Fellow Fishers,
Had a heck of a Sun. fishing. Started out beautiful, the sky, not the fishing, it stunk for us like a goose egg 0 nadda, zilth, you'll get the idea. Tried a little lake in Federal Way nothing, talked to boaters and they said the previous day in the bad weather they were bringing them into the boat as fast as they could get their lines back out. Also in previous years I use to do that but have choosen not to for some odd reason. The fish do bite up here better in the rain, just looking back at my experiences on lakes mostly I did have good to great days never a skunk. Chalk this one up as one day I would like to put way behind me, shoulda, coulda, woulda, but didn't take my pontoon boat, first wrong move, because buddy had no way of getting on the water, he also did not want to spend any money to fish from a resort dock, second wrong move, limited us to boat launches, tried everything bait wise at American boat launch Tillicum side, skunk smell that sure stinks, went to VA side nothing but boat launch ramps fenced off not open yet and not for fisherman unless you want to be elbow to elbow with boats I can't see fishing off them. Then went to McIntosh, favorite spot was packed looked like Nisqually river fishing combat style, walked the banks, couldn't make a cast at most of them, brush overhead, brush limbs lillies you name it made it difficult just to get your line out, let alone get it back in without snagging, by the way thanks to the people we met on the path that said they had walked just about the whole side and encountered the same thing, saved us walking and wasting time. Decided on Lawrence and Clear, hit Lawrence nothing, same with other bank fishers. Talked to boaters several catches nothing big and not a lot of numbers ither. Then went to Clear lake, only one bite by a lady and she said that is all it did, no hook up. Boaters still fishing and trolling had some fish but nothing to brag about. Guess I should have gone Sat. in the nasty stuff, gotta get wet sometimes to catch em, all in all though it was a postcard day and just chalk up that day for experience. At least get your buddy to give up 5 dollars or pay his way to go to a dock spot, your chances increase since your a little futher out, like at Clear lake the fish were feeding just 25 yards or so futher out. Just not acustomed to getting SKUNKED. you smell something its still me stinking gotta go fishing now get this smell off me and start stinking like Fish like I caught something know what I mean. Tight Lines and remember release the big ins and eat the little ones, better tasting any hoot, so you and your kids, kids might catch them later and put a smile on your face like the one your face has on it from the ones you caught. Later, taters and tots Good Luck


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