Northwest Fishing Reports

Pipe and Lucerne are private lakes. If I am correct only the people that live in Cherokee bay may fish them.

I will be taking my children fishing to the lakes near our home so they can have fun in the ones I know that are good producers.

The green is very good for crayfish. If you use pots for lake or river bait them with oily fish scraps. Heads and tails. Save those parts and use them in your pots. You can also find them in logs and under rocks in streams. Do not use chicken or catfood for your pots. I hope this helps

I did not know there was another lake there. How many miles hiking?

Has anybody fished Packwood lately?

Thanks Marc
I now have three that I will try this week and see how good they work. If I catch fish on them at the lakes I hit I will post on the lakes report. I will also post here to say if they are good as modern tackle or not.

Thank you for the information. The one thing I am looking at is size for the mouth of the fish. I also have very big rosebush thorns I will try them. Do they have to be dried or green when you use them?

There was a dock last year for a short time that was brought over from one of the houses but the state took it out. It has very good for me until the fourth of July to many fireworks in the water. About a week after everything gets cleaned up it goes back to normal.

Yes those are the types of hooks That I have seen in books but only diagrams of them. I am trying to make some to see how they do with trout and bass and how effective they are. Thanks for the pics it gives me a better feel of how they are made.

Has anyone tried making primitive hooks like gorge or toggle hooks that were used by fisherman in the past?

Near Lake Sawyer there is also lake Morton and Lake Wilderness and Lake Desire that are also good lakes when the temp goes up. Lake Morton is supposed to get stocked this month but I do not know about Desire.

Just a dusting in Kent. Lake Morton is very calm but no risers. Some ice on the road but not much. Will try the lake this afternoon when it warms up to 40.

Hello
My name is Brooks Johansson.
Location: Kent
Hobbies: crayfishing, trout fishing, hunting,
I started my fishing in 1974 on the old seacrest pier in WestSeattle. I like to fish the high lakes and streams. My first crayfish was at Lake Shannon near Mt. Baker. Brooks