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By: snake7676
Posted: 4/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to lake Sawyer with my two boys and we brought 5 bows and 4 cutts home for dinner and the smoker. All fish were over 15inchs nice and healthy. All put up a good fight. I was using a wooly bug...
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By: snake7676
Posted: 4/26/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well woke up this morning and the boys wanted to hit the lake back up for some more action so we did . This time I took the 5yr old along with , what a blast its been the last 2 days . same tackle us...
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By: snake7676
Posted: 5/2/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well woke up this morning and made breakfast 4 the tribe and then I called a fishing buddy to hit up lake Sawyer. We launched around 10AM headed down to the south end trolling black woolybugger. Boate...
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By: snake7676
Posted: 5/11/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well the boy and I went out to lake sawyer and trolled the south end. I was marking fish at the top few feet of lake still , he hooked a nice bow with in first 10min. Lots of skiers on lake make kin...
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By: terry329
Posted: 5/15/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well I started out the day going shopping and getting a new cheapo pole for my grandson. While I was shopping I found some wooly buggers. So many people on here mention catching fish using them so I...
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Posted: 5/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south end of Sawyer. I trolled a fly and threw jigs tipped with worms. I caught a 2.5# smallie, a small crappie and three perch. I didn't see any trout surfacing and it was nice and calm...
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By: Sideburns
Posted: 6/9/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Plans fell through for me this morning, and I decided to fish solo anyways... I was planning to head to Sammamish with my Dad, but he couldn't make it. Decided to hit nearby Lake Sawyer instead. I ...
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By: londracek
Posted: 8/10/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Today was the earliest I've been on the lake - mainly to avoid the heat. Started off with my normal wedding ring set up, had a couple hits but nothing on the hook. Switched to a perch pattern God's To...
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By: rappuhd
Posted: 5/6/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from about 1230 to 530. Mostly trolled but also did some casting and some dead drifting. Weather was amazing! Fished a lot of different set ups including wedding rings, triple teasers and flatf...
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By: eschang1
Posted: 10/2/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Using an inflatable raft with electric trolling motor, trolled flatline and weighted with Mack's hot wings and wedding rings. Also tried Dick Nite spoon. Tipped them with pieces of nightcrawler. N...
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Posted: 10/18/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/17/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Tried out Sawyer on my Colorado XT, tried trolling for crappie/perch to begin with, couple of nibbles but no fish. Switched to the trolling gear, dropped down to about 20 feet. Lot's of sonar action, ...
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By: Sideburns
Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2017
Hot Spots: 3
I'm absolutely determined to find another Kokanee fix near home, and this lake is heavily stocked with Kokanee fry every year. For some reason though, it's trout stocking was majorly reduced this ye...
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By: Sideburns
Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Fished 6 to 8 pm with my 9 and 13 year old daughters. Similar results as last night, but oddly the plentiful little cutthroats were no where to be found tonight. We headed straight towards the waypo...
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By: motodmast
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 3
we went out friday morning before the rain set in. we were on the water at 7:15. we started off trolling for trout with a red wedding ring. we were trolling between the island and shore, and i ended u...
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Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took my 8 yr old daughter fishing.. We fished from 11:00 to 2:30 without a bite. Trolled a Hot Shot, Spoons, and homemade wedding rings tipped with either a power egg or worm. Just could get anything...
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Posted: 1/6/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Sawyer at about 9am on Saturday, the water was like glass and had a beautiful view of Mt. Rainier. Slow trolled the lake 3 times around mixing it up between a Trout pattern Needle Fish, a Trout ...
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Posted: 6/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the water @ 6 am. Caught the first fish within 15 minutes. A 16" rainbow. I caught two more, both 12 1/2", before my friend caught his first, a 15" rainbow. I caught one more 12 1/2" rainbow, b...
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By: Alaska316
Posted: 4/14/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake around 10am after dropping the kids off at school. Trolled from the boat launch had 3 nice take downs, but nothing hooked. Marked a bunch of fish right in front of the boat launch and...
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Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Rick and I got on the lake at about 0615. Weather was not that good, light rain and 52 degrees. Headed south down the west side of the lake. Made on lap of the south end of the lake before we got any ...
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By: 8'chris
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2009
Hot Spots: 0
horrible, used needlefish like suggested and no luck, not even a bite, I am done with this lake
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By: 8'chris
Posted: 8/9/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/8/2009
Hot Spots: 0
trolled for hours and finaly got one on, got it to the side of the boat and he decided it was time to go so he just snapped the 8# test and was gone, that was the only bite all day
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Posted: 6/13/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing at this lake was no good. didn't catch anything..
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Posted: 6/20/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Sawyer @ 0615. My friend Rick and I started trolling to the south on the west side of the lake. I was using the trusty Ford Fender with diamond pattern, and Rick was using a small dodger with a...
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By: snake7676
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/13/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Kinda late but this report is for July 11th 2009 . My sister called up and wanted me to take her and my brother inlaw out on the lake so that I did . We were going to go to lake maridian but they had ...
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By: snake7676
Posted: 7/15/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well once again , I got off work and off the wife to work and loaded the boat and kids up and headed to lake sawyer. We were on the lake by 5:30pm I was using a needle fish in perch color, and my 11y...
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