First, I’d like to thank DjButler and G-Man for providing some online motivation to get out and give the lake a try. And as luck would have it, the stars aligned right and I was able to get an open window to fish this evening. Evenings are usually tougher than mornings but you can catch fish so with that in mind JoAnn and I headed over to Magnuson Park and had lines in the water by 4pm.

I started off with a plug on one rod at 50 feet and flasher/squid/shrimp on the other at 60-70 feet (chasing meter marks). Troll speed 1.7-2.2mph. We started at Hunt’s Point. My plan was to troll with the wind down to Moss Bay and just see what the schools looked like.

Within minutes we had our first fish in the boat, on the plug. But not a coho, this was a chunky 18” rainbow. Not a bad start I thought. Continued on and not long after got another rainbow, this one a solid 19” on the same plug. I gotta say, Lake Washington puts out some beautiful fish!

Munching down our KFC dinner, we had gotten down to Moss Bay. Out of the corner of my eye I see the plug rod again start to dance and this time release to a big fish. No more rainbows, this one was a blushing 8-9 pound hook nose silver. Yes! Into the cooler he went. By this time I had switched both rods to plugs. It was also starting to get dark, so we called it a night at 6:30 and raced back to the launch. Winds were kicking up a bit as the evening forecast for rain coming appeared true.

We marked a pretty good amount of fish between Hunt’s Point and Moss Bay, both in that 80 foot contour and also out deeper, 120-150 feet deep. Even though it was only 2 ½ hours of fishing, it was still well worth it and very nice to get out for our last fishing trip of the year. The big boat gets put into storage until spring and JoAnn is strictly a “cuddy cabin” fishergal. But I’ll be hitting the rivers at least a few times later in October.