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The saga of Whorde Tries to Catch a Salmon continues last Thursday with Episode .... I've forgotten ... is it 16?
After reading reports of salmon being caught in Lake Washington, I readied my trusty rubber raft, skipped my workout, and set forth at 6 pm from the Sammamish Slough boat launch. Racing toward the lake at a full ... let's say 3 miles per hour, I figured I had until 7:30, so I'd go out 45 minutes and back 45 minutes. My goal was ... Anderson Point is it?
Things seemed kinda sketchy. I was looking at the buoys, and at the depth chart I had printed, and couldn't decide my exact course. Then I saw a float plane landing, so being of sound mind I stayed well away from there. That did not prove to be the best idea, as I was promptly surrounded by weeds on all sides and ended up having to stop and unwrap my propeller probably 12 times. But I made it through the shallow spot, and wasn't run over by a float plane.
When I got to what I judged to be 15 feet of water or so, I dropped standard salmon trolling gear..... full speed ahead for me is trolling speed, so why not right? There was decent action on the flasher. I was feeling better about things once out of the weeds. I didn't get any bites, but I didn't snag the bottom, and I slowly let it down farther to probably 30 feet.
Well, I motored down to the Point, it was ... maybe 6:55 or so, so I turned around and headed back, gear in water up to past where I began. It was getting dark, but I figured I would make better time since I would bypass the weed jungle. Didn't get any bites. Which I guess doesn't surprise me, as the Point is where the deep water actually starts. But I thought it was worth a shot. Those salmon down by Kirkland have to go right around that point to get to the Slough.
And then the real fun began. I got just about to the float plane landing zone, and my battery dies. Being of sound mind, I hadn't brought the spare, as I was only going to be out 90 minutes right? Well, apparently 90 minutes is 10 minutes longer than my battery will push the raft at full speed. Sigh.
So I spent the next half hour rowing in the dark.
And so ended Episode 16.
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