Kitsap

Air Temp: 51° - 55°
Method: Bottom Fishing From Boat
Species: Rainbow Trout
Bait: Power Eggs
Color: Orange
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Tackle: Hook & Bait
Time: Noon
Water Temp: 51° - 55°
Rating: 3
Views: 1256

This was my first time fishing Kitsap. It was a beautiful calm day about 50 degrees out. I launched my little aluminum boat from the WDFW launch about 09:30. The lake had a constant light film of algee across it (akin to what your your truck looks like when the first bit of pollen is blown off the trees in the spring). I'm new to trolling, and pretty much to fishing (just started this summer, having grown up in the Kitsap/Mason area my whole life-46 years), so I started out trolling with a fender & wedding ring and it just got bogged down with weeds. I then switched to a small Hot Shot. An hour plus of trolling and nothing. I decided to relax and do some bottom fishing near the center of the lake. I was using orange Berkley Gulp (both original & garlic scents). over the next three hours I pulled in 3 Rainbows at about 12" & one 16". The lake had about eight boats on it today. The few I spoke to had no luck trolling and about the same results as I had from the bottom. The bonus to the day was a bi-plane gave us about a ten minute stunt show around 13:00.


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