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Offut Lake Report
Thurston County, WA

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02/12/2020
51° - 55°
Trolling W/Downriggers
Rainbow Trout
Orange
Cloudy
Floating Minnow
All Day
41° - 45°
02/12/2020
5
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Today decided to give Offutt lake a try with my friend Kevin. We fished from about 9am- 2:30. I experinced the best day of big trout fishing I've had since moving to Washington 5 years ago. These fish were a battle on kokanee downrigger rods, almost
Reminded me of salmon fishing. We ended up limiting out going 10 fish for 15 hook ups. The trout were caught from the surface to 16 ft on the downrigger. Trolling about 1.6 mph. The hot lures were a spoon I custom painted orange and purple, Brads killer cuttplugs and a luckycraft minnow. Tight lines!


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billyl
2/14/2020 11:59:28 AM
Nice catch. Fish there few times caught some nice trout but yours takes the cake. Never used down riggers there before.
nerka nailer
2/15/2020 6:41:11 PM
I found the downriggers to be useful to spread out the gear then dial it in. I know the lake isnt much deeper than 20ft but sometimes you can catch a crazy bite on a specfic depth. These qre the biggest trout I've caught to date on the westside.
billyl
2/16/2020 5:26:49 PM
Thanks for Info
kenhsiung
2/14/2020 4:48:48 PM
damn that's impressive!
nerka nailer
2/15/2020 6:41:51 PM
You need to go give it a whirl. We lost a few other monstets out there!
kenhsiung
2/18/2020 3:32:51 PM
might have to go try it out next week or something!
nerka nailer
2/15/2020 6:41:12 PM
TMBob
2/16/2020 8:17:14 PM
Awesome day...congrats. I’ve been able to get some my two trips there. No downrigger s for me...just a 8’ pontoon. Top lining and 1.5 colors of lead core.
nerka nailer
2/18/2020 5:13:36 PM
Awesome!
strikezone
12/30/2023 9:00:00 PM
Is the orange brads cut plug thats in the fishes mouth the one you painted purple on the bottom? Ive done pretty well on orange old goats as well. Thanks
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