Anyone catch anything today?

[Smossy]

Be it saltwater or freshwater fish? Lets see it or hear your stories!
It was absolutely gorgeous out today and decided to do some fishing while the lady was at her firearm's class.
Caught a few bows today out on the lake and Its got me all excited for this years fishing adventures.
Gonna be a good year.. With the humpy run on top of that. Ohhh boy. 

Got these guys prepped with some butter, onions, and a little Johneys seasoning. Just waiting for the BBQ to heat up 

[jrebel]

This was yesterday....the kids had a blast.  That is my sons first fish ever, don't know who was happier...him or me!!

My daughter is a natural, as usually she outfished us all. 

[Smossy]

Haha, love those photos.. Specially the second one, Hes like  My fish is still bigger, cause its mine!
Cant wait until me and my lady have children one day and I get to put a rod and reel in they're hands.

[christopheri]

I was out at Tanawax today for an hour or so. Couple of bites but I didnt catch any. It is kinda strange because I alway catch at least a couple of trout there this time of year. Thats why its called fishin.

[Smossy]

I was out at Tanawax today for an hour or so. Couple of bites but I didnt catch any. It is kinda strange because I alway catch at least a couple of trout there this time of year. Thats why its called fishin.

For sure, I left because all the darn people in they're boats who like to hang out right above our fishing hole in like a 1/4 acre spot.
When its a 32 acre lake. That's pretty ridiculous. There was a few people exchanging foul words to say the least.
I couldn't sit down for 5 minutes without getting a nibble at one point, Had 2 fish on and landed in probably 10 minutes. The other about half hour later. Then nothing for about an hour (That's when the boats moved in) Then the fish just stopped biting, or ran to another spot in the lake.

[Kola16]

Lost three lings  One snapped my leader  and the other two just got off

Still only have my baitfish to eat since ling season opened 

[Smossy]

Lost three lings  One snapped my leader  and the other two just got off

Still only have my baitfish to eat since ling season opened 

Not like you didn't catch anything though. To hell with them large fish!

[Kola16]

Lost three lings  One snapped my leader  and the other two just got off

Still only have my baitfish to eat since ling season opened 

Not like you didn't catch anything though. To hell with them large fish!

Ya, I am cursed!!! I can pull up every ling that burns my reel and is 4 ft. long, but when it comes to a ling that is in the slot  I have never caught a ling under the size limit. I guess I am immune to catching dinks  I couldn't even catch bait that was under 12" 

[Smossy]

Lost three lings  One snapped my leader  and the other two just got off

Still only have my baitfish to eat since ling season opened 

Not like you didn't catch anything though. To hell with them large fish!

Ya, I am cursed!!! I can pull up every ling that burns my reel and is 4 ft. long, but when it comes to a ling that is in the slot  I have never caught a ling under the size limit. I guess I am immune to catching dinks  I couldn't even catch bait that was under 12" 

Watcha use for bait? Sole/Flounder?

[Mr56Jeep]

Kokanee fishing yesterday... all C&R except for the two that were hooked a little deep.  Them two are going on the BBQ right now 

[Kola16]

Lost three lings  One snapped my leader  and the other two just got off

Still only have my baitfish to eat since ling season opened 

Not like you didn't catch anything though. To hell with them large fish!

Ya, I am cursed!!! I can pull up every ling that burns my reel and is 4 ft. long, but when it comes to a ling that is in the slot  I have never caught a ling under the size limit. I guess I am immune to catching dinks  I couldn't even catch bait that was under 12" 

Watcha use for bait? Sole/Flounder?

Whatever bites! (except rockfish in PS) Today flounder, but I like bullhead or some other sculpin because they are easy to keep alive and squirming 

[mallard79]

I took my boy out for some kokanee this weekend. Nailed 8 over 12" each day. He talked me into swinging into a bay  and trying for smallmouth even though we didn't have any bass vear with us. He has never fished for bass and he managed these 2 for his first! He even did it with an 5' ultralight rod and 4lb test! 

Pics are screen shots from the videos I took.

[jackelope]

not sure if anyone will be into this or not. When I still lived back east, we lived and breathed striper fishing on the Hudson River this  time of year. My buddy sent a pic of what he caught today....

 

[Whitpirate]

What a fish!

[olsy]

Caught this on the fly rod Friday...18"

[Bmcox86]

Two of us fished the middle and south fork of the snoqualmie on wensday and didn't even get a bite. Water was pretty cold though

[Mr56Jeep]

Caught this on the fly rod Friday...18"

   very nice!!!   Love the bug rod!

