Sammamish

Air Temp: 71° - 75°
Method: Downriggers
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Bait: Worms
Color: Silver-Gold
Conditions: Cloudy
Tackle: Dodger
Time: Evening
Rating: 4
Views: 1624

I have had my boat on Sammamish, but tough to get over there for the morning bite. Last time out I marked a lot of fish, but had no takers. Weather cooled down a bit, and I had a feeling this would be good. I was right! At about 5:15pm I headed north of the weather bouy on the east side. Water was 80’ deep. I saw fish arcs at 29’ and dropped down to greet them. 30 seconds, and my rod was doing a dance! Nice 12” cutty. 10 minutes later I saw a big arc at 40’, and immediately dropped down to say hello. Wam! What is that? A stray chinook..? Ends up being a 21” cutty, largest I have seen to date, providing aerial displays, then landed in my net. I safely released the first two, and kept two 12” cutty’s to share for dinner. What was monumental for me was the success I had by immediately adjusting my depth to match that of the arc on my finder and also circling back to the school for more action.


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