bass fishing near vancouver washington

[bassfighter]

im new to the site and fairly new to bass fishing, i have been bass fishing for about a year now with my biggest being right around 2lbs. I just happen to find a little pond hiking around out by yale lake a few years ago and never fished it till this year i got 3-4 good trips out of the lake but now the water is so low that i cant fish it because of all the weeds. so my question is is there any good bass fishing spots in or around Vancouver.

here are a few pictures of the pond i was talking about.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j299/88suprafast1/IMG_1378.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j299/88suprafast1/IMG_1379.jpg

Now the pond looks like it does in the right corner of the last picture everywhere.

thanks for helpin out and hope to hear from you guys soon.

[wsuweston]

Lacamas is a tough lake IMO, but can produce if you put the time in.

[bassfighter]

Lacamas is a tough lake IMO, but can produce if you put the time in.

thanks how tough is it like theres only a few fish or there just stubborn. any suggestions on what to use.:thisbig:

[Midnghtshdow]

Hey that looks plenty fishable. Just throw some frogs or some spinner, buzz baits, prop bait,maybe even some poppers . If they are active enough in that water you will find em.

[BassinJay]

that lake looks like a real good canidate for some slop frogs (spro being my favorite/ although a little on the spendy side)

[bassfighter]

yeah the lake is good in the spring but come summer the water gets so low that you cant fish it. those picture i took in the spring if you look to the right of them you can see all the weeds that what it looks like all over the place now.

Thanks for the tips.

[Dan360]

I don't know if you are looking for largemouth only, but the Columbia has lots of smallmouth in it. You can catch them from the dock in Washougal or the launch area by exit 3 on SR 14. There is a cove with a drydock in there that isn't too bad in the mornings with a black/silver #11 Rapala floater twitched below the surface.

Above bonneville dam is also a great place to start looking. If you can spring for the Oregon license, I'd cross and go up I-84 to Cascade Locks and find shoreline to fish the rocks. 3 to 5 inch tubes in smoke salt/pepper, watermelon and pumpkinseed have done well for me up there. There are some rock shoals you can reach from shore that hold some nice fish.

If you can figure out when they turn off the river below the Bonneville Dam on the WA side, you can get down there with the water moving really slow or not at all. Fish the same tubes or some lipless crankbaits like Rat-L-Traps or Rattlin' Rapalas and you can catch fish. Watch out for the bottom though, the rocks will get your stuff every time. Shad patterns or crawdad colors are my favorite for the crankbaits. DT6 or fat-free shad are also favorites of mine. I prefer flat/flatter cranks with tighter wobble in current.

[bassfighter]

I don't know if you are looking for largemouth only, but the Columbia has lots of smallmouth in it. You can catch them from the dock in Washougal or the launch area by exit 3 on SR 14. There is a cove with a drydock in there that isn't too bad in the mornings with a black/silver #11 Rapala floater twitched below the surface.

Above bonneville dam is also a great place to start looking. If you can spring for the Oregon license, I'd cross and go up I-84 to Cascade Locks and find shoreline to fish the rocks. 3 to 5 inch tubes in smoke salt/pepper, watermelon and pumpkinseed have done well for me up there. There are some rock shoals you can reach from shore that hold some nice fish.

If you can figure out when they turn off the river below the Bonneville Dam on the WA side, you can get down there with the water moving really slow or not at all. Fish the same tubes or some lipless crankbaits like Rat-L-Traps or Rattlin' Rapalas and you can catch fish. Watch out for the bottom though, the rocks will get your stuff every time. Shad patterns or crawdad colors are my favorite for the crankbaits. DT6 or fat-free shad are also favorites of mine. I prefer flat/flatter cranks with tighter wobble in current.

thanks for your help man i will have to try it out.

[wsuweston]

thanks how tough is it like theres only a few fish or there just stubborn. any suggestions on what to use.:thisbig:

I think they can just be a bit stubbern. I have not really figured out a pattern for this lake which makes it tough for me. I know lots of people that do good though. The other thing is the all the recreational boaters that show up in the summer.

[bassfighter]

I think they can just be a bit stubbern. I have not really figured out a pattern for this lake which makes it tough for me. I know lots of people that do good though. The other thing is the all the recreational boaters that show up in the summer.

yeah it seems like every place is like that in the summer. thanks for the help

[bassfighter]

i am thinking about going back to the lake to give it one more try for the year if anyone wants to go let me know its about a mile hike off the road.