Let's see..... 3 hail storms, 7 - 15mph wind direction changes and still 4 triploid trout.....yep, must be fishing in Washington!! Good grief. Water temps were at 50 degrees all day...I wish the air temp was too!! Water is still pretty stained.

Caught four trips today, all over 1.5lbs, all on my little rapala casting towards the shore and sloooowly reeling it back in. They slam it! Even if they miss the first time, just keep casting back in the same place, even twitch it a bit, and they will come back at it. All my fish came from less than 6ft of water.

Here is a pic of the rapala. It floats, has purple on top with black spots, yellow sides, and an orange belly...I tried other lures, but they would hit bottom because of how slow you need to retrieve them, a floating lure lets you even stop reeling....one of my fish hit when I was messing with my reel and the lure was just floating there! Also, I think the brightness of it helps in the stained water?

At least if you go you'll be guaranteed better weather than what I had!!

I did also try bass fishing to no avail, it was just to windy and cold and the bass aren't quite ready to chase a lure yet. Add to that the guy in the old Bass Tracker that is there every-single-day it seems smacking every-single-log with the same jig, and the bass can get tight lipped....my advice, throw something other than a jig! duh! I passed this guy one day and started fishing the same water he just went through and caught a 5+ lb bass on a shaky head worm, then a 4lb'er on a Texas-rigged power worm two logs later! This is a fairly small lake and the fish repeatedly see the same lures over and over anyways, you gotta play around with techniques and eventually you'll hook em! I keep a pair of binoculars on my boat and if I see a lot of guys bass fishing I will watch to see what they are throwing, and come right in behind them with something totally different and still catch fish! That's what I love about bass fishing, there is no shortage of techniques that will work on a given day!! Maybe I should get that guy a book on techniques for Christmas or something?? so sad :(

Or, if the lake is getting pounded, just hop on over to nearby Big lake, and have a go there!!