Washington

Method: Trolling
Species: Rainbow Trout
Time: Afternoon
Rating: 4
Views: 740

Fished the lake today (Tuesday) from about 11:00 to 6:00. It was a tad windy & a bit wet - I was fishing alone & had my hands full!!

Caught 9 cutts & kept 4. Let 2 go (appx 15" each) & lost 3 next to the boat - 2 while trying to net them by myself w/ the wind blowing like hell! To make matters worse, I have one of those Frabil C&R rubber nets,.......which are heavy, particularly w/ the wind blowing into them. Aside from these, I had a lot of hits & takedowns, which came of nothing.

The afternoon was slow, but the bite really came on about 3:00. Up to that point, I'd fished the whole water column, from 20' to 40'. Around 3:00, I was fishing at 30' deep - & things started to get really hot. Not sure if it was the time or depth, but from 3:00 on - I was fishing @ 30' getting takedowns left & right.

Anyways - the 4 kept were about 16 inches to 20 inches. I really wanted to release the 2 smaller fish, but both were severely hooked (gills/eye).

Cheers!
~CLK


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