[Smossy]

Gllad to see everyone had such a great day/weekend! I wish everyone tons of luck these coming up nice days. Imm bbq'n ribs and those fish with my lady while sharing a few beers. All in all its been a fantastic day. Cheers all

[Wilderness Addict]

Took the wife and boys out for an evening on the lake. In the two hours we were there, we caught 7-8 rainbows. Mostly trolling with Rapalas, Flat Fish and Phoebe(sp?). All small fish. Sorry no pictures.   

[Smossy]

Sad story. 55 year old man passed away today at the lake (spanaway lake) I was fishing at all day. Slipped out of his life jacket and theyre still to this moment searching for him. Sad sad day. Rip sir, as to Im sure I layed my eyes on you today while at the boat launch.

[Becky]

Sad story. 55 year old man passed away today at the lake (spanaway lake) I was fishing at all day. Slipped out of his life jacket and theyre still to this moment searching for him. Sad sad day. Rip sir, as to Im sure I layed my eyes on you today while at the boat launch.

RIP to him

[Ripper]

We went shrimping on Sat and got 282. We had 4 licenses fishing and came up 38 short of limiting the boat. Fun day.

[wsucowboy]

Had a good day on the water Saturday. Fished bass lake outside of Enumclaw for a few hours didn't catch anything, then went to deep lake and did great. Caught 10 fish trolling a flatfish in a little over a hour and a half. Thinking about heading to silver lake by Eatonville next weekend. Never fished it before so any pointers would be  greatly appreciated.

[Becky]

Thinking about heading to silver lake by Eatonville next weekend. Never fished it before so any pointers would be  greatly appreciated.

Henley's Resort? Lots lots of Lilly pads, I think the dock/boat launch fee was $5 on an honor system (drop it in a slot on the office door, we've never seen anyone in there lol). We've caught little stuff out there quite a bit, but have seen some whopper trout and bass taken while we were there. It's a fun little lake.

[Limhangerslayer]

Here is the biggest of five bass we caught this weekend.

[Ripper]

Nice bass! 

[JackOfAllTrades]

Fish weren't biting, but any time on a lake is better than a day at the office.
 
-Steve
 
 

[snocohunter]

Fished lake stevens for kokanee Saturday, during the regatta. Boat launch was a zoo but we managed to get 9 between 3 of us. Not a dynamite day but it's starting to get better. Forgot to text you to bring those riggers for me to look at Mallard79, we'll have to hook up later this week maybe.

Took the gf's kids to bosworth on Sunday morning and caught a dozen or so stockers. Their first time fishing, and her daughter out fished the whole boat, and showed her big brother up. She even wanted to bait her own hook and hold her fish. He on the other hand wasn't having any of that.

Then went to lake stevens this morning and went 3 for 6 on kokanee. Had 3 in the boat before 7:30 am. Had to leave at 9:45 to come to work though. No pics since I was in a hurry. Hope to get out some more this week.

[Smossy]

I took my boy out for some kokanee this weekend. Nailed 8 over 12" each day. He talked me into swinging into a bay  and trying for smallmouth even though we didn't have any bass vear with us. He has never fished for bass and he managed these 2 for his first! He even did it with an 5' ultralight rod and 4lb test! 

Pics are screen shots from the videos I took.

In all my years of fishing, Still never caught a monster bass. Good one!

[Smossy]

Thinking about heading to silver lake by Eatonville next weekend. Never fished it before so any pointers would be  greatly appreciated.

Henley's Resort? Lots lots of Lilly pads, I think the dock/boat launch fee was $5 on an honor system (drop it in a slot on the office door, we've never seen anyone in there lol). We've caught little stuff out there quite a bit, but have seen some whopper trout and bass taken while we were there. It's a fun little lake.

Don't forget, It holds catfish! and Some very nice sized German browns for how small that lake is. One guy while we were down there caught a what, 29 inch brown I think it was. This was last year.  Not even half of the fishes body would fit in the 5 gallon bucket he had.

[Smossy]

not sure if anyone will be into this or not. When I still lived back east, we lived and breathed striper fishing on the Hudson River this  time of year. My buddy sent a pic of what he caught today....

 

How Id love to bring in a fish that size. Still never to this day.

[Smossy]

Fish weren't biting, but any time on a lake is better than a day at the office.
 
