---h as previously mentioned. You need to enjoy cutting yourself with blackberry branches. Also, at this time of year the water is too warm to support trout in most of the slough. Remember that most of the water is skimmed off the surface of the lake, which is very warm all summer. Thus the pikeminnows, trout, perch, etc. this time of year.

 

[constructeur]

Little Bear Creek. Easy access, easy wade.

Read your regs mate. Page 40 lists LBC as juvenile only water.

 

[fozzybeardude]

All the Sammamish river tributaries are listed as 15yrs old and under as I just read and selective gear rules in the river as well as catch and release on the trout as mentioned above.

 

[ceviche]

Perhaps the LBC recommendation was more about access to the main slough via or adjacent the creek and not the creek itself? Just saying... Anyone else know better?

--Dave E.

 

[fishues]

with so much drama in the LBC it's kinda hard bein snoop d-o-double g

 

[Lugan]

snoop d-o-double g

Please translate. Io non parlo italiano.

 

[brownheron]

Please translate. Io non parlo italiano.

"With so much drama in the LBC it's kinda hard bein' Snoop D O double G
But I somehow, some way, keep comin' up with funky-ass shit like every
single day...
...Rollin' down the street smokin' endo sippin' on gin n juice
Laid back--with my mind on my money and my money on my mind"

Snoop Dogg, 'Gin n Juice' but I prefer the Gourds version.

T.

 

[John Wallace]

I believe the fish are a Peamonth minnow. I did a study for Bellevue and that is the fish we were studying and I have caught a lot in the Sough. I fish around Redmond!

 

[orangeradish]

Snoop Dogg, 'Gin n Juice' but I prefer the Gourds version.

T.

Richard Cheese FTW

 

[Lugan]

I believe the fish are a Peamonth minnow. I did a study for Bellevue and that is the fish we were studying and I have caught a lot in the Sough. I fish around Redmond!

John - Does this species have a darker line running the length of the body on the side?

 

[Poopy McButtfart]

They're squawfish. They account for 90% of what you'll catch in the slough on most days

 

[brownheron]

Richard Cheese FTW

Hardly... Even Snoop himself likes the Gourds' version:

 

[Lugan]

They're squawfish. They account for 90% of what you'll catch in the slough on most days

That's what I thought. And that catch rate matches mine.

 

[flyfish4]

They're squawfish. They account for 90% of what you'll catch in the slough on most days

Well, I just caught 3 big ones with nymphs today from the Slough. To put this question to rest, I took a quick picture of the one attached which was 14.5"! Is this a pike minnow or peamouth minnow? Has anyone seen them this big from the Slough?

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