LAKE STEVENS ANNUAL KOKANEE DERBY!!! May 17th !! We were there a few hours in our 12ft Open Smokercarft Angler me Chris n his son of 14! all entered the derby!! Up early all pretied and ready to Catch that winning fish !! at Lake at 0 dark thirty!! launched lil wait but nothing to get irratated about its a derby!! Lights on boat n not to worried a few drizzles on way to Lake from Federal Way nothing to mention! Kinda warm humid so we left our hand warmers heavy winter clothing and hard core rain gear as boat not that big only the necassities goin ok a few nibbles kokane are sneaky fished around Lake alot of boats big n nice ones watching us in there covered area drinking coffee some cookin bacon then it hits spring storm 2014 changed in a heart beat from tolerable to were done!! and B line to dock outa water by 815 !! We are sopping wet cold and even with a warm up in cab of warm pick up n rain gear we were done and a warm restaurant breakfast beat out the idea of toughing it and possible cold or worse damp clothing etc. Hands n face red with coldness!! Weather Won !! We were done!! Good Luck!! fellow Derby boaters etc. FISH ON!! PS we had our breakfast and stopped at our favorite Lake and all limited plus a few throw backs perch n scaw fish n lost a few !! Not Kokanee 10 linit plus trout but all three reeled in a limit each of really nice eye poppin Cutthroat!! Not a bad alternative!! we still did FISH ON! just a different kinda prize !! Our Pride of Not Calling It a Day And Weather Won and Gone Home!! We won in our minds!! Smiles n good Day of catching! FISH ON!!!! Rated it on the whole DAY a 5 !! If just Lake stevens ! a miserable 1 !! Happens sometimes !!

Idstud

5/18/2014 2:31:00 PM

Wow that little flurry didnt last long and the sun came out for a visit too. Glad you still had a good day.

dutchman2858

5/18/2014 2:32:00 PM

I had planned on being out there getting wet and cold in my skiff also...but was saved a couple weeks ago when my wife reminded me that our grandson was having his 8th birthday party on derby day. I've only been married 38 yrs, and I know she'd get the boat and everything else in a divorce, so I went to the birthday party--sounds like I made the right choice :-)

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