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Stevens Lake Report
Snohomish County, WA

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04/21/2010
Trolling
Kokanee
Power Bait
Orange
Mack's Wedding Ring
Afternoon
04/21/2010
5
1043

Had some down time between jobs and decided to try Lake Stevens after reading "rseas" report. It started pretty windy and rainy and the fishing was slow. I have the double pole endorsement, so I had two poles out. Trolled past another boat that had one, and they told me they got it on an orange wedding ring, so I quickly tied one up. I take the stock ones and re-tie them on 6 lb flourocarbon and add a second Gamakatsu hook to the rig. Thanks for the tip guys!

The wind died down and rain let up a bit around noon, and then the bite was on, even through the showers. I had the orange rig tipped with a Berkley power maggot in chartruese behind a Sep's dodger, set at 17 to 19 feet. On the other side I ran a deep red wedding ring, same dodger and bait, set at 23 feet. I was trolling along the north shore between 1.3 and 1.6 mph. I had 3 or 4 doubles. I got a limit of 10 fish, with 4 over 14 inches, and I probably lost easily as many. I use ultralight trout poles and light white cannon or yellow Sep releases on the downriggers, so it is an absolute blast for the kokes. Bleed them and get them on ice right away! Yummy!


Comments

rseas
4/22/2010 7:08:00 AM
Great report, thank you for posting the details. Lake Stevens produces fish all year long but my favorite time to fish it is during kokanee season. I second the getting them on ice. When being drug around the lake and with the surface temperatures are at 50 degrees or better it doesn't take long for a stringer of dead fish to turn and loose their quality.
TomD
4/22/2010 9:52:00 AM
rseas -you were right about the fish arches... my screen was pretty much lit up down in the 30-60 range, but I didn't go down there because you said the fish were up... I'm guessing they are either less active kokes down there or maybe rainbows...
mav186
4/22/2010 10:55:00 AM
Nice report Tom...thanks for taking the time.
Matt
4/22/2010 4:54:00 PM
Great report Tom. What boat are you in, I will make sure to wave if I see you out there :)
TomD
4/23/2010 1:19:00 PM
I have a 17 foot Arima with a skip tower (hard top) and blue canvas... It's a salt water boat, but works pretty well in the lakes with good launches. I don't do Lake Stevens very often, but may do more given this year's kokanee crop!
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