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By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/21/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/20/2025
Hot Spots: 0
Yesterday was a great day. Not quite lights out fishing, it took a lot of searching and work to find them, and some were biting weakly, and one my the hooks on my spoon being broken off didn't help, b...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/14/2025
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/14/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I did an unadvised fishing hike this morning while everyone else was still in bed. It was cool, cloudy, windy and then rainy for most of the time I was there. A few fish were jumping when I got there ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 9/7/2025
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I did a hike and caught some fish. Almost all the fish there are small though, but I found one or two decent ones.
By: cwbraue
Posted: 8/3/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/2/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't done this hike in about 40 years, so I got up early and made the long drive. Google said the FS road was closed but it's not, it is rough though. I quickly got to the lake and pumped up my r...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/27/2025
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2025
Hot Spots: 0
So, I had to drive someone to Olympia in the morning and looked for a place to fish nearby other than Black lake and I picked this lake that probably most people in Washington never heard of. It remin...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/27/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/26/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I went hiking on the Middle Fork trail but the trail quickly leaves the river and goes farther and farther away so I turned around and went back close to the trailhead to fish. I'm sure other sections...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/19/2025
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I haven't fished this lake in at least 30 years. I got on the water just after 9 and started trolling. About 15 minutes later I started getting bites on both lures close to another boat that was fishi...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/7/2025
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to fish but not drive far so off to Spanaway lake. I got there about 9:30 and started paddling. I saw tons of small sunfish and baby bass and they kept checking out my bait but wouldn't bite ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 6/30/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/29/2025
Hot Spots: 0
This year I haven't had good luck fishing this lake like I normally do. It was a gorgeous day but the water is still in the 50's that's probably why the fishing was so slow. I ended up with two on the...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/31/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I usually fish Diablo several times a year. The lake was low and ugly near the highway like it just turned over, but further down it was it's normal beautiful blue-green. Fish were jumping here and th...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/18/2025
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/17/2025
Hot Spots: 0
First I tried Padden Lake for the first time and got no bites though little fish were jumping. So then I put on my pack and hiked up the mountain to a pond and hoped they would bite in the crappy weat...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/13/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/12/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to go fishing after work since I only fished one place this weekend and got skunked. I got to the lake about 530 and started trolling. Someone told me there were smallmouth in this lake so I...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/4/2025
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/3/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I got up incredibly early saturday and made the long drive over to Eastern Washington to one of my favorite lakes. There weren't tons of fish biting but the ones that were were decent sized. The water...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 5/2/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I took a day off last Friday and went to Black lake at 6:45 in the morning. Some trout were feeding but they wouldn't bite anything for me all day. I did catch 2 smallmouths, which I didn't even know ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/20/2025
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/19/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I went to a small lake near Bellingham yesterday and the fish are finally waking up. I think I caught 5 and had many other bites. Spinners with bucktails seem to be the winner at least for cutthroats ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/15/2025
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/14/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I went fishing after work yesterday as it was a perfect day for it. I found an area where little trout were consistently surfacing and jumping but I couldn't get them to take anything I had except for...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 4/6/2025
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I hate this lake. I've only ever caught one or two fish in American and yesterday was no different. The water was around 50 degrees that should be enough for the trout to start feeding but all morning...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 3/29/2025
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/29/2025
Hot Spots: 0
I went to lake Cushman today and apparently it was an early bite. I found a spot with several fish and landed one. Afterwards I only had 2 or 3 more bites for the day but didn't land any. The water is...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/15/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/14/2024
Hot Spots: 0
Normally I fishing Diablo multiple times a year, but this was my only serious fishing day there this year. A year and a week ago there was lights out fishing but yesterday the bite was sporadic and th...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/6/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/30/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I hiked up to Annette lake with my raft last month and found some fish. The bite was around 11:15 to 12:00 and after that they would only eat bugs. The trout population is healthy but small fish, the ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 10/5/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I got up early and fought traffic construction to make the long drive the Leavenworth and Eight mile lake. I figured it would be good fishing due to the time of year and the weather and it definitely ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 8/18/2024
Species: Perch
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/17/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I have been curious about this lake and finally checked it out yesterday. It's scenic, but I couldn't find even a hint of fish. I tried bait and a spoon. This lake is very shallow and full of algae, b...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/28/2024
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/27/2024
Hot Spots: 0
So this isn't really secret, but it's not on the list. This is a pond in the middle fork Snoqualmie valley. It's quite difficult to fish because it requires a short hike, it's very brushy, very steep ...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/21/2024
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the lake around 8:00 and was quickly on the water. The weather was squirelly the whole time which is probably why fishing sucked. I tried a spinner, spoon and bait at at depths down to 30 fee...
By: cwbraue
Posted: 7/16/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/15/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I went to Alder lake yesterday and got on the water just before 7. I had a very hard time finding fish, probably because of the bright sun and the water is very murky. I lost a nice cutthroat at the b...