Lake Washington - Perch

If you are looking for a fun fishery for you and the kids before the weather really turns bad you just might want to give the yellow perch fishing a go in Lake Washington. We have been getting good reports from the lake the past few weeks and thought I might just post a note on this urban fishery. The perch in the lake run from just average to some real "Jumbo's" pushing the 15 inch mark. Being a schooling fish, once you find them you will generally find many. One of the customers I spoke with today caught 30 plus in a couple of hours in the 8 -12 inch range. They found their fish in the 60 -65 depth range, though I have spoke with others that found them in the 35 - 40 foot depths. You have to play around to find the depth that they are at, though as it gets latter in the season the deeper they go. Start out fishing a curly tail grub, tube jig, Swedish pimple or simply a worm fished on a fish finder rig to catch your first perch then go to perch meat. A small pennant shaped piece of perch meat fished on your fish finder rig in lieu of the worm and you have the secret to success. Not only are perch willing biters but make some mighty fine eating.

Stop by and we'll be glad to fill you in on some of the details of this fishery.