Sammamish

Method: Trolling
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Bait: Worms
Color: Red
Tackle: Mack's Wedding Ring
Time: Morning
Rating: 3
Views: 1942

Launched around 930, and fished until 130. It was a really nice day again on the lake. Plenty of boats out there, lots of guys trying around the Issaquah creekmouth, that was where I stayed most of the day too. Caught one big rainbow, but second guessed myself and worried that if I kept it, that it might be a kokanee. Caught one other cutt, nice 17 inch fish, had a bite and a takedown on top of the 2 fish, but it was just me and the dog in the boat, so I think I did ok. Does anyone have a picture of a typical Lake Sammamish kokanee? I have never caught one as far as I know. The cutts have the jaw line extend past the eye, I just don't want to keep a fish that should be released. I am also aware that 20" rainbows are considered steelhead and need to be released. Any help would be very much appreciated. I used a dodger (00) followed by about 2 foot of leader and a crawler tipped wedding ring to catch the fish. Never got a bite on the needlefish. Caught both fish in 10-15 feet of water, some guys didn't even look like they were using downriggers cause the fish were so high up.


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