Got to the lake early Saturday morning. Was hardly any boats on the lake fishing for bass for the whole day. Weather was windy and rainy at times but the fishing was great. First larger fish of the day was caught on a crank bait (4lbs 10ozs) . Best productive lure was plastic craw flipped along the edges in 2 to 3 foot of water. caught around 20 fish with a certified scale weight of 20.48 lbs for the 5 larger fish weighted caught and release unharmed as I always do for I do not eat fish . Water temp was 67 degrees at 6 in the morning and got to 69 at the highest for the day. water was muddy so fishing shallow was easy so as not to spook fish. Got to watch big fish(6lbs 13ozs) take craw as soon as it hit the water. Checked with Washington Fish and Game and is O-K to keep fish in live well to take pictures at end of day as long as fish are not put on stringer which is classified as being retained on stringer. Thanks to Jason ,a dock fisherman at Silver Lake Resort, for help holding 4 of the 5 fish that was weighted at the end of the day and released unharmed. Picture by Silver Lake staff Dave Newby

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