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By: Hunter757
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well we headed back to Alder lake again for another round. Got there a little late around 9ish or so. The level is getting low so the launch is almost done. It was crystal clear when we arrived an...
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Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0530. Trolled from the launch to the dam and caught one piss ant of a Kokanee that fought my son like it was a trophy sockeye. Ultra light rods make this species a lot more fun! We then...
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Posted: 7/1/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Smallmouth on the dry fly at alder had plenty of other bites all from dinks
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 3
The lake level is very low. Most of the boat launches are closed even the swimming areas. Kim (pinkpole) and I launched and started fishing about 7am. We had bites consistently and had lots of lit...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 6/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well we decided to give Alder another try and repeat the last trip we had. We arrived at the lake around 7am and no waiting and only a few other boats on the water. We headed out to the same spot, h...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 6/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Sorry for the late report, We decided to try Alder lake for kokes and see what our luck would bring us as my go to lake American has been in a slump. My son and I arrived around 9 am on the free fi...
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By: skunked
Posted: 6/14/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The kids and I arrived at Alder lake about 6a.m. The fishing was really good but was not able to catch anything over 12 inches. We used everything Ford Fenders with spinners Dodgers with spinners or h...
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Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
First time to Adler. First ran way back up in some bay, only had one file from a smallie. Went back out to main lake and targeted small bays and points. After about 3 hours found a pattern on bitsy ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 1
I went to check out Alder Lake today. The tops of the hills close had snow on them, probably a fresh dusting from during the night. They were working on the ramp digging up some concrete. They took a ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/23/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/22/2014
Hot Spots: 2
I got to the lake at 7:30am but didn’t get my first koke until 8:30am. I had some bites but no takedowns until that first one. I went from 35 foot to 140 foot of water and all the fish came at 10-14 f...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/10/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/7/2014
Hot Spots: 2
This report is late due to a yard sale. We got to the launch to find out that they don’t open it until after 7am on the Thursday that we were there. We were on the water before 7am off by 10am so ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/30/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2014
Hot Spots: 1
After I had 3 cups of coffee, on the 28th, I called Kim to see if she could go fishing with me tomorrow at Alder Lake. She had been there last month and I have never been there. She said Yes. We go...
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Posted: 7/28/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Caught Kokanee all day long. Consistent bites or hook ups back and forth between the boat launch and dam. Pink or orange hoochies and red wedding rings behind pop gear with an ounce of weight 75 - 100...
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By: iraru4
Posted: 9/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/25/2013
Hot Spots: 3
went to alder today @ 9:30 and fished for Kokes with orange wedding ring and maggot, had our limit in 45 minutes all nice bucks about 11 to 13 inches, That's the good news, bad news is when I returned...
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Posted: 9/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Launched out of Alder Lake State Park. Out of the launch we hung an immediate left and began to troll along the shore in a counter close wise direction in what I would call an inlet. Water temp was ab...
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Posted: 8/27/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Sorry for such a late report but my vacation is almost over. Just moved here and used to catching crappie back on Truman Lake in Missouri. Anyhow, took me a minute but found the crappie in Alder Lake ...
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By: 05cr125r
Posted: 8/8/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished yesterday and today for Kokanee while staying at Alder Lake...i was trolling Kokanee pop gear with a wedding ring rigged with a treble hook, and using Gulp maggots. Saw many fish jump and had ...
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Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing partner and I hit the lake about 7a m and caught our first Kokanee at 7:20am just under 10in in front of the dam. It was pretty cold and breezy in the morning but cleared off nice at noon. ...
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Posted: 6/7/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Alder. Wanted to skip opening day mayhem on the rivers. Weather was great with great views. Never fished Alder before. Got out a little before six. Launched at Alder Lake Park. Trolled until ab...
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By: Racer
Posted: 6/4/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I decided to go to Alder today as we haven't been there in quite awhile. We got to the lake about 7:30 and went to the dam to start. It was slow to start but then we found the combo they ...
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By: tacmoe
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Sat 6/1/13 fished from shore where river enters the lake at Elbe. Used piece of nightcrawler with red eggs, 3ft leader, 1/6th ounce slider sinker above swivel. four 10"-14" rainbows in 2 about two hou...
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By: quaddaddy
Posted: 5/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 3
First time at Alder Lake and it's a very nice lake. Fishing was slow in the morning but it was very cold and a pretty good wind was blowing. Around 10 am the tide turned and we put 10 Kokanee and 1 Ra...
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By: Nx750
Posted: 4/28/2013
Species: Crappie
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/24/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Spent the last week at Alder Lake searching for Crappie. Alder is an amazing lake and I enjoyed the great weather we had. I only managed to boat one fish (Kokanee). I was really focused on the Crappie...
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By: dlisoski
Posted: 3/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Excellent sunny weather got my wife and I with some friends out fishing for the day. Caught 3 trout (1 rainbow and 2 kokanee) about 11 inches after an hour to 1 1/2 hours of fishing from shoreline. Th...
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Posted: 11/4/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Over all great day of fishing. Set in around 11am and fished till dark. Spent some time trolling around the lake with a down rigger ranging from 30-45'. First time fishing this lake and at first was n...
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