A delayed report for Feb. 26th @ Lake Sammamish. Sorry....been busy.

We challenged the cold weather conditions last Saturday to find out if the Cutts would cooperate.

We started our troll North from the Issaquah Creek at 8:30 AM. with perfect flat calm trolling water.
Slow going and no action for the first hour or so until my partners rod took off with our first fish of the day.....a beautiful chunky 15 inch Kokanee, it was carefully netted and released unharmed.

Please remember to carefully handle and release all Kokanees on Lake Sammamish.
With current Kokanee stream and creek enhacement/conservation projects on Lake Sammamish, it would be great to see this species bounce back for future fishermen.

An 11:00 AM wind picked up and continued the remainder of the day to chill things down even more.
Only saw four or five other brave boaters/fishermen on the lake Saturday.

The rest of our day developed very similar to our weekend prior with slow periods between bites and boated fish.
Several biting no-takers, three lost fish, 2 Kokanees released unharmed and 8 Cutthroats between the three of us, ended our icy day on Lake Sammamish.
Largest Cutt for the day was 17 inches.

Thanks ,
The Cutthroat Crane Operators