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By: NWsportfishing
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Zodiac inflatable out to Cottage Lake on Sunday morning just to test her out before summer. We arrived at about 7:00-7:30 and there weren't many boats on the water but the dock was pretty pack...
By: Eddy N.
Posted: 4/27/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I went to this lake after school and caught 7 fish with my brother for 2 hours. used chartreuse gulp powerbait, didn't cast very far like everyone else did and got many bites, also landed a big one. A...
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 9/18/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So first off Cottage lake has toxic algae so I will not be back for quite a while. I only stayed because there was really no time to go elsewhere and I mainly wanted to be out and enjoy some solitude....
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 9/8/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 3
I decided to hit cottage lake. I was hoping to go to the river but no waders yet. Also I did not get up as early as hoped so this nearby lake was perfect. I arrived a little before 7 am and inflated ...
By: gdabbs
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Started around 2:00 PM. Nothing hitting on worms or marshmallows except the occasional brim. Started trolling around 4:30 with green wedding ring at ~10-15 ft. . Got a quick hit with a decent 10 inch...
By: whorde
Posted: 10/31/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/31/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So on Wednesday and Thursday I went to Ballinger after work for about 1 hour each. I got 1 bite between the two trips. I was really feeling skunky.
Today my boss made me take yet another unpaid d...
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 10/28/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing on as my birthday present to myself. It was not a super hoping day but I caught several perch and sunfish. Then I caught a trout and another trout. So in total I went home with two trou...
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 10/28/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I learned from a guy at the lake a new method of floating the bait with a bobber. I have gone to this lake a lot but only caught one or two trout..sometimes 3 mostly with worms or power bait off the b...
By: Heatherlyfish
Posted: 10/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/27/2014
Hot Spots: 1
The sun was out today after some stormy days. I decided on a morning fishing trip. I wanted to fish this lake before it closes at the end of the week. No trout bites until about 10 am. I did get a co...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/23/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What is it about Cottage Lake? Try as I might I cannot catch bass there. I spent the afternoon trying with crankbaits, plastic worms, spinner baits and got nothing. Not even a strike. This is typi...
By: Dhedzik
Posted: 5/5/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My fishing hubby and 10 year old grandson,Christian were fishing from the dock.Two minutes after my grandson casted his line,a 1lb-12inch rainbow latched on.Wow!!was he excited.We fished for about 4 h...
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my boat around 11:00 and got hammered right out of the launch like the opener. Tons of trout, My friend and i caught and released around 20 each and kept our limit at the end of the day inclu...
By: legit10
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I went out around 1, I was fishing from a kayak. I had a few bites using a rubber swimbait but no hook ups. I switched to trolling for trout but again only got 1 bite. I decided to go back to the basi...
Posted: 4/27/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Launched my boat around 10:30 and within the first turn out of the launch doubles! These fish hit every lure I tried. My friend and I must have caught and released 25 trout each and we found around 7 ...
By: legit10
Posted: 1/25/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This was the first time I had ever gone fly fishing. My friend who had been fly fishing his whole life had already caught 4 rainbows on a wooly bugger. Dusk hits and I kid you not there was one moment...
By: legit10
Posted: 1/25/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
This was the second time I've ever gone fishing at Cottage Lake. The first time I caught 1 less of the limit (the limit is 5). This time I knew exactly what they were biting. I cast using a 1 once egg...
By: legit10
Posted: 1/25/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 1
I go to Cottage lake about five times a year to fish for rainbows. After school I went to the lake with a few of my friends. I was the only one that was catching, and all I was using was some worms an...
By: jimmyjames_f1
Posted: 7/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
No bites at all from the float tubes since 7am, dry or wet, float or sink.
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 5/26/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Great day on Cottage Lake, took the toon out for a day of fishing. Got there around 12:30, setup and launched my pontoon at around 1:00, went to the south end of the lake and tried my luck for some c...
By: tr1plej
Posted: 5/25/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Cottage Lake early this morning, got there around 5AM, before the gate opened. Headed out to the dock for a nice morning on fishing, even caught my first trout of the season :)
Weathe...
By: tr1plej
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First time out to Cottage lake. Arrived a little later than I had hoped, maybe around 8:30. It was well into dusk at that point, but still able to see clearly without a light. Bats were very active, p...
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After work headed out to cottage lake, got there around 6:30. Was fishing chartreuse power eggs like everyone else for 2 hours with not even a nibble. Got a good idea and switched to magenta power ...
By: HULI_ISDA
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been fishing cottage lake many times since opening day and fishing is always five since my wife works in woodinville been fishing the lake after i drop her off, and fishing are always five rating for...
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 5/6/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by cottage on my way home from work. It was really depressing actually. There was probably 10 people fishing from the dock, and about 30 kids doing cannonballs off the dock nonstop, even r...
By: Mordalphus
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Took my toon out for its maiden voyage. It was pretty windy most of the day, so it was a struggle to keep the pontoon from blowing across the lake. But, I did get quite a few fish on deck! I lo...