Vote for best panfish lake in the NW

[DaleDor]

Vote here for the best panfish lake in the Northwest. My vote goes to Silver Lake in Cowlitz County in Washington. Second vote is for Moses Lake in Washington. Your choices, guys!?

[Sagebrush Fisherman]

Brownlee Reservoir. Crappie, Bluegill, Perch, Large and Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Blue Catfish......Need I say more??

[rebell]

When theres water in it Brownlee is top choice. Catch a 100 or more crappie and then go beat up on a bunch of smallies. :dance:

[Damon]

Brownlee is the KING of warmwater fishing in Oregon hands down! I'm counting down to my annual month long trip there in May! It was out of control last year!

[bassfishingnw]

I would have to say "Swafford Pond" in Lewis County!!

[Mojo]

Brownlee. Where else can you catch 200 crappie in a day, many which are over 12"? Also through in the Smallies, Perch, Bluegills and occasional Largemouth...It is awesome!

[Trophy]

Okay, I get it: Brownlee is the tops.

But what about one closer to home for most of us western Oregonians? I'm too lazy to drive 300+ miles to catch them itzzy bitzzy ones.

[Wannabe]

Tenmile...between north and south lakes in the winter. Panfish stack in the channel from what I understand.
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[Deleted User]

My vote is for Silver Lake in SW Washington. :grin: Fun lake lots of fish :smile: It sounds like Brownlee is awesome, I may have to get there sometime.

[Deleted User]

My vote is for Silver Lake in SW Washington. :grin: Fun lake lots of fish :smile: It sounds like Brownlee is awesome, I may have to get there sometime.

[Claybear]

:bowdown: Brownlee, :dance: Pot holes , graemlins/applause.gif Silver lake.

:cheers:

[Born to Fish]

I see where a lot of you chose Brownlee Reservoir, and I agree - that is a hotspot. However, it is surprising that none of you mentioned Owyhe Reservoir just to the southwest of Brownlee, and Ontario, Oregon. Maybe thats good - less pressure, and more smallies and crappie, for the rest of us who fish Owyhee. Also, the river below the dam can be great for trout [some hugh browns to be had].

[Mojo]

Dean! Shhhhh! Don't broadcast my hotspots! Yikes!

[Born to Fish]

Oops, sorry Mojo....my mistake. What I meant to say was that the god-forsaken country southwest of Ontario, OR is devoid of any surface water......and it's infested by trillions of humongous rattle snakes with bad attitudes.

Definitely don't want to go there! :grin: :blush:

Yup, Brownlee is definitely the place to go. :wink:

[Born to Fish]

:hoboy: Don't wanna go down that road! :hoboy:

Watch out for dem snakes....they'll get ya! :shocked: :depressed:

Remember, that's desert country - no water. :grin:

[Claybear]

:hoboy: Born to Fish, Mojo, :grin: oops, I'm all over that one. :whazzup: Hopefully they will ease up on the water fluctuations in the future. In the past it has been disastrous. There's another area around there that's real good also but there alittle smaller. :cheers:

[Snap-T]

You let the cat out of the bag on Owyhee, I think that it is much better than Brownlee and less pressure. You can catch all the crappie that you want...then go try for smallies and the Big Browns on a fly rod are amazing. Shhh!! But you are right on the rattlers....lots and lots of them you can't get out of your car to launch your boat they are so thick :grin: :grin:

[lightline]

What about cambel lake by hart mtn?. there hasn't been very many places that have produced that size of crappie any where in the world. Three pound crappie didn't even have bragging wrights. I understand the big ones are on the way back again. Lets hope so.

[Claybear]

Your right about the rattlers, :shocked: I've done a dance or two graemlins/eek13.gif plus a hop skip and a jump :dance: and a dowm right tango graemlins/1zhelp.gif with a couple of em.

[Born to Fish]

Lightline - are you talking Upper, or Lower Campbell Lake? :whazzup:

June or July? :grin:

Bank fishing or float-tube or boat? So many questions. :wink: