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Sammamish Lake Report
King County, WA

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01/13/2018
41° - 45°
Trolling
Cutthroat Trout
Chartreuse
Sunny
Dodger
Afternoon
01/13/2018
4
2271

Trolled the North end around noon with spoons and got no takers. Tried from 15' to 25'.

Switched to a chart. wiggle hoochie (with a rig float bead inside) running 20" behind a chart. double-d dodger down at 15'. The first take down came 15 minutes later - about 2:30pm. It was a really feisty 20" cutthroat with sea lice. Just after getting the line back out, another one hit. Smaller with lots of color, maybe a kelt. Not nearly as much fight, thought it might have been a perch on the way up. After another lap, a second strong takedown and a second big chrome searun. That little savage felt like a much, much heavier fish. All C&R.

First time I've tried the double-d/wiggle hoochie combo. Their actions looked really good together.


Comments

rappuhd
1/13/2018 7:51:56 PM
Cool to see a C & R report! Beautiful fish!
TrackerPro16
1/14/2018 7:25:36 AM
Nice! Sounds like a fun day on the water!
ballardbrad
1/14/2018 8:36:47 AM
I picked up a couple from my kayak yesterday. Even one fishing for bass on a dropshot!

Great report. Even better that you're practicing C&R. It's a great fishery for sure. Just hope we don't kill a good thing!
CousinSam
1/15/2018 10:11:08 AM
Agreed on C&R comments. As much as I like bringing home the goods, I'd rather see them survive to reproduce again.

There are lots of ways to fill the fridge but only one native SRC population. There's also a certain scrappy character to them that I like, especially the salties ;) Many thanks to everyone that's making an effort to keep them around. As our human population continues to balloon, this becomes even more valuable.
Boston Whaler
1/14/2018 4:23:23 PM
Solid work on the c&r. I wish more people did it on this lake!
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