Creel Survey Reports - southwestern Washignton

[Stacie Kelsey]

Hey Guys -

Thought you might be interested in what I'm seeing at the lakes I am working. I will use this thread to keep everyone updated rather than crowd up the Q & A thread.

This will be reports for lakes in my area which are Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Today is the first day of my creel field work so this report only reflects today's surveys.

My survey week is Monday - Sunday.

Week of April 3-10

Merwin Reservoir - continues to be hot fishing! Today I counted 31 boat trailers, 36 adults/6 juveniles with 130 kokanee kept and 9 kokanee released. Also released 5 rainbow trout. Water temp 45F.

Horseshoe Lake - 2 adults. No fish kept/released. Water temp 50F.

Kress Lake - 8 adults/5 juveniles with 7 rainbow kept and 15 released. 1 brown trout released. Water temp 50F.

Silver Lake - 5 shore anglers with four rainbow trout kept and 1 released. There was a bass tourney yesterday and I heard a rumor there was about 11 fish caught but I haven't been able to confirm that yet. Water temp 50F.

I will submit another report next Sunday evening.



stace

['OL GREY DOG]

I'll thank you rrright out in the open instead of over there < on the side...
THNX Stacie..... i think its great you be'n in the site/forum......kind of above 'n beyond and good on ya....DOG

[Stacie Kelsey]

Thank you!

I figure this is a helpful tool for folks that are trying to figure out where to go or where not to go as the case may be!

Also, I'll throw out in case people are curious as to hotspots in between my Sunday evening creel reports, my cell phone number is 360-601-1168. Feel free to call at any time. The only time I don't answer is if I am with my horse but otherwise, I take calls on weekends and evenings.

stace

[Racer]

I'll add my thanks also Stacie. You are always a fountain of information for us and it is greatly appreciated.

[Stacie Kelsey]

Your very welcome! My job is to provide good info on opportunities so you guys can get out there and have some fun!

And don't forget, take a kid fishing too!

[natetreat]

Hahaha! Thanks Stacie, you're the best! Lol!

[Stacie Kelsey]

For the week of April 11-17.

Kress Lake ? 20 adults/11 juveniles; 2 rainbow kept (14?,15?), 16 rainbow released. Water temp 50F. Lots of effort, very slow harvest. Excessive rainy/windy weather.

Silver Lake ? 30 adults/2 juveniles; 2 bass (from tournament). Water temp average 51F. A lot of hours put to fishing but no luck finding fish. Very windy/rainy/cold weather.

Horseshoe Lake ? 11 adults/2 juveniles; 1 rainbow triploid (15?). Water temp 51F. A lot of effort, low harvest.

Merwin Reservoir ? 49 boat trailers. 33 adults/4 juveniles. 136 kokanee kept, 20 kokanee released. Water temp 48F. Fishing up top 6-9 feet.


Some pictures for your enjoyment:

Horseshoe Lake Triploid (15")





Kress Lake Osprey going after some dinner:






Silver Lake Bass Tourney winner! Congrats!!

[Stacie Kelsey]

There will not be a creel report for the week of April 18-24. I will be gone most of this week and with the furlough am limited in my hours. But will return on May 1 with a creel report for April 25-May 1.

Fish ON!!!!!

stace

['OL GREY DOG]

there's some of that ..."things are going to change"...stuff i've been babble'n about....feel ya on the furlough thing.....wife is done with all hers for THIS year....her agency was able to move stuff around and ELIMINATE programs and positions enough to limit the pain but....came down to about $3 grand diff in income when we did our taxs this year...

ok funny story about the Offut lake osprey...had been troll'n and it was slow...made a few passes bk 'n 4th in front of the resort...i was watching the folks on the dock and they werent getting any action either...on 1 of my passes i saw something out of the corner of my eye and made a grab for the camera..tooo slow...lolol that bugger hit the water go'n full tilt boogey 20ft from the dock...splash was bout 2ft high...noise like some 1 had jumped off the dock....lollol welll the guy that had been elbows on knees staring intently at his rod tip...nearly fell off the bench...the woman scream'd which made the lil kid sit'n next to her soak'n bait
scream....looked like a shlap stick scene from the 3 stooges...all busted out laugh'n until the osprey came up with and flew away with abouta 18 inch fatty..a chorus of moans and groans and a few dirty words were followed by more laugh'n...i was still giggle'n about it when a hauled out....DOG

[Stacie Kelsey]

Creel Report April 25-May 1, 2011.

Horseshoe Lake

12 anglers with 7 rainbows kept and 2 rainbows released. Water 58F.

Kress Lake

38 anglers with 26 rainbows kept, 21 rainbows released and 2 brown trout released. Water 60F. No coromorants.

Merwin Reservoir

19 anglers with 60 kokanee kept, 11 kokanee released and 1 rainbow released. Water 49F. 150 boat trailers. Longer to catch limits, not a lot of limits caught.

Yale Reservoir

2 anglers with 1 kokanee released. 17 boat trailers.

Mineral Lake

54 anglers with 98 rainbows kept and 132 rainbows released. Water 49F. Largest fish measured 26”, 25”, 22”.


Silver Lake

11 anglers with 1 yellow perch (7.5”). Water 60F.

Riffe Lake

11 anglers with 10 coho (12” – 13”).

Swofford Pond

20 anglers with 23 rainbows kept, 1 channel catfish kept (23.5”), 3 bass released.

Mayfield Reservoir

2 anglers with no fish kept/released. 8 trailers.

And some pictures:

Mineral Lake Catch

[img=http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/46986 ... 500Q85.jpg]Mineral Fish[/img]

Mineral Lake Opening Day - should be 2-3 times as many boats.

[img=http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/47812 ... 500Q85.jpg]Mineral Opening Day[/img]

Swofford Cat! 23.5"

[img=http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/47102 ... 500Q85.jpg]Swofford Cat[/img]

Swofford Pond

[img=http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/48212 ... 500Q85.jpg]Swofford Pond[/img]

[natetreat]

Oooh! I want a catfish.

[Johnb]

is that a flathead catfish? my experience tells me it's not a bullhead variety of catfish, because of the forked, rather than rounded tale. and that it's not a channel, or blue, by the coloration....but the head looks like a channel cat, not a flathead.

[Stacie Kelsey]

Channel catfish. We do not have any flathead in that lake.

['OL GREY DOG]

his color is a result of where he lives....lived down south and fished many diff colored waters and variation of fishs color was huge from place to place...i hope'n to see a pic of a Blue (or a stringer full) from down there

[ResQ]

Hopefully this month Dog! Im still plannin an overnighter down there. Scout during the day and attack by night! lol

[Stacie Kelsey]

The blues are in Vancouver lake and very limited. None in swofford.