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By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/1/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
First time fishing Chelan. As a kayak angler this lake has always intimidated me which is probably why I've not prioritized it. Circumstances lined up with the NWFR BBQ and I decided to give it a shot...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/31/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2016
Hot Spots: 2
I've always dreamed of fishing Omak Lake. A little over a week ago due to poor weather and client cancellations I suddenly had a two day window with no obligations. On a whim I decided to make the...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/1/2015
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Made my annual fall pilgrimage to Silver Lake to kayak fish for crappie and other panfish that concentrate in fantastical numbers each fall in the canals around the lake. I was not disappointed as I c...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/17/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/15/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My wife and I set out for an overnight camping and kayak fishing trip to Timothy Lake in the northern Cascades of Oregon. Our target species was Signal Crayfish. Timothy Lake as well as other nearby m...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/21/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After having an absolute blast my last trip, limited in less than 1 hr, to Riffe Lake I was eager to return and try my luck again. I launched my kayak shortly after 7 AM on the east end of the lake. T...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/16/2015
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I kayak fished Riffe Lake for the first time ever. I did quite a bit of research on the lake before heading out and consider myself a skilled kokanee fisherman so I had high hopes. I also was hoping t...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 5/11/2015
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Spent a full day in my favorite urban kayak fishery at Swan Island Basin. This locale has built a reputation among local kayak anglers as THE place to easily access and catch dinosaurs (aka White Stur...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 4/20/2015
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Decided to take advantage of the amazing weather and recent planting of Brown and Rainbow Trout by WDFW at Lacamas Lake to add another installment to my Cascadia Kayak Angler series on YouTube. I was ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/10/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/9/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Spent a beautiful Monday out on Coldwater Lake in the blast zone of Mount St. Helens chasing Rainbow Trout. This population of Rainbow Trout is self-sustaining and has been since they were introduced ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 2/1/2015
Species: Flounder
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/31/2015
Hot Spots: 1
A few times a year I venture out to the Nisqually flats in my kayak to enjoy one of the region's few remaining productive flounder fisheries. I've had success using a variety of rigs but I've had the ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/25/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/24/2015
Hot Spots: 2
I've been hitting Merwin quite a bit in the kayak lately for kokanee in order to put together an instructional kayak fishing video on this fishery before the peak of the season begins. Saturday's weat...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2015
Hot Spots: 1
We've had strong easterly winds that have kept me away from Merwin most of the year. Finally, saw an opportunity to get the kayak out on the water. The lake was glass most of the day and saw a school ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Burbot
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/21/2014
Hot Spots: 2
This was my last big trip for the Cascadia Big Fishing Year, where I am attempting to catch/harvest as many species of fish/shellfish in OR/WA in 2014. My two target species for this trip were burbot ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/17/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Clamming & Crabbing Report
Hit the east side of Oak Bay during the recent minus tides as part of my Cascadia Big Fishing Year (www.bigfishingyear.net). We camped Ft. Flager which itself produced m...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 7/17/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I was in the area to do some shellfish harvesting during the minus tides and decided to drop the kayak in and troll around this picturesque lake in hopes of connecting with one of the two endemic spec...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/12/2014
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/12/2014
Hot Spots: 1
The weather was too nice to be inside so I headed out to Silver Lake. This was my first time fishing this lake. I worked a variety of the backwater "canals" until I found some willing biters. I was us...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/9/2014
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
A fellow kayak fisherman and myself fished for white sturgeon on the Willamette River. We launched around 8 AM. Despite marking dense concentrations of sturgeon below us and seeing many roll on the s...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 3/1/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Pacific Eulachon aka Columbia River Smelt Dip Netting
Friday I had some business to attend to in Longview, WA. I decided to check out the Cowlitz River to see if I could find any eulachon swimming ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 12/20/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I always have a difficult time rating my experience on any one lake. Do you rate based on quantity or quality? Sometimes one good fish is all it takes to make the difference between "meh" and "hell ye...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/17/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I fished Merwin today from our kayaks. We were targeting primarily kokanee. I was running two rods with a long-lined rod at 100' no weight and a green Shasta tackle dodger with a green sp...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/13/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Merwin reservoir today from my kayak. Had a consistent bite for most of the day. The morning started out with two back to back chinook smolts which I promptly released. Both bit a pink hoochie ...
By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 11/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This is my first report on Washingtonlakes.com! I fished Merwin Reservoir from my Hobie Revolution kayak. The weather was decent with overcast skies, occasional light rain, and virtually no wind. My ...