-Steve
 
 

True, I've wanted to pick up one of those pontoons. They look fun. And easy to transport. Think a trolling motor would fit on the back of that thing?

[duckmen1]

Nice bass I caught. We've been on a lot of bass and trout so far.
Opener of trout four of us fishing had limits of two over 14 each and finished the rest of the limit with 13 plus inches. We had several up around 17 inches. Same with the next day. Don't ever bother taking pics of trout just because they don't interest me for pics much.

[Smossy]

We went shrimping on Sat and got 282. We had 4 licenses fishing and came up 38 short of limiting the boat. Fun day.

Hood canal by any chance? We've went clamming out there a few times and found 100's upon 100's of bodies minus the tails.
Dont even think shrimping was in season at the time either, so we were double wtf

[WAcoueshunter]

Twas a good weekend for catching.  We were headed to the dock by 10am with six limits on Saturday.  Soaked in the sun on Fish Lake on Sunday.

[Smossy]

Twas a good weekend for catching.  We were headed to the dock by 10am with six limits on Saturday.  Soaked in the sun on Fish Lake on Sunday.

Boy do those things look tastey, How hard are they to catch? How many shrimp pots do you use, how far apart, and what kind of bait do you use?

[Austrian Hunter]

Three days at the Potholes and not one fish    pretty frustrating!!!! 

[Smossy]

Three days at the Potholes and not one fish    pretty frustrating!!!! 

Wow really? I hear that thing has an abundency of everything! I think thats even where were going bowfishing in a few weeks? Not 100% on that one. Im just tagging along for my first bowfishing trip.

[Austrian Hunter]

Three days at the Potholes and not one fish    pretty frustrating!!!! 

Wow really? I hear that thing has an abundency of everything! I think thats even where were going bowfishing in a few weeks? Not 100% on that one. Im just tagging along for my first bowfishing trip.

Yes, they have everything in there, just me not catching crap.  The wind was horrible and my spot was bad too.  I have no boat so off the shore it was.  I did see a couple of monster carps floating dead, so I know there is big ones in there, good luck on your bow fishing adventure, this should be fun.  I want to try it one of these days I'm hiring carpsniper to take me out, lol

[JackOfAllTrades]

Fish weren't biting, but any time on a lake is better than a day at the office.
 
-Steve
 
 

True, I've wanted to pick up one of those pontoons. They look fun. And easy to transport. Think a trolling motor would fit on the back of that thing?

I picked up the pontoon boat off Craigslist last winter for $150. I'm fighting one leak in the left bladder but I can get 5hrs on the water the way it is. The rack has a motor plate but I don't have an electric yet. I've rigged up a pole holder so I can row/troll at a relaxing speed. As light as they are these things are great in calm water but winds up to 20mph make for difficult manuverability. There were whitecaps on Silver Lake (Whatcom) on Sunday morning. Made for a tough trip across the lake to find a calm cove. Great excersize though. Working on the pecks!
 
-Steve

[Smossy]

Fish weren't biting, but any time on a lake is better than a day at the office.
 
-Steve
 
 

True, I've wanted to pick up one of those pontoons. They look fun. And easy to transport. Think a trolling motor would fit on the back of that thing?

I picked up the pontoon boat off Craigslist last winter for $150. I'm fighting one leak in the left bladder but I can get 5hrs on the water the way it is. The rack has a motor plate but I don't have an electric yet. I've rigged up a pole holder so I can row/troll at a relaxing speed. As light as they are these things are great in calm water but winds up to 20mph make for difficult manuverability. There were whitecaps on Silver Lake (Whatcom) on Sunday morning. Made for a tough trip across the lake to find a calm cove. Great excersize though. Working on the pecks!
 
-Steve

Weve got a nice marine battery and a brand new kota trolling moter. It gets our all aluminum 17 foot canoe cruising at a decent speed for travel. I imagine it would work great for one of those pontoons. I was gonna pick one up yesterday for $100 but people were saying not to.

[Becky]

We caught 4 little rainbows yesterday haha it was fun though.

[deadwoodbuck]

last sat...44lb halibut off san juan...love that herring

[snocohunter]

What happened to your face?  man of mystery

[Skyvalhunter]

He didn't want his wife to know he was out fishing instead of working

[deadwoodbuck]

witness protection program

[Kola16]

last sat...44lb halibut off san juan...love that herring

  Sweet! I need to start learning how to catch a SJ halibut. Nice job