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05/21/2015
Trolling
Cutthroat Trout
Orange
Mostly Sunny
Dodger
Morning
05/21/2015
5
2039

This was by far the best morning I have had in a really long time. I hit the big lake around 7:30am right in downtown kirkland. Fished Moss bay again with the attempt to catch that big boy I lost on Sunday. I trolled right in 30-35ft of water, 25ft down on the wire. Marked tons of bait right off the bat and not much longer I was into my first cutt. This fish was 18 inches and had a tag right behind the head. I did bonk this fish as the hooks were planted right in the gills. Called the WDFW and gave them the tag number. Back in the water I went same depth and about 10 min later I had fish number 2. A bit smaller at about 16 inches but great fight it gave me. Sent the gear back down and it took me a couple passes until I got a fat strike with the rod tip i. The water. Peeled line like crazy and went air Bourne a few times. I knew I had that guy I lost Sunday. After a 10 min battle on my koke gear I landed a 22 inch, 3-4lb cutt. By far the biggest I have ever caught. The last hour of fishing i released 4 other Cutts around 12-14 inches and kept the last one that was another 18 incher. I was off the water around 10-10:30 to head into work. I was not expecting a morning like this but I definately found where the Cutts are hanging out. I did notice a ton of stickle back surfacing in the Area I was trolling which prompted me to troll in that area. Proved to be very successful. I recieved my GoPro today, so I will have videos up this weekend! Extremely excited for that.

Gear used: silver/blue uv sling blade, tequila sunrise wiggle hoochie.

Scent: herring and anchovy



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sunfighter
5/21/2015 5:28:00 PM
My biggest cutt was 26" caught out of lake crecent in clallam county.caught it on a brown wooley bugger.Same day I caught a 8lb beardsley on a black bugger with a red tail.
That was about 6 years ago when my health allowed me to climb into and sit in a boat.
I'd love to hear from more people fishing this amazing lake,Its c nd r with barbless hooks,gets very little pressure and fishing license not required.
motley
5/21/2015 6:55:00 PM
Nice Cutts!! That one is a pig!!!
salmonbarry
5/21/2015 10:46:00 PM
Nice job DJ! I was dying to get out this morning as it looked so promising but have way too much work to get caught up on-maybe this weekend! Thanks for the report!
troutfinatic
5/22/2015 11:21:00 AM
Thanks for the pictures of the clip fin and tag. Never seen one before.
Nice fish. Going back there after the big one got away last trip, and
catching another one feels good. I lost a big one yesterday whom I
attend to meet again in the near future.
MotoBoat
5/23/2015 10:06:00 AM
The picture showing just the tail of a fish, is that a double tail or my eyes not focusing without readers on?
DjButler
5/23/2015 10:47:00 AM
Haha MotoBoat, this is a clipped tail. They do it to let fisherman know that there is a tag in this fish and that they are doing research.
greenboater
5/23/2015 10:59:00 PM
Hey D j I see your up to your normal stuff out there on the big pond , and the same basic gear like you told me a while back I told ya it just gets better . not sure if you read that last comment I sent you about the juice based thing and smoking method and Ric's web site and all , as for me
dang if it didn't get even more complicated then I was talking about just got home from an unexpected visit to Highline Hospital to find out that I got a touch of that stuff that starts with the letter P in the ole lung area sure slowed me down , and my plans as well till we get back to normal
keep fishin an showing all the good pic's and remember what I said cause they going to start filming soon Ha ha . just kidin .man , oh by the way I got a real story to tell ya about that has to do with a couple of guys that were close to Bob Marley , and strangely enough one those
dudes for real was my room mate at the little Hospital visit My only regret was I didn't have a tape recorder at least to capture what this guy
was saying couldn't even been made up in any fashion , He knew far to much and all to accurate he was a true Rastafari his brother the other guy that is had to leave the home land cause they got to be a little to well known and it gets even better when find out why , when ya look at some of the pics on the old records think what what Marley's fave was . ya true story for sure . and ya when them 22" ers straighten
out the ole line on ya and go up in the air like a rocket and ya set the drag so you can't real um in and they cant win either that's fun Ya man .
MotoBoat
6/3/2015 9:04:00 AM
Okay, joke is on me! Now that I know there is a square section cut out of the tail, that when viewed in a picture, plays tricks with the eyes. So, looks like a double tail, and a square cut, even with readers on.....lol!
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