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By: Rocketvet
Posted: 5/28/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Made the long drive from Olympia to Conconully and it was worth it! We fished Thursday afternoon and landed 9. Friday we fished the morning then took a 2 hr break and fished the afternoon catching o...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/3/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/3/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had another great day of weather at Merwin today. Netted 10 in the 12.5-15 in range trolling from 9 am -2 pm. Left a little later from Olympia to let the roads warm up a bit. Even then it was still...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 2/15/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Melissa and I just returned from 3 great days on Lake Chelan. Although we didn't "limit out" I rated the trip a 4/5 as we caught enough to keep us excited and the weather cooperated nicely. The haul...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 1/30/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/30/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Melissa and our trusty boat dogs headed to Merwin Tuesday morning to see if we could find any early season Kokanee. We were pelted by heavy rain the whole drive from Olympia. We actually made it to ...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 1/16/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/15/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Took the father-in-law to be out to Spencer Lake for an afternoon troll. Weather for this time of year was absolutely amazing and fished most the afternoon in a T-shirt. Wasn't red hot fishing for s...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 1/16/2018
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Melissa, the dogs and I hit American Lake on Sunday. Wanted to try out some new Kokanee rods and reels picked up for Christmas. We set the downriggers up with Kokanee gear and varied depths. We als...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 11/27/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Offut Lake Saturday to target the over 1,000 large rainbows recently stocked for the WDFW Black Friday event. We were saddened to find the lake looked like a N. Korean testing site with a h...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 11/27/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/25/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Fall rainbow trout fishing continues to be good at Nahwatzel. We caught our limit of 10 in a couple hours and took home 6 to filet before the wind and rain hit hard. NWFR member Denny recommended Ol...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 5/19/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Still haven't caught any of the larger trout in Hicks but had another nice day trolling. Caught 4 on bait, kept 3 and released a 10 in. Took the bait off and trolled another hour without a hit. Th...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 5/11/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 5 cookie-cutter 12 in Rainbows on a beautiful, calm day at Hicks. Lost more at the boat than I'm used to for some reason. All the bigger fish eluded me but I could see some fatties on the Gar...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 5/7/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for 2 hrs and limited quickly but only retained 2 for dinner. 2 14 inch fish, 1 that hit hard and gave a crazy fight for a 14 in fish! The others were 10 inch and released safely to grow up....
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 5/2/2017
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to brave the winds and headed to Summit for our first trip this season. We trolled Kokanee gear with the off chance we might get lucky but as expected we could not keep the rainbows from ...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 4/3/2017
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Saturday was a very popular day at Roosevelt Beach with what looked like thousands of diggers as far as the eye could see. Lots of happy faces and full bags. Melissa, Mike and I limited in just over...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/21/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took a friend out to Lake Cavanaugh for my first trip to this lake. Had lines in the water by 9 am. Trolled various Kokanee gear all day and didn't hook a single Kokanee. Caught 10 cutthroat, relea...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Luckily we heard about the landslide blocking access to Speelyai ahead of time and took a detour through Amboy. Sounds like it will be a while before the road will be cleared. Had lines in the water...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 3/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/8/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Let the snow melt before we headed out and had lines in the water by 1pm. Water is a bit murky but much better than last year early. Ramp and dock at Speelyai are very usable. 4 other trailers in t...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 2/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Another stellar day with Jeff of Darrel and Dads Guide service on Chelan. Hot depth was around 100 ft. Multiple locations produced. Jeff has this fishery dialed in and is a great guy to fish with. ...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 12/16/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to brave 33 degree temps and a light dusting of snow and took the boat to Offut Lake for a few hours. Water temp was 39-40 degrees. Not a single other boat or angler from the dock seen. Tro...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 10/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Caught 10 and kept 8 in the 13 - 16 in range. Lost a couple. Fished from 3pm - 5pm under mostly clear skies with the girlfriend and 2 dogs. Trolled flies again tipped with rainbow power eggs. Work...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 10/23/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/22/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my girlfriend's father out for some rainbow trout fishing on Saturday. Weather stayed dry and we had a blast catching healthy rainbows. We stopped at 5 keepers 14 in or larger and managed to la...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 10/7/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for 2 hrs and limited quickly. All kept were in the 14-15 in range and well fed. Trolled an orange tube fly behind a wiggle fin disk at 1.5 mph. 70 ft back with 3/4 Oz weight. Rained the w...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 10/3/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Melissa and I took the pups out for an evening trip on Black Lake after celebrating the Seahawks win. Despite living in Lacey it was our first trip to Black Lake. We've hit every other lake in the a...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 9/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled for 4 hours and didn't mark many fish. Water was calm and water temp was between 65-66 degrees. Flat green Kokabow wedding ring with chartreuse blade was the only lure that saw action. Hook...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 9/14/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Kokanee fishing season ending at Summit? I landed 1 in 3 hrs just under 13 in. Had 2 other licks that didn't stick. Trolled 40 to 60 ft where I saw marks but didn't see big groups. Didn't even hav...
By: Rocketvet
Posted: 8/31/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to Conconully for a camping and fishing trip with old friends and their 2 boys ages 4 and 7. Pulled into the state park and was able to secure a campsite with a view of the reservoir at one of...