You are not the only one to question that.......

I would have to agree. Ive never had any luck trolling in this lake. I may have once on a wee dick nite silver and chartruse. I have great luck bait fishing with worms and marshmellows or chartruse, orange, red, and white power bait, sometimes pink. I work my way just up from the new dock they put in accross from the launch. Then travel up to the tree top in the water. When it warms up its fun to jig for crappies. Better luck next time.

Keep hoping! I’ve been fishing for trout here in WA State for 40 years now and I know how to catch em. I’ve never caught a trout in Cassidy including right after they plant the lake. I find it hard to believe there are cuts in this lake despite the recent reports, one of which shows a pic of what appears to be a small salmon in a salmon net on a large aluminum boat or sled. I have a hard time launching my 12’ Alaskan in Cassidy because the launch is so shallow. You literally have to dry launch a boat on a trailer, so to believe that a large boat like the one I saw in that recent report is capable of being launched on this lake with only inches of water at the primitive launch has me skeptical at best. It's unheard of to catch 12 trout in this lake when trout season is at its peak let alone when the water temp is winter cold and the trout are lethargic. JM2cents!

Bmastro-Chances are that your not going to catch anything out of ther until late march at the earliest. Even then the trout are hard to come by. I have only caught trout out of there trolling either a dick nite or wedding ring tipped with worm. That guy who keeps saying he is having amazing outings here is full of you know what! The trout get fished out pretty quick in there but later on in the year the bass fishing is decent and the crappie fishing is fun. You can get them jigging but I like to top water troll a dick nite very slow right around dusk in the summer months for crappie out of this lake. If you want a chanvce at a trout right now your best best is stevens.

i highly doubt the report of that large fish in the net on that big boat. to be honest i wanted to try cassidy its close for me, i checked regs and wdfw states 10 hp limit. i have 14ft olympian with 18hp. so i contacted wdfw, they said to contact parks dept did that they said thats not one of there lakes , ok now what the nice lady said contact sheriffs dept, i called the detectives # she gave me, left a message that was fri. havent heard back. i kept the email i got from wdfw copyed it and will have with me when i fish this lake, if i decide to do so. may just stick with old faithfull [lk stevens]

i highly doubt the report of that large fish in the net on that big boat. to be honest i wanted to try cassidy its close for me, i checked regs and wdfw states 10 hp limit. i have 14ft olympian with 18hp. so i contacted wdfw, they said to contact parks dept did that they said thats not one of there lakes , ok now what the nice lady said contact sheriffs dept, i called the detectives # she gave me, left a message that was fri. havent heard back. i kept the email i got from wdfw copyed it and will have with me when i fish this lake, if i decide to do so. may just stick with old faithfull [lk stevens]

i highly doubt the report of that large fish in the net on that big boat. to be honest i wanted to try cassidy its close for me, i checked regs and wdfw states 10 hp limit. i have 14ft olympian with 18hp. so i contacted wdfw, they said to contact parks dept did that they said thats not one of there lakes , ok now what the nice lady said contact sheriffs dept, i called the detectives # she gave me, left a message that was fri. havent heard back. i kept the email i got from wdfw copyed it and will have with me when i fish this lake, if i decide to do so. may just stick with old faithfull [lk stevens]

what the hell did i do 2 post 3 times??????????

timber bliss, refreshing after posting a comment has echoed repeat copies for me. I think Lewis (aka Blufinlou) stated this as well.

Might go back and look at the report of the guy in the big boat, fishing with a Hoochie but stated fishing with a green fly. All comment were deleted. Curious to see if that happens here.

I noticed the comments were deleted as well. I don't recall any of them being out of line but hopefully if the reports are confirmed to be fiction the person will at least receive a warning so if it continues they can be 86'ed.

Although I havent seen this pick of the salmon sized fish in the net I dont doubt that guys have caught large trout in Cassidy. I had days this last summer where if I hadn't stopped targeting trout I easily could have boated a dozen or so in an outing. I landed one rainbow out of there that was over 4lbs. I'm not saying that its always a walk in the park at Cassidy but there are trout in the lake in relatively good numbers and size. I have spent quite a bit of time on Cassidy in the past few years and it has repeatedly produced good numbers of fish i.e. trout, perch, crappie, large mouth. Still ranks for me as one of my favorite close to home lakes.

