It's been a while since I have been to Lake Wa. fishing. I originally went there seeking cutthroat, due to reports on wa. lakes.com . We, my son and I, were on the lake by 6:00AM. We fished the south end of Mercer Island in 120' of water, 25ft down. I was marking large schools of fish from 25' - 85' on the fish finder, so I slowed my troll down. Right then my kids rod popped off and he boated a 15 1/4 inch kokanee/sockeye so back it went : ( Within 10min it popped off again. Another kok, but it was 11inch. Back it went. By this time, my son and I were hungry, so back to load the boat up at 11:30am. All fish were caught on a 50/50 dodger and a small splatter back hoochie squid, 25' down. I heard they might open the lake for sockeye this year? Anybody have any info on that?

Snootch

6/30/2010 6:55:00 PM

Counts for sockeye through the locks are WAY up from last year but still not near enough to expect the fishery to open. Stranger things have happened though!

The Quadfather

6/30/2010 7:54:00 PM

Alright Snake,, I see you on here regularly. Nice to hear you found some success with your son. Hope you find a few cutties next time.

snake7676

6/30/2010 8:57:00 PM

Thanks Quadfather ! I should be posting more reports , but I am lacking in that area do to if im not fishing im taking care of my kids : ) , So when I have a free sec. I try to post my reports . I was fishing lake WA. all the time then I found American wish is closer to my la casa .That lake has been some good fishing till yesterday lmao but thats fishing . Thanks and hope to get into some of those cutts soon to !

G-Man

6/30/2010 10:11:00 PM

There seem to be some really big konanee in the lake this year, I wish they would up the length to 18" or so, it's tough to toss back a 15.5" fish! FYI- As of July 1st the minimum size restriction is dropped, you'll be able to keep any koke in Lake Washington as long as it is under 15" long. Also, this is the year for the returns of the offspring from the big sockeye run of 2006. I'm betting we get enough back to have a season. The count is at 27,450 as of the 27th, and this doesn't include any fish that entered the lake prior to June 12.

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