This is why Lake Lenore is POOR Fishing

[Roosevelt walleye]

No I do get that but I would bet that there is some form of aquatic life in the lake that is native or these fish would not survive.

[Roosevelt walleye]

Even trout have to eat, get it?

[BIGINNER]

i'd rather have the trout stay and I bet 99.99% of fishermen would agree....

so why do you think the trout need to go?  just wondering.

[BIGINNER]

Even trout have to eat, get it?

I get what you're saying, but why destroy such a good fishery? 

[lokidog]

Even trout have to eat, get it?

You don't have to take out your anger about the increased walleye limits on these poor fish.   

[Southpole]

Even trout have to eat, get it?

Are you saying, let's get rid of the trout so the native bugs and frogs can survive?

[Roosevelt walleye]

I do not actually want them killed it would be a shame. I was just making the point that our state uses the non native thing when it is convienent for them.

[BIGINNER]

I do not actually want them killed it would be a shame. I was just making the point that our state uses the non native thing when it is convienent for them.

are there endangered species that are being decimated in the lake?  your point is kinda of... kinda bigtime... 

[Roosevelt walleye]

I am sure they are eating their share of something.

[Roosevelt walleye]

I also do not think the endangered salmon or steelhead will be making it my way anytime soon unless they grow legs and walk around grand coulee dam.

[BIGINNER]

don't worry, the walley and bass will servive.  I doubt there will even be a noticeable dent if any in the population   

[Southpole]

don't worry, the walley and bass will servive.  I doubt there will even be a noticeable dent if any in the population   

you took the words right out of my keyboard

[singleshot12]

This sort of thing is happening ALL over our state and it makes me  They have no regards for our fish and game and just laugh at our laws. Where do think most of our sturgeon is going   LE needs to spend most of their time trying to put a stop to them

I Agree But us Honest Sportsman are the first line of defense, we all must do what we can to help our LEO's
so report when you see things like this.  I'm sure many cars some with sportsman have driven by those guys on Lenore and some saw the net,  but how many called?

I also agree, if we want to see any quality fishing in the future we should all have the local game wardon on speed dial when we see these scum bags stealing our recourse's. I'm not really sure why about 90% of sportsmen are too chickenchit to help out our LEO. They depend upon us since we are basically the eyes and ears for them.

[huntnphool]

Lake Lenore, Soap Lake, Washington


The Lahontan cutthroat trout is a fascinating
creature. It is one of the few salmonids that not only survives but thrives in
highly alkaline waters, such as those of its historic natural range in the Great
Basin area of the west. Nevada’s Pyramid Lake is the most famous of the Great
Basin cutthroat lakes, historically growing Lahontan cutts of massive
proportions. The world-record Lahontan, a 41-pound leviathan, came from Pyramid
Lake in the 1920s. These fish can survive higher water temperatures than other
trout by becoming very lethargic when summer heat sets in. In fact, Washington  Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW) biologist Jeff Korth says that growth rates for Lahontan cutts peak in the spring and fall,
but the almost identical summer and winter growth rates are minimal.

 Several decades ago Washington’s Lake Lenore—a 1,600-acre arid-country lake with the kind of water
in which Lahontans thrive—seemed a likely place for the WDFW to try planting these cutthroat.
The stocking program began in the 1970s, and by the early 1980s, the lake was producing 10-plus-pound fish.
The good old days lasted until  the exceptionally hot summer of 1998 killed most or even all of the fish. The
WDFW was poised to correct the situation and the next spring stocked Lenore with tens of thousands of Lahontans.
A creek feeding the north end of the lake provides a place for biologists to trap cutts, which do not reproduce naturally,
and take eggs in early April—if you need a little encouragement when it’s cold out and the icy spring desert wind
is blowing, Korth suggests taking a look at the 7- and 8-pound fish stacked in the trap pen (the creek is closed to
angling).

 The fishing season on Lenore starts March 1, providing there is ice-free water. Fishing can be tough this
early, but it picks up as April approaches. During early spring, small flies—Chironomids and scuds—are often
the best choices. That’s not to say that your favorite Woolly Bugger permutation won’t work, but the smaller patterns do
very well. Korth recommends size-14 through -18 flies, fished slowly with a hand-twist retrieve that gives lethargic
trout plenty of time to see and react to your offering. The water is often turbid, largely owing to the seemingly
constant wind, so trout can’t see flies from too far away. Fish with patience.

By June, the fishing is typically done for the summer because the warming water makes trout lethargic.
Ironically, the fishing shuts off just as a massive damselfly hatch gets under way—an unfortunate case of bad timing.

With the arrival of cooler fall weather, however, comes the best fishing of the year on Lenore. The reinvigorated
cutthroat go on the feed, and large flies are just the ticket. The best action usually begins in mid-October,
and Korth believes that November is the best month for fishing—all the way up to November 30, when the lake closes
to angling.

[huntnphool]

I posted this a while back but some may not have seen it. disposal of sodium