Hit the lake today with a friend for the maiden voyage of my new boat. The good news is... love the boat. The less-than-stellar news was the fishing.

I'm relatively new to the fishery, so we headed out to the weather buoy, partly because of all of the reports, and in part because that's where the other boats were congregated. We spent the majority of our time there, and then moved over toward Vasa Park when we spotted some birds.

We landed one decent fish fairly early while trolling a dodger and wedding ring at 35' on the downrigger. I don't have a sonar installed yet, so we were guessing at where the fish might be. We tried from 18 to around 35 feet and at various speeds, with an emphasis on 20-25', but only hooked the one fish. The weather was cloudy/rainy, with some light chop.

The water seemed a little off color, especially up near Issaquah Creek, which was the last spot we tried.