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Hit the launch at 10am, being the 4th of July, I didn’t think the launch was all that bad and there was still plenty of parking to be had when I left. Had my line in the water by 10:30 at South Point and I started out dragging a mini dodger and hoochie combo. Picked up a small kokanee and lost another at the boat, the fish seemed to be scattered in this area, as I did not see any large schools on my sonar. Around noon, the boat traffic in the area was really bad and the bite wasn’t any better so I moved to a different location. The move paid off as I brought several fish to the boat, including a couple of way oversized “kokanee”. The fish were deep and all were caught in the 45’ to 70’ range in 95’ to 115’ of water. The cutts weren’t all that big, in the 16” to 17” range but they hit hard and fought like mad, I swore I had a sockeye on with all of them. A couple cutts hit the hoochie and one hit a Brad’s mini cuttplug. Note to self and anyone else for that matter: Lake Washington fish do not care for tuna stuffed cutplugs! Stick with scented gels and herring/perch/squawfish fillets. After the end of the Mariner’s game I pulled up my gear and headed back to the dock as the number of boats and drunks had increased past my tolerance point. The included sonar pic is of a school of sockeye. Even though I had brought my gear up well above them and increased my speed, I still managed to hook into one. If you do end up with one on the end of your line, be gentle and release them as quickly as possible, we are only expected to get 25,000 or so back this year.

ARK

7/4/2011 10:49:00 PM

What a brave soul fishing Lake Washington on the 4th of July.....Really enjoy your reports....

Wishbone

7/5/2011 9:51:00 AM

G
any luck with squid strips in the brad's??
Wishbone

G-Man

7/5/2011 10:18:00 AM

Ark - I don;t think that I'm getting more tolerant in my old age so I believe that the late morning and early afternoon boat traffic wasn't all that bad. I did have a close encounter with a wake board boat though, seems the driver was paying more attention to who he was pulling and not so much on what was in front of him. Glad my horn works!
Wishbone - I have been using raw squid to tip my hoocheis out in the sound, just haven't tried squid strips in the Brad's, I'll give it a go next time I hit the lake.

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