Northwest Fishing Reports

Hey,

Besides Yale or Merwin any westside lakes worth trying for Kokanee in the winter? With steelhead closed around here looking for opportunities. Maybe Ward or Alder?

Just found out Swift has
landlocked Coho? Wondering if anyone has fished for them recently or if it is outdated information? Thanks.

Hi, I would like to try Riffe Lake for salmon but have a fishing kayak (Hobie pro angler 12). From what I've read the lake can get rather windy and rough. I was thinking of fishing the area of the Taidnapam North boat launch to the fishing bridge as the lake is smaller there, maybe less boat traffic...

In my search for local kokanee lakes I came across Clear Lake in Pierce County. Looks like it gets stocked with about 40, 000/yr. There hasn't been a lot of recent reports here but what from what I saw it looks like it has fallen off in recent years (so has Ward in Thurston). I was wondering if anyo...

Your 2 cents is probably worth more than my 10 dollars :). I still have not mastered this kokanee thing but I would agree that a expert fisherman who knows what he is doing will out fish someone with more toys. I am still in that 2nd category though. My question wasn't so much about the X2 then abou...

I only recently got the Fish Hawk X2. First I went to Alder, however; the fish hawk didn't work well there. I thought it may have been broke. The readings were very spotty. I think the water was very silty or something because I next took it to Ward Lake to verify it worked. It was fine there, I bel...

Interesting, and thank you for the reply. Based on the temperature readings I get, 10 ft (even only 5) can make a drastic difference in the preferred temperature zone for kokanee. What you said makes sense. I was recently in a shallow lake and was pulling 'gunk' up on my lures even though I should n...

I recently bought a Fish Hawk X2 to better track lake temperature for kokanee. However, it has me thinking. The probe can tell the water temp. at the downrigger weight but where exactly is my dodger/lure. For example, If I let out 50/75/100 ft. of line before deploying the weight and then drop 30 ft...

Hi, first post/question on this site. I'm hoping people with more knowledge then me can help. When researching Kokanee fisheries in Thurston County I noticed this lake on WDFW. The description of the lake mentions Kokanee. http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/158/ I thought only Ward and Summit had...