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By: cwbraue
Posted: 11/5/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake very late in the day after hiking and driving all over the hood canal area. I got on the water about 4 and it was windy and stormy looking. After so much rain I thought this might be...
By: epatton
Posted: 8/21/2022
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Flapjack Lakes (the upper lake)
The bite was on early morning (till 9 am) and then tapered off to almost nothing in the afternoon and evening (I fished for 3 days). The bookies took green woolly bugg...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/11/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/11/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to explore the lake Cushman area and do some hiking and fishing. After hiking I got on the water about 1:00 which is probably the worst time there is to go fishing. After paddling for about...
By: Jordinriley121
Posted: 6/19/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I had to launch from the bank of a day use site due to skokomish park being closed which wasn't too hard since I have a kayak. The bite was hot as soon as I got my line in the water. I used a Brad's k...
By: headhunter2
Posted: 5/13/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got to cushman at 0900 today paid the 10 bucks to launch at skokomish park and started marking fish right out of the boat ramp. There was a thermocline layer 20 foot down and most fish were caught at ...
By: Pretz509
Posted: 10/1/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2015
Hot Spots: 3
So I have property at Lake Cushman and I really enjoy fishing in the early AM. Some days are hit and miss but the scenary and silence makes up for the misses. When I first started fishing Cushman I st...
By: mistercooper
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Bite was weird this last weekend. Caught a 12 or 13" cuttie, Some 9-11" Kokes, and a good number of Chinook juveniles, similar sized to the Kokanee. WDFW supposedly didnt catch any Kings during their ...
By: aquaking
Posted: 5/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Fish ranging 8-10in long on top 15ft of water. Best trolling in front of the dam buoys center and west side. Also many fish in front of the resort. Using no weight, dick nyte watermelon dodger with sq...
By: aquaking
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Alrightly,
Get out early...... earlier than 6:30 with gear dropped and trolling. People beat me here and were already fishing and probably close to limit if not targeting something im not. 4th of ...
By: aquaking
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Alrightly,
Get out early...... earlier than 6:30 with gear dropped and trolling. People beat me here and were already fishing and probably close to limit if not targeting something im not. 4th of ...
By: aquaking
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Alright well this was the first weekend trip of the year to start off with our "new" 17' 1972 Crestliner tri-hull open bow. Used the same setup as i did the yeard before on my 10ft deep V. The fish in...
By: ReelyFun
Posted: 7/8/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled chartreuse mini flasher with a white mini wiggle hoochie on one rod and various other setups on the rods. The wiggle hoochie caught fish both days I fished. Trolling with the down rigger aroun...
By: aquaking
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Went out a couple days in the morning and got my limits. Fish are moving all over the water column so it was hard to find the best depth... i was catching kokes down about 30ft or on the way down half...
By: aquaking
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Fished from 6-8am 6/8 and 6/9 and had my limits of Kokanee between 9-11inches. Caught one 16in Chinook which was released beside the boat obviously. Didn't take the camera sorry! Most fish around the ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2013
Hot Spots: 2
JoAnn and I got to fish lake Cushman for the first time ever. I was curious and looking forward to seeing this lake.
We fished in the evening, and then the morning. Our target species was kokanee. T...
By: LemonMerAngler
Posted: 5/26/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First time on Lake Cushman (and first fishing report!). Launched my kayak from the ramp at the LC Resort where we camped for the soggy Memorial Day weekend. Lots of intermittent rain, and the accompan...
By: aquaking
Posted: 5/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2013
Hot Spots: 2
Went out the night of the 6th and morning of the 7th. Small Kokanee feeding frenzy on top water and limiting easy. Please let me know if you know where the big ones are! This was my first season catch...
By: KenPCPilot
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Two hard days of fishing that sucked. I saw guys fishing harder all day long without even a strike. I had one lousy ldr. Won't be coming back. Marked a lot of fish so I really don't understand the...
By: Jim Harris
Posted: 7/9/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, 11 days on Lake Cushman. So quiet and beautiful. No phones, laptops or television, Fishing was just a bonus. Tried for the chinook two times but was mostly about KIDS and KOKANEE. What a blast. W...
By: Jim Harris
Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Just joined this site. Was reading reports for Lake Cushman and wanted to reassure all that there are chinook in the lake. This one was taken memorial weekend last year (2010). Two more nice takes of...
By: hydra
Posted: 5/1/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
what a great weekend, cottage lake sat morn and lake cushman sat night! Cushman is about 25 feet low and will be all year. Launching is tricky, docks are beached, 4x4 only to the waters edge.
Fished ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/2/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Finally! My first ever kokanee, for real this time. My brother and I decided to take out my dad, and he lives in Olympia, so we went down after work, picked him up and took him out in the raft with Ja...
By: tacofairy12
Posted: 7/19/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/19/2010
Hot Spots: 0
no luck on cushman today. my uncle and i trolled the northern part of the lake to no avail. little cleos, triple teazers, kastmasters, shrimp, power eggs and worm did not work at all today. fish of al...
By: kevinb
Posted: 10/25/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't plan on fishing today but met up with a buddy and trolled
for trout,kokes was the primary target. Trolled various spoons in depths of 30-60
feet. Pretty slow day but boated 2 kokes and my bud...
By: kevinb
Posted: 6/2/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took the family out to our favorite stomping grounds of Lake Cushman.
Arrived late Saturday and ended the trip late Monday.
Started trolling for kokes but was unable find any,other anglers seemed to...