Washington

Method: Trolling
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Bait: Other
Color: Rainbow
Tackle: Plug
Time: Noon
Rating: 4
Views: 1324

Took a pass on hitting the Sound today and spent some time on the lake with the wife and our two dogs. Started fishing around 10:00am and ended up hooking into a bunch of sockeye that seem to have infested the area. Most self released near the boat with a combination of a little extra rod pressure and the small hooks I was using. We took a break, hit Kidd Valley for lunch then ran to the mouth of the Cedar River to let the dogs frolic in the shallows for a bit. Picked up trolling again heading north from the mouth of the Cedar with the wind having picked up out of the northwest. I changed tactics to discourage the sockeye from picking up my gear and hooked up a Brad’s Mini Cutplug running it at a fairly quick pace. This set up finally yielded a nice cut in the 20” range that hit at 60’ down. Released the fish after a quick pic and called it a day before it became too much of a zoo on the lake. The surface temps ranged between 71 and 75 degrees and the weed beds look to be about 80% of what they normally are this time of year.


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