@Buzzy and I hiked into a small central WA lake this past Tuesday to see what we could find. This past spring I had fished the lake and only landed a 13 inch Tiger and an 18 inch rainbow. This time we each only landed 5 fish, but 3 of the fish I landed were nice ones, including this husky brown trout (photo taken by @Buzzy):
@Buzzy caught a Tiger trout, so between the rainbows, browns and Tigers, that should give you a hint on where we fished. The other 2 big fish were dark rainbows: a 19 and 23 incher, but very fat and good fighters. The water temperature was 47 degrees with moderate water visibility of around 3 to 4 feet. However, there was a lot of bottom muck floating on the water surface. We had the lake to ourselves all day. Definitely more of a quality than quantity type of day, but I like that. Sometimes this lake has lots of small fish, and sometimes only a few big ones, so you never know what you'll find at this lake. Back in 2017, @Buzzy caught this really nice brown at this lake:
I hooked all my fish using a clear intermediate line with a BH Dark Olive Simi Seal Leech, casting and stripping. I was using what I call a Mach 2 Retrieve; a fairly fast retrieve with no pausing. @Buzzy mainly hooked fish using a small jig leech under a strike indicator, which just goes to show that a variety of techniques can catch fish.
Anyway, hope you guys can get out to these small lakes before they ice over.
Rex
@Buzzy caught a Tiger trout, so between the rainbows, browns and Tigers, that should give you a hint on where we fished. The other 2 big fish were dark rainbows: a 19 and 23 incher, but very fat and good fighters. The water temperature was 47 degrees with moderate water visibility of around 3 to 4 feet. However, there was a lot of bottom muck floating on the water surface. We had the lake to ourselves all day. Definitely more of a quality than quantity type of day, but I like that. Sometimes this lake has lots of small fish, and sometimes only a few big ones, so you never know what you'll find at this lake. Back in 2017, @Buzzy caught this really nice brown at this lake:
I hooked all my fish using a clear intermediate line with a BH Dark Olive Simi Seal Leech, casting and stripping. I was using what I call a Mach 2 Retrieve; a fairly fast retrieve with no pausing. @Buzzy mainly hooked fish using a small jig leech under a strike indicator, which just goes to show that a variety of techniques can catch fish.
Anyway, hope you guys can get out to these small lakes before they ice over.
Rex
