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Took a friend out to the Lake today to see if we could locate some more larger cutts. The morning weather was a bit more damp than the forecast had called for and the winds were running out of the SW. Our first location yielded one fish in the 18” range down around 65’ which ended up being a common theme for the day. We worked the area over a bit more with nothing to show and moved on to the 520 bridge. We started on the north side, and naturally the wind changed direction and started coming out of the NW and had picked up speed. We managed to pick up another cutt and also released a nice sockeye after a prolonged fight. The wind waves were getting close to whitecap size so we moved to the south side and managed to pick up our largest cutt of the day, coming in at 21”. Shortly after this fish the skies started to clear and the bite was off! Nothing for 2 hours so we headed over to Groat Point for a half hour and picked up one small koke before heading in for the day. All the fish were caught on mini hoochie setups and down between 55’ and 65’. I did have a couple of takedowns on a Brad’s mini cutplug, but they didn’t hang on as they normally do. We did mark bait and fish up higher in the water column but could not induce a strike from any of them.

earchcobber

8/1/2011 6:16:00 AM

nice fish.I was in the black and silver boat that trolled by you at the 90 bridge.I got two on a brads at 65'.

coretron22

8/1/2011 7:21:00 AM

Nice fish. thanks again for providing so much valuable information for Lake Wa.

Beeler5

8/1/2011 3:04:00 PM

Damn ! I need to fish with you LOL. I have had no luck .

G-Man

8/1/2011 3:31:00 PM

Beeler5 - It has been a down year for sure, perhaps it will pick up in the second half!

The Quadfather

8/1/2011 6:35:00 PM

Oh man G..... I thought about it for a moment... and said to myself, "Wait a minute... G always has a sonar pic. i.e. His sonar pics have Long. and Lat. Lets go back and look!" Nice shot of your thumb! (-:

hydra

8/1/2011 8:22:00 PM

This lake can be tough! been a while since ive had much action out here, thanks for the report, gives me some confidence!

fishmanjh

8/3/2011 5:24:00 AM

The Lake has been a different "critter" this year then in years past. Now ..... Normally I start in March-April and the fish are way up on top. However this year I got a late start (July) and it's been "work" !!! So far after about 6+ trips, I've only really gotten 2 "fatties" and the rest are small Kokes. I'm not sure if it's visibility?, higher temp, fewer fish (which I don't think is the case), or the patterns have changed. And for all the rain, and cloudy weather we have had, the lake is really warm!! (imo) .... I've been fishing deeper then ever before this year.

Gman ... good data.

G-Man

8/3/2011 9:03:00 AM

I have a feeling that it is food source driven. The smelt in the lake seem to have a major run ever 2 years and they seem to like going deep during the daylight hours. I haven't kept a fish lately so I'm not sure what they have been eating. Perhaps it's time to pump for stomach contents, it's just a bit difficult to perform in my boat without harming the fish due to my high gunwales. I'll look into rigging up a musky style cradle net for this.

Quad - I have started taking 2 pics, one for personal use and one for report posting. We weren't fishing in any secret spot, the background in the fish pic should be pretty recognizable.

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