Hit Pattison this morning(5:00a.m. - 9:36 a.m.). Caught tons of stockers, saw some big trout rising in the early morning but did not manage to hook anything larger than 10 or 11 inches. Started out with a firetiger Crocodile spoons, then moved to a silver and black Rapala. Constant action, be a good time to take a kid fishing. Water was 54F at 6a.m. moved up to 55F by 8a.m, weather was partly cloudy. Boat launch was pretty full, 3 deep waiting line when I left. The big fish seem to be on the bottom and I'm not sure how to get them to bite without bait. All fish were C&R on barbless hooks.

Note: There is a smoke colored cat at the WDFW boat launch that just loves to explore everything, your boat, truck, bed of the truck, under the boat. Not really important but amusing to say the least.

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