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Baker Lake Report
Whatcom County, WA

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08/22/2010
Trolling
Salmon
Other
Red
Other
Morning
08/23/2010
3
4054

Place Fished: Baker Lake (Sockeye)
Date(s): 8/14 and 22/10
Weather Conditions: Cool Overcast and Drizzle
Wind: 5-8 mph
Ambient Temp: low 60’s
Water Temp.: 67.8
Water Clarity: slightly colored
Moon Phase: 97% waxing


Location Fished:
Noisy Creek area

Lure Type:
Pink Hootchie, Mylar skirt, double red 3/0 hook, 14” leader, 0 silver prism dodger
* Red Smiley blade, double red 3/0 hook, 14” leader, 0 silver prism dodger
Bait Used:
Tipped w/ cured shrimp

Method:
Trolled .8 – 1.10

Depth:
43-48’

Catch Record:
Caught 2 total (#4.1 & #4.3) (#4.2 & #4.7)
It was critical to find the school of fish on the finder, and to troll right through the middle of them, turn right around and DO IT AGAIN!

Additional Notes:
• This is the very first year the Game dept. has opened up the lake for sockeye retention
• Noisy Creek is about 8 miles up the lake on the east side, right side (lake is only 9 miles from one end to the other
• I contacted WDFW and they stated they quit stocking the lake just before last weekend, and they anticipate closing the season soon

I wanted to thank Matt and Rseas for their feedback to my questions. There are some top notch members that contribute a lot of information to this forum.




Comments

rseas
8/23/2010 4:03:00 PM
Thank you and excellent catch! I was hoping that they would keep the season going until the fish just disappear. Not that I wanted to haul them home but I wanted to run the boat up into the Baker river delta and try fly fishing for the bright red ones. In Alaska the sockeye get very aggressive when they put on their spawning colors and I was hoping to capitalize on the same traits and have my way with them on a fly rod.
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