As promised, we were back at it this weekend -- still trying to learn this fishery!

Decided to run down to the cedar river/sound mercer area (never been down there, it was fun exploring). Had set our first rod in the water (leaded line + needlefish) and before we could get our 2nd line in the water we had a fish. And a nice one! I handed off to my dad who was along for the day, and he brought in this very nice buck-- 3lbs 1oz AFTER we'd cleaned him! By far the biggest trout I'd caught in Lk Washington.

Unfortunately that fast start didn't keep us on the fish, we stayed in the area for another 2 hours and had no more takes. Then we motored back up north, picked up my 4 year old, and took her for a troll around the points, focusing on ~40 foot water, with a variety of setups, probably another 90 minutes with 3 rods and touched nothing.

Still the one nice fish made for a pleasant day on the water.