The Quadfather
6/20/2010 6:09:00 PMDo you have much of a preference over I-90 vs. 520? I have only fished 90 once, and no luck. Glad to see that you salvaged your day with 3 fish.
mav186
6/20/2010 7:26:00 PMThe secondary thermo is pretty interesting...is it common for the table to stratisfy like that G...what causes this?
datsun
6/20/2010 9:53:00 PM2700 miles! wonder how long it took you to get that far on your fish odometer!
G-Man
6/20/2010 9:57:00 PMQuad, it is a toss up between I-90 and 520 for me. If I'm fishing alone with the wind blowing out of the south, I'll work the north tip of Mercer and the north side of 90 because the island blocks quite a bit of the wind as does the bridge.
Mav, it is pretty common to have a secondary thermocline with deep water. Lake Washington is deep enough that the bottom most layer of water will take up the majority of the water column. Above that layer is a band of water where the temps rise gradually the closer you get to the primary thermocline and is where I find most of my action in the Summer months. I can't say for sure what causes it, I believe it has to do with the depth that sunlight can reach in the lake. I haven't really given the lower one much attention as it is usually where the oxygen levels drop dramatically and I wouldn't expect the trout to hang out there. I guess it is early enough in the season that the O2 levels are still good throughout the entire water column. Thinking about it though, sockeye are caught at 90' during the dead of Summer so the conditions can't be all that bad at that depth.
Mav, it is pretty common to have a secondary thermocline with deep water. Lake Washington is deep enough that the bottom most layer of water will take up the majority of the water column. Above that layer is a band of water where the temps rise gradually the closer you get to the primary thermocline and is where I find most of my action in the Summer months. I can't say for sure what causes it, I believe it has to do with the depth that sunlight can reach in the lake. I haven't really given the lower one much attention as it is usually where the oxygen levels drop dramatically and I wouldn't expect the trout to hang out there. I guess it is early enough in the season that the O2 levels are still good throughout the entire water column. Thinking about it though, sockeye are caught at 90' during the dead of Summer so the conditions can't be all that bad at that depth.
fishmanjh
6/21/2010 4:58:00 AMI've seen that deeper "Cline" as well .... and have fished it just as you did, with slow trolled Plug Cut Herring. It works ... Even down to 80-90 feet, which is surprising to me ..
On a side note, my Fish Finder just crapped out!! It's an older Humming Bird Platinum Wide which did well for years, and it has just LOCKED UP.. Frozen!! All efforts to resuscitate it have failed.
Need to figure out what to replace it with. Try fishing just 1 day without your fish-finder, it's like driving with a blindfold on!!
On a side note, my Fish Finder just crapped out!! It's an older Humming Bird Platinum Wide which did well for years, and it has just LOCKED UP.. Frozen!! All efforts to resuscitate it have failed.
Need to figure out what to replace it with. Try fishing just 1 day without your fish-finder, it's like driving with a blindfold on!!