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By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/11/2022
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/11/2022
Hot Spots: 0
My first time at Tanwax lake today. Unlike fishing yesterday, this lake has a decent number of fish, but they're all small apparently. I only hooked one bass and it was pretty small. I caught two perc...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/11/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/10/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Black lake for the first time Saturday. I got on the water about 7:40 and started trolling. I found this lake has some big fish, but the numbers seem to be low. I didn't see any perch or sun...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 8/27/2022
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/26/2022
Hot Spots: 0
We had a lot of problems fishing this lake. First don't listen to google maps. They tried to take us to the old access area which is privatized and closed and there are nasty signs all over that end o...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/17/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2022
Hot Spots: 0
So I didn't actually fish the river today, but I fished 3 areas in the Middle-Fork valley. First I did the short hike to Oxbow lake and brought my raft. 2 years ago that lake was full of small bass. T...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/14/2022
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I went camping and fishing last weekend and fished Saturday evening at Lost lake by Snoqualmie pass. I spend about 3 hours trolling in my kayak with no sign of fishing at all. FInally, around 8:15 the...
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: cwbraue
Posted: 6/4/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/4/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This is the second time I've fished this lake, and the second time I got skunked. I got there around 1:30 which is a terrible time to fish, and conditions seemed decent for fish. I went about a mile d...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/29/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I was visiting my parents in Skagit county, so I took a trip up to Diablo lake. It was cool and windy and I was the only person on the lake fishing. Usually I never catch fish here before July. I had ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/22/2022
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/22/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I stopped by these ponds for the first time today on the way home. It's a great spot for easy access and fairly scenic, but I had to work hard to find a couple fish. Plenty of people fishing there and...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/14/2022
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2022
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first fishing trip after moving back to Washington! I had to go get stuff out of storage in Yakima and so I took a detour up to RImrock lake. This is a lake where it's often hard to find fi...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/25/2021
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I am back in the state visiting this week and had a couple opportunities to fish. First I took my boys hiking to the Baker river and couldn't find any fish in the river. I then tried fishing a cove on...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 1/25/2021
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Since there aren't many fishing reports on here lately I thought I'd share another adventure from down south. The weather warmed up quite a bit here recently, enough to bring up the water temps severa...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 12/16/2020
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/13/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I'm still living in Texas and have been taking advantage of the mild winters here to do a lot of fishing. Sunday I went down to lake Corpus Christi state park and finally caught one of my "missing" sp...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 11/19/2020
Species: Catfish
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/15/2020
Hot Spots: 0
It's still warm in Texas, and though I would prefer the cooler weather it does allow for easier outdoor enjoyment when it's not freezing and rainy. I was trying for bass, but I ended up catching some ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/5/2020
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/4/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I'm from Washington but living in Texas currently. I had some good fishing at a pond just outside of San Antonio yesterday. Not many fish but two good bass the big one was at least 3 pounds and fought...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/13/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
All I will say is that this stream is in the Cascades and I don't think it gets fished much. Coming back from a hike I found this beautiful stretch of stream that looks like a picture in a tourist bro...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/9/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/9/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Driving back from the mountains I stopped to fish at Diablo lake. Fish were rising all over and jumping but they wouldn't touch anything I had including flies and lures. It is warmer than usual, prob...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/8/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't hiked to this lake in 20 years, so I got up early yesterday and managed to snag a parking spot and was at the lake by 9. Lots of fish jumping, but you could see they were all small and mostl...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/8/2020
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/7/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I am visiting Washington so I had to do my favorite hike and brought a raft with me. Cottonwood appears to be almost fished out. Had only a few bites and managed to catch one small brookie. Took sever...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/8/2020
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/6/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This is for Oxbow lake off the Snoqualmie river. My friend hikes here a lot so I decided to try fishing it. Access is tough and limited. I was able to catch several small bass and saw no signs of any ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 3/2/2020
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/1/2020
Hot Spots: 0
While I am living in Texas I try to get out during the few months that aren't hot. I went hiking with a friend to the Lost Maples State park here which has a fishing pond that's in a canyon and highe...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 1/7/2020
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/5/2020
Hot Spots: 0
I have been living in Texas for the past three years because my kids live here now. I have been skunked here for almost two years, so I took a trip with my new inflatable kayak to a lake near Austin T...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Well summer is in full swing up at Rimrock- I've never seen so many people at my "secret" area. Lots of people camping and lots of water toys out on the lake. I got up there Friday night and fished u...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/30/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We were visiting my parents in Skagit county, so I took a short fishing trip to the river. Since the rivers just recently reopened I thought that fishing would be good. Unfortunately the fish weren't ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I took my son fishing today at Dog lake. From the weather patterns I thought it would be fantastic fishing, it and we saw some feeding when we arrived so it looked good. It turned out to be terrible ...