Absolutely no idea
There was a mix of wetland deciduous trees and shrubs (they all looked like red sticks to me). There will be conifers mixed in as well but those weren't there to plant yet.
Pass Lake Toxic Algae report.
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There was a mix of wetland deciduous trees and shrubs (they all looked like red sticks to me). There will be conifers mixed in as well but those weren't there to plant yet.
Thanks for helping with the work and the information.Absolutely no idea
There was a mix of wetland deciduous trees and shrubs (they all looked like red sticks to me). There will be conifers mixed in as well but those weren't there to plant yet.
Jim in Anacortes
Life of the Party
I somehow missed @Wanative & @Stonedfish report. Good stuff guys!
This rock looks the same as it did 30 years ago!!
I'll always remember that rock because that's where I saw a rainbow the size of Brian's brown nearly eat a friggin dipper off the side of it! Haha! Still one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
This rock looks the same as it did 30 years ago!!
I'll always remember that rock because that's where I saw a rainbow the size of Brian's brown nearly eat a friggin dipper off the side of it! Haha! Still one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
That's awesome!
A friend has been battling with the park to some action in replacing that hay field with trees for 5 years. He reports that park would harvest the hay and sell it (best use of public land? and how was the result funds used?). Further given the poor quality of the Fadalgo Island soils the field was "heavily" fertilized.
Curt
Yeah, they sold hay from those fields until last year ( I think this is what the manager said ), they had to stop because the non-grass plants in the field became too prevalent and so they couldn't hay it anymore.
Breck
The Whisk(e)y Dick
I don't recall ever encountering a fish-thieving eagle at Pass, but then again, I haven't fished it in over a decade. I had many run-ins with the fish thief at Merrill though.
34 years ago I caught an Atlantic Salmon in that spot!
I remember Atlantics being planted in there, but I never caught one.
Did they ever plant cutts in Pass? The reason I ask is a friend caught one in there in the late 80’s or early 90’s. I remember looking at it in his net and it was definitely a cutt. I never caught a cutt in there either. Just bows and browns.
SF
When Pass was first rehabbed (some 75 years ago) it was cutthroat that were replanted, Shortly there after rainbows became the dominate species planted. I believe that some cutthroat were included in the planting scheme into the 1980s. The browns were first introduced in the late 1980s replacing the diversity of species the cutthroat provided.
There was a period in the 1980s that Atlantic salmon were planted in a number of lakes across the State. Anglers were endorsing the opportunity diversity the provided. While they performed well a few lakes(they typically single species waters) they did very poorly (slow growing thin fish) when planted in waters with other species.
Curt
There was a period in the 1980s that Atlantic salmon were planted in a number of lakes across the State. Anglers were endorsing the opportunity diversity the provided. While they performed well a few lakes(they typically single species waters) they did very poorly (slow growing thin fish) when planted in waters with other species.
Curt
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Bambooflyguy
Legend
I’m old enough to say I caught Atlantic salmon at Pass…..definitely cool looking fish. Nothing over 16” but I can kinda scratch Atlantics off my bucket list. I’d rather catch browns…..
Glad the browns are still doing well. I used to fish that thing a fair amount when I lived in Monroe.
Here's a crappy phone pic of a bruiser in March of 2002. Not too far from "Dipper Rock".
I didn't measure him, but guessed him just over 20. I think it's still my PB brown.
And here's my buddy Chris (not Rick Moranis) in 92 with a fat bow that had a gnarly fungus on it's clipped pec. Check out that totally awesome float tube.
Fishing it mid-week was always a treat.
Here's a crappy phone pic of a bruiser in March of 2002. Not too far from "Dipper Rock".
I didn't measure him, but guessed him just over 20. I think it's still my PB brown.
And here's my buddy Chris (not Rick Moranis) in 92 with a fat bow that had a gnarly fungus on it's clipped pec. Check out that totally awesome float tube.
Fishing it mid-week was always a treat.
Jim in Anacortes
Life of the Party
I treasure my experiences with eagles on this lake. Once an eagle steals your fish, flies off with your line, spooling you, and lands in its nest to have a meal....things are different. You get the feeling that something is always watching you. Especially if you are the only one out there, and especially if you are catching Brown Trout. And especially after you have done battle with two of them at once. While one eagle gets your attention another will fly over your shoulder from behind and grab the fish. I am convinced that the eagles at Pass prefer to steal Brown Trout. One time I managed to horse a Brown into my net after the eagle made several attempts to get it. The bird tried to actually get the fish out of my net! Its talons were as big as my hands and it scared the hell out of me. I unhooked the fish, but was afraid to let it go as the eagle was still there. The Brown Trout (in the net) and I looked at each other for several minutes, both of us with accelerated heart rates. For that moment in time, for once, we were on the same "team". Finally, the eagle left, and I let the fish swim away.
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An eagle did take a rainbow out of my net. I waited to net the fish until it passed by, but it must have spun a 180 mid air and swooped down. A definite heart skipper as wing tips almost brush your nose.
Birds sometimes cause a startle reflex in me. Something like that happens to me and even if I knew the bird was there, I could jerk away and fall out the other side of my pram.
I've never had the eagle scare, on the other hand, loons. I don't know how many times I've watched loons swim right beneath my swim fins when kicking around lakes in BC. Those birds can fly underwater. Loons learn to key in on hooked fish; both my friend Keith and I have had trout "stolen" by loons while fighting the fish. More common is the loon waiting nearby to capture a released trout.