Went fishing with a couple buddies and one of their daughters. Action was slow for the first hour, trolled from the boat launch up past the point by the weather bouy, weaving, never more than a couple hundred yards from shore, picked up one average cutt, 14 inch. Trolled around the weather bouy and picked up some more fish, but hte action was better out in the middle of the lake north of the weather bouy, lots of gulls eating hatching chironomids, fished in and out of them with riggers set around 20-25 feet, used macks flies in black with green hackle and smiley blades. These are AWESOME lures, tipped with about an inch of berkely worm for added scent. My only complaint is I would love these flies to have a trailer hook on them, I think I will start tying my own version. They are basically a wolly bugger with a couple beads on the shank of the hook and a smiley blade. Make sure you tune the blade, we had one out of the box that did not rotate, so I put a bigger bend in the blade and it ran well, it's a good lesson to always check how your gear is running before you drop it back. Anyway, as a side note, I think everyone who fishes for cutts in lake samm and wa should check out G-mans post for lake wa a couple weeks back, he posted a pic of a coho and I thought I had not caught them in samm, but this day we caught 4 of them and one did not have a clipped adipose fin. Great lesson. All in all, it was rainy and windy, but the fish did not seem to mind. We lost a few at the boat, numerous bites and then nothing on and landed 12-15 fish, kokanee, coho, cutts, fun day. My buddy's daughter is 5 and was awesome, netting fish, eating doughnuts, never complained once about the weather, we had a blast. By the way, this was my first time fishing since ACL surgery in December, so thanks to my buddies for helping me get the boat out there.

romanfishing

2/1/2013 9:59:00 AM

Nice report. Did you get all the fish on macks flies in black with green hackle and smiley blades in 20-25 feet?

G-Man

2/1/2013 10:13:00 AM

Thanks for the report and the note that the coho are hanging around in Sammamish as well. Glad to hear that you are mobile enough to get out on the boat. Keep up the with PT, the more you put into it, the better you'll be in the long run.

docshane

2/1/2013 11:48:00 AM

Thanks guys. Romanfishing, most of the hits were on the macks flies on the downriggers. I did try a needlefish spoon and a kwikfish and a wedding ring on the downriggers as well, but no action, the hot lure was definitely the macks flies. We ran 2 outriggers as well, both with wedding rings, one red with 1oz mooching lead and the other various colors with 2-3oz lead. I would estimate the lighter weight was about 10-15 feet deep and the heavier lead in the 15-25 foot range. The lighter lead was far more productive, numerous hits and a few fish on, but it was a single hook, so fewer solid hookups. I think you'll find fish this time of the year from surface to 30 feet predictably depending on weather conditions obviously. Hope this info helps.

BARCHASER10

2/1/2013 2:37:00 PM

I live in Bothell, does anyone near here carry Macks Flies?

docshane

2/1/2013 3:18:00 PM

barchaser, go to three rivers marine in woodinville, it's by the woodinville costco. If they don't have it, you don't need it. Helpful staff too.

jd39

2/1/2013 6:10:00 PM

Nice work docshane! I will be on the lookout for those lures!

downriggeral

2/1/2013 10:00:00 PM

Hi docshane - nice to hear you are back at it! We've been getting some very nice bowes on Lake Roosevelt over here on the other side of the state. Great to be fishing even in the winter. Tight lines - Alan

docshane

2/3/2013 7:52:00 AM

We should have a spot on the site where guys from the east side take guys from the west side fishing and vice versa. I'd love to learn some lakes in the east side. Maybe there is a spot on the site like that, I don't know. It might even be nice for local spots. I like fishing by myself, but have a better time fishing with buddies. Thoughts?

jd39

2/8/2013 5:32:00 PM

Hey docshane, did you use a dodger with the macks flies? If so, what kind of leader length?

jd39

2/8/2013 5:32:00 PM

Hey docshane, did you use a dodger with the macks flies? If so, what kind of leader length?

jd39

2/8/2013 5:32:00 PM

Hey docshane, did you use a dodger with the macks flies? If so, what kind of leader length?

jd39

2/8/2013 5:32:00 PM

Hey docshane, did you use a dodger with the macks flies? If so, what kind of leader length?

jd39

2/9/2013 6:04:00 AM

Sorry about that, please delete at least 3 of the multiple posts. Had a technical issue.

docshane

2/10/2013 8:36:00 AM

I like to use the shasta sling blades, but sometimes we use a little dodger too. 90% of the time we use the sling blades. Especially when using a fly, it imparts nice movement to the lure. I usually go 1.4-2.1 mph when going for the cutts, and sometimes we'll put a bend in the sling blade and get even more action out of it. I always swipe some smelly jelly on the sling blade too to create a scent trail as well. I usually run leader lengths 18-30 inches. Hope the info helps, good luck out there!

jd39

2/10/2013 10:59:00 AM

Thanks docshane!

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