After some morning chores, I decided the day was too beautiful to waste; so I went out to Medical Lake. I tried several spoons and spinners with a couple of bites being the result. All lures were converted to a single hook with the barb pinched down in keeping with the lake's regulations. Fairly busy for a Monday and the other anglers actually appeared to be fishing legally. Unlike Sunday, on a scouting trip when I noticed a Father and his young kids still fishing off the swimming beach and evidence of people using PowerEggs and even paste PowerBait at a nearby location.

I feel for WDFW Enforcement Officers at Medical Lake with individuals who are ignorant about reading the lake's regulations or choose to ignore them. A personal gripe are the poachers that know the regulations, but seek to "bend the rules" by calling PowerEggs, "rubber eggs"and thinking with a barbless hook that they are legal. PowerEggs are not rubber folks, but a highly scent infused bait. If you feel a compulsion to still fish try a micro-sized marabou jig with the barb pinched down and no scent under a small bobber or casting bubble. An artificial fly tied to a casting bubble would be worth a try, as well.