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Nahwatzel Lake Report
Mason County, WA

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02/08/2009
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Other
Other
Hook & Bait
Noon
02/09/2009
3
1422

On Sunday my dad and I went out to Lake Nawahtzel. Third time in the last month. I had 5 bites but no fish. I think it was because I was using such a small hook. I did however bring a fish in to the dock but because I didn't have a net, it hit the dock and spit the hook. My dad had two bites and his first fish in 30 years. He got his license a month ago. The rainbow he caught was a fat, 14 incher. It had pink meat. We were using rainbow powerbait and worms. When we got home and gutted the fish we found two balls of rainbow powerbait and two worms. I just read that this lake was stocked with fish which made me laugh because one dock away a smaller sized rainbow kept jumping out of the water near shore. It was bizarre. All in all it was a good day. I will definitely be coming back next weekend. Hopefully the new trout will be spread out by then.


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clark&lewis
2/9/2009 8:05:00 PM
Hi Brett
Under the links tab is WDFW Fish Plant Report by the week of the month. They post it every Friday. Nahwatzel was planted with 800 fish a little over 1 lb on 2/4. It will not take long before they figure it out and move. I cought fish straight across from the public access in the shallow area near the northwest end near the pilings.
BrettW
2/9/2009 9:10:00 PM
Thanks a lot. It was funny watching a trout jumping out of the water by the shore. The dock that I fish off of is in the southwest corner of the lake.
bigbowkes
2/11/2009 11:55:00 AM
hey Brett please dont take this the wrong way but i was stopped by fish and game and was warned but you said your dad just got his license a month ago? If you look at the year on the license and if its a 09 one then you're not suppose to use until opening day in April of 09. The fishing season doesn't go by calendar year so in order to have a valid license it needs to be 08. Again I'm not saying anything negitive just thought I would share a bit of info that was shared w me. I didn't ge a tix cause I was fishing Rufus Woods and I had a tribal license and that was good enough according to them.
BrettW
2/11/2009 5:36:00 PM
He got it for Christmas.
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