Non of the comments to the previous Cassidy report referred to here were out of line. They pointed out oddities found in the pictures and report. Like, a green fly was reported as the bait or lure when a salmon hoochie dangled above the fish! Another was the size of boat for an apparent shallow boat ramp. Another was the lake reported to have a max 10 horse power rating or size along those lines. Fish of Salmon shape and size. Stuff like that. I asked why the comments were deleted but did not receive a response. Instead, that question was deleted too!.

I have done *very* well trolling @ Cassidy but never in February. However, the rig you are using will never work on that lake -- even in summer. The reason? Too much weight. This will either keep your bait too deep or it will be moving too fast. Try zero weight and slow down until you can just feel the spinner engage.
The same goes for dick nite spoons; zero extra weight and go sloooow. For some reason, trout really dig the 50/50 orange-white combo.
Cassidy is shaped like a bowl and the deepest spot is about 20 feet. I've heard rumors that it was a cranberry bog.

I've got to agree with the other posts. I've fished Cassidy 8-10 times the past three years and have only managed small planter rainbows and a few nice crappies. Maybe the guy posting with the big cutts in the deep boat has his lakes confused? Doesn't Cavenaugh have large cutts and a launch that can handle bigger boats? Fish well

I've fished Cassidy and have always liked being there. One day an eagle flew by, also fishing. We both got skunked that day. I've fished in a few different counties and have always had troubles with the questions of what size motor, any motor, etc. For Cassidy, the law is pretty clear:
12.08.020 Motorboats permitted -- restricted speed and power.
Due to the potential interference with other water uses and danger of impact and wake damage on smaller lakes, the maximum speed of any motorboat on the following lakes and on any lake listed in SCC 12.08.030 is restricted to eight miles per hour and the maximum power used to propel any motorboat on any such lake is restricted to 10 certified OBC horsepower:
Name Acreage Location
Cassidy 124.6 31 30 06
It has been difficult to launch a boat off a trailer there, unless you get way over to the north side of the launch. Maybe I need more skill or maybe I need a different trailer but it's been hard, but worth it for the beauty and the solitude. I agree that Feb. is a bit early and would encourage bmastro to try Lake Stevens. There's a lot of fish in the lake and a lot of varieties of fish. It, too, does get better as the water warms up, but I've seen people out fishing there this month.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions :)

I would hit this lake in mid april to still fish with chartruse,pink,red,white and orange power bait and worms and marshmellows in my ammo when I got. I cast about 10-15ft out from the lilly pads and if you have a bottom finder or fish finder try to find a hole or some sort of bottom struckture and go casting distace from it and try. I start out just north of the new dock by the trail they put in. Then move up to the tree in the water and then the north side of the resort dock. I also take the smallest red head white body tube jigs and white maggots and fish that a 1 half to 3ft under a small needel bobber for crappy. Yes the north side of the boat launch where the max HP and MPH sign is located is the best side to launch any boat on a trailer. There is a hole that the trailer will drop into and I have put an 18ft Aluma weld in there and bring your hip boots. There is a state cop that lives off the south end of the lake. I had the pleasure of meeting the sheriff and game afishal before. They had no problem with me using my electrick trolling motor or kicker out there. I kept my big motor tilted up in the stoyed postition so there was no question of me using it. I would have to agree and say try stevens and if your up for it go north to lake Cavanaugh in skagit county the public boat launch is at the south east end of the lake. I recamend going up HWY 9 and taking lake cavanaugh road. Going up by oso is a steep dirt road and can be challenging to towe a boat up. Good luck.

I have been on Cassidy for about four days in t he first part of this month caught many trout and crappie the best bait that i used when specifically trout fishing was a White curly tail Grub under a bobber. during this time the lake was very high almost to the road. you could have got a pretty big boat in Cassidy i was float tubing.

In the warmer months, curly tail grubs also work great on bass @ Cassidy. I prefer a 1/16 oz black head + 5" GYCB #176.
It casts surprisingly well because the grub is heavy. You can even shift the center of gravity by moving the grub down the hook, then filling the gap with yarn.
The hardest part is finding the right jig head. Most lightweight jigs have thin short hooks w/narrow gaps.
For trout, I've had good luck with short jigs that have a cone profile. Like a woolly bugger with no tail; fat behind the head and tapers off quickly. Good luck!