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By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/14/2024
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I went down to Silver lake this morning for the first time ever. I was hoping to find bass and I did find them but they wouldn't bite. I thought maybe I could catch some trout as they were supposedly ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 3/17/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/17/2024
Hot Spots: 0
With the sunny spring weather I tried an early fishing trip. I went to Black lake this morning, the north end. I have a new fishing thermometer but it's in celsius for some reason. Anyways google says...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 11/5/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/4/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake very late in the day after hiking and driving all over the hood canal area. I got on the water about 4 and it was windy and stormy looking. After so much rain I thought this might be...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/21/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 0
The bite is on at Riffle lake. I went to the fishing area at the dam this time and wasn't sure what to expect. It isn't set up for boats, I had to lug my kayak down about 150 yards of rocky, loose, ba...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/1/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
The bite is on right now at Diablo! I didn't get there until 9 because there were tons of slow bastards on the country roads yesterday morning. As soon as I got on the water I was seeing fish feeding ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/23/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/23/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This was the worst day of great fishing ever. Everything went wrong that could including finding access areas all locked, falling off the bank with the kayak and with lots of mud, lost all my best lur...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/9/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/9/2023
Hot Spots: 0
FYI- the ramp at the far boat launch is closed, but you can still park and launch kayaks. This is my first time seriously fishing this lake. It took my quite a while to find some fish, about a mile fr...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/3/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/2/2023
Hot Spots: 0
FYI- Keechelus boat launch road is closed. So then I went to Kachess. I have never caught fish in this lake and never seen a fish in there until yesterday. I saw several fish jumping this morning, mos...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 8/27/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/27/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went down to Black lake this morning. Trying for trout, at this time last year I saw plenty of trout jumping in the morning including some whoppers. Today I only saw one or two fish take bugs the wh...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/30/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This lake severely needs some stocking. They should put some cutthroat in here, it's perfect habitat for them. Anyways I fished an hour Saturday night in the wind and then 4 hours or so this morning. ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/23/2023
Species: Perch
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went to lake Washington this morning to see what I could find dropshotting. This is the first time I caught fish in this lake since I was a teenager. I didn't find a huge number of fish or anything ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/9/2023
Species: Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went out to Tanwax today and found some fish but it was hard work. There are a lot of people there right now, congested boat ramp. I caught one crappie, one perch, and 3 or 4 pumpkinseeds, my first...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/4/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2023
Hot Spots: 0
So I went hiking today to some lakes, but didn't have luck at the lake I fished. Then I fished a pond that was in the area and though it didn't have a lot of fish, they were pretty big and fought hard...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/2/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2023
Hot Spots: 0
So I tried to go fishing at Lawrence, but I couldn't find any public access. I tried driving east to Kapowsin and found this lake instead. It's a pretty little lake with lots of parks on it that seem ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/17/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2023
Hot Spots: 0
First time at this lake today. Usually you have to get away from the launch to find fish, but I barely saw any in this lake until someone told me trout were right in front of the launch. It appears t...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/4/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2023
Hot Spots: 0
The lake is a great early summer destination. Spent half the day there and caught bluegills, trout and a bass. The trout are biting and of course bluegill but only caught one bass. Talked with a nice ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/4/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/3/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This lake used to have fish in it, but I didn't see any sign of fish yesterday. WDFW doesn't even have it on their site anymore so I guess they have no plans to stock it which is sad. Lots of people a...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/31/2023
Species: Carp
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I stopped by this lake around 10 or 11 on my way home Memorial day weekend. I never fished here before, it is a beautiful little lake. The water is pretty clear and clean looking, I wouldn't mind snor...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/29/2023
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I have been trying to catch of fish out of this lake for a while. Last year I found a few rainbows but couldn't get them to bite. Today I finally landed a fish there and it was a hog. Right at 7:20 I ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/22/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/13/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing at Rimrock lake a few weeks ago and managed to find an area holding some fish. I think they were about to spawn, they had amazing colors. Caught 4 I think, one was about 16 inches and 1...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/22/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Diablo sunday morning. Conditions weren't great, plenty of wind off and on and lots of runoff made the water murky. I managed to land 4 fish plus a fingerling but it took a lot of work to fin...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/13/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/12/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This lake appears to have no fish in it. I think this is the fourth time I've tried fishing it and didn't see even a hint of fish. I got on the water about 7 am so there should have been fish close to...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/30/2023
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/30/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I think this lake is seriously overrated. I got on the water by 7:15 and the water feels warm, fish should have been active. I saw a few trout jump and that was it. I only caught one small fish, a roc...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/23/2023
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I went camping and fishing at Potholes reservoir this weekend. I got there late Saturday, set up my tent, and started seeing fish jumping. I got on the water and only could entice one, but it was 2.5-...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/17/2023
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/16/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I was driving back to Tacoma from Skagit county and I decided to try fishing Clear lake for the first time. Weather was bad and the access is a steep, muddy, trail but I managed to come away with a vi...
