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King County, WA

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02/21/2015
51° - 55°
Trolling
Cutthroat Trout
Purple
Mostly Sunny
Dodger
Morning
46° - 50°
02/21/2015
3
2226

Today was an OK day of fishing. Fished for about 3.5 hours, marked a ton of bait near the south end of Mercer Island. I started trolling my wiggle hoochie in orange and yellow with no success. I switched over to my purple uv wiggle hoochie and that produced the first fish which was a 10 inch koke, released to see another day. Second fish was the 22 inch Cutthroat caught 35 feet down on the wire. It was a female that looked to just come out of spawning as she had a few eggs left in her sac. She had been eating very well as her stomach was full of bait fish. Stickleback I'm assuming. After a few more small kokes I called it quits. Winds started picking up and really prefer not getting blown across the lake in my pontoon. Anyhoo, if your fishing Lake Wa good luck to ya!


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Cascadian
2/21/2015 9:19:00 PM
Saw you out in your pontoon this morning. Sounds like you did ok. Try a large krokodile spoon with holographic tape on it (silver with blue or green). The cutts are feeding on smelt and stickleback.
salmonbarry
2/21/2015 9:27:00 PM
Great job DJ! Was planning on getting out today but wife had other plans for me haha! Can't wait to get the Tin cup out soon out there and break in new fish finder and some new ideas I have for cutts! Looked a little breezy out there today so glad you kept it safe!
AJFishdude
2/21/2015 9:47:00 PM
Awesome fish! I have seen so many reports of people nailing those big Cutts out of Washington and it really makes me want to get one, but I only have a raft that I really wouldn't want to take out on the lake, at least not far. Can you get those Cutts from shore?
DjButler
2/21/2015 10:05:00 PM
SalmonBarry: if you ever want some company im a phone call away!!!

AjFishDude: I have never tried from shore. From what I am learning, these fish are feeding on stickleback and smelt which tend to run deep. Not saying it can't be done, just thinking it might be a bit difficult. I would ask some of the other guys on here who know the lake better than me. Also, if your raft has a trolling motor you should be fine. I take me pontoon out there a lot. Just go on days when the wind isn't howling.
AJFishdude
2/21/2015 11:17:00 PM
Ok, thanks for the advice Dj.
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