Well, I had to get my fishing jones in before the storm hit and needed to be back at the dock by noon so I hit up the big lake for some late season cutts. At 8:30am the wind was already starting to pick up out of the Southeast so I headed for the North end of Mercer Island to make managing the boat by myself a bit easier. By the way, I launched on Mercer Island as Newport is closed now for renovation. I started out fishing 25' down and it wasn't long before I brought in a nice little kokanee. I was marking fish but without much consistency anywhere between 20' and 70' down. Next I I varied my depth between 35' and 60' and went hitless for a couple of hours. I switched to my new favorite rig for this lake (see my past posts for details) and put it out at 45' down. That did the trick and I soon had a chunky 17"+ cutt in the boat. It was getting close to noon so I packed it in and headed home. With the nasty weather setting in, I was glad to have used the Mercer Island launch as it uses I-90 as a "roof". It was nice to have a dry area to prep the boat/trailer for drive home. I did not see any other boats out on the lake and there were no other trailers at the launch. Surface temps on the lake were between 50 and 51 degrees F. The cutt had a couple of fish in its stomach, one which was pushing 5" in length so don't be afraid to go big on those lures!