Northwest Fishing Reports

Fourth of July lake opened for fishing today, but has it frozen over, or does it have any open water? ( Might hit it this weekend if it does have open water. )

Ive tried fishing for cutts on lake wa from the shore a few times and the only problem is the freakin perch #-o . If you plunk worms off the bottom you'll get 50 perch before you get a cutt. Ive tried roe but cant keep the sculpin off. Suspending bait 20-30 feet below a slip bobber might work bette...

Here's a link to the web-page I was talking about. ( Finally found it again. )

http://www.ci.sammamish.wa.us/departmen ... how=Photos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Does this look like the place?

Wow, thanks for all the responses, everybody ( both here and via PM ) In regards to those docks AMX was referencing, I came across a web page for a 'new' park on the NE side of Sammamish called Sammamish Landing. The accompanying text said that they were going to have docks at that park, but that th...

In the 'latest reports' section I've been seeing one post after another about the hot Cutthroat bite on Lake Sammamish right now, and I have a ( probably dumb ) question. Do you absolutely need to have a boat to target the Sammamish cutts, or is it possible to catch them off the bank? Thanks in adva...

No contest....Wickiup Reservoir, Oregon

It has kokes in the 15"-16" class, and I caught my personal best Brown out of Wick, two years ago. The first time I fished there, I got the biggest trout I ever caught off the bank, "23 'Bow

Can someone fill me in on the details of this place? I keep hearing folks rave about it, that it's a very pretty spot, and opens for the first time this year on Saturday, but that's ALL I know.

What's the deal? Thanks in advance, NBS

I may be looking for something that doesn't exist here, but...

I'm planning to head out again next week, and thought I'd like to target Westslope Cutthroats. Are there any drive-in lakes, not a super-hellacious distance from Portland that have them?

Today's In the Bleachers

:-({|= To this guy. How much would you be willing to be that he was fishing with bait too? This really goes beyond the pale, as far as I'm concerned. 13 fish is way over the limit on ANY Lake, much less one with a two fish max. And my guess is also that the limit rules are VERY prominently posted at...

What Quad said.

And yes, I did get out on a lake Sunday...Miller Lake, Oregon, targeting Browns. 3 fish total, 14-15"

Some whiles back, a member here posted a report on Rufus Woods, in which he described knocking 'em dead with what he called a, 'pellet fly'. And then the other day, I spotted this thread on the Ifish.net message board. Looks like something that might work quite well on Rufus ( Or Beaver Lake ) http:...

[quote="Anglinarcher"]Well done. Did you get a less grainy picture you could e-mail me? I would love to have one for my records. I also caught an Apache Trout, but I was very young and did not get a picture. In my day (~1965), you had to have an invite to fish for them]Regrettably, no...that's the b...

Okay, I'll fess up. It's an Apache Trout, ( http://www.cooperativeconservationamerica.org/viewproject.asp?pid=136 ) Caught out of Hurricane Lake, on the White Mountain Apache Reservation, back in '93 The orange-ish fins come from the fact that this particular trout was getting her spawning colors on.

Or....why should Anglin' Archer have all the fun?

I know what this is, btw.

Could that be a Rainbow/Coastal Cutt cross...rather than a Rainbow/Westslope Cutt Cross? Even pure Coastal Cutts look a lot like 'Bows, y'know.

Look for the fat guy in the white, inflatable with the Boston Whaler logo, and driving the beat-up white Toyota Pick-Up.

( This is tentative, depending on the overnight weather in the Oregon Cascades. )

What? If you guys seriously think I'm willing to drive all the way up there from Portland and brave that kind of circus, just to catch a 3#-5# 'Bow...

...yer absolutely right!

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/

This site allows you to check road conditions and access roadside cams all around Washington State, allowing you to instantly eyeball the weather conditions wherever it is that you're headed. Check it out

There's one for Oregon, too.

http://www.tripcheck.com

I prefer floating bait off the bottom to dangling it under a bobber; fish don't feel as much resistance with a sliding sinker rig, when they take the bait. Here's a couple more suggestions in that regard. 1. Use the lightest leader, and smallest hook that you can get away with. Depending on the fish...