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05/17/2015
Trolling
Cutthroat Trout
Worms
Orange
Cloudy
Dodger
Morning
05/17/2015
5
2011

What a fantastic morning on Lake Wa! I had 2 hours to fish before I had to teach a sports conditioning clinic so I popped my pontoon in the car and headed down the street to Kirkland water front. Started to troll over to Moss Bay but not to long into it I hooked a fat Pike Minnow. Probably around 2-4 pounds. I knew it wasn't a cutt right away with the dead weight it was giving me. Lines back in the water and 10 minutes later my first cutt is on. Gave me a pretty good run. Boated him, bonked em, bled em, in the cooler he went. lines back in the water 20 minutes pass nothing, another 10 passes nothing. As soon as I was about to switch my gear I get the most aggressive take down I've ever seen. It was one FAT Cutt that became air borne and then took a deep dive. Then a second airborne attempt which he easily got 3 feet out of the water and spit the hook. At this moment I realized I need a gopro camera. I ordered one as soon as I got home. With adrenaline rushing I set my line back down but unfortunately only hooked perch (10) for the rest of my time on the water. I wish I had more time.

Gear used: Orange Shasta Tackle sling blade, tequila sunrise wiggle hoochie
Bait: worms
depth: fished in 35-40 feet of water 20-25ft down
Trolling speed: 2.0mph
Area: Moss Bay, Kirkland


Comments

The Quadfather
5/18/2015 5:39:00 AM
I like when you exclaim that "At this moment I realized I need to order a GoPro" lol.
I was certain you were just going to say u needed a bigger net, etc.
Good report, thx.
Hunter757
5/18/2015 8:14:00 AM
Nice!!!
Bigfishman
5/18/2015 8:46:00 AM
While it's not the Columbia, a fisheries biologist suggested to me once that taking home pikeminnows from Lake Washington for cat food wouldn't be a bad thing...
rmrauscher
5/18/2015 7:58:00 PM
Planning on fishing that area in the morning. See if I can catch the bad boy that got away!
N E 1 FISSION
5/19/2015 12:43:00 PM
Great report, and yes, getting a GoPro would have been so cool,...felt that way a coupe years back when I had a "dancing silver", about 5-6 leaps, then gone,...
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