Swafford pond

[Bow tech hunter]

Well family and I are out camping in silver creek at the paradise resort thousand trails wife went to work on Saturday morning I decided to take kids to Swafford pond I never fished it before and we ended up getting 1 out of 2 take downs on power bait fishing the bottom kids and fun and it was a great time out there

Sorry for the pics sideways

[pianoman9701]

That's a great pond for largemouth bass. I've caught my biggest WA LM in there.

[Jonathan_S]

Fun. We spent hundreds of days down there on Mayfield and Riffe. Swofford was always a fun little spot to fish when the littlest kids were with us.

Keep them into it   

[Alchase]

Turn Right a couple miles before Mossy Rock Park.
Swafford has some huge trout in there as well. If you can get a car topper in, you will be surprised how big the trout are that you can pick up on a slow troll.

[pianoman9701]

Turn Right a couple miles before Mossy Rock Park.
Swafford has some huge trout in there as well. If you can get a car topper in, you will be surprised how big the trout are that you can pick up on a slow troll.

Electric motors only, right?

[DaveMonti]

Nice trout, and it's wild, not hatchery stock!

[Eli346]

Yes, electric motors only the last I knew. I haven't checked the newest regs.

[Bigshooter]

That's a great pond for largemouth bass. I've caught my biggest WA LM in there.

Me too.  A few over 10lbs.

[Alchase]

Turn Right a couple miles before Mossy Rock Park.
Swafford has some huge trout in there as well. If you can get a car topper in, you will be surprised how big the trout are that you can pick up on a slow troll.

Electric motors only, right?

We rowed it.

[Alpine Mojo]

it's wild, not hatchery stock!

How do you figure that?

[Bow tech hunter]

Yes electric motor only that's what a boater said when I asked how he did in his boat and to make sure it's only electric motor only

[DaveMonti]

it's wild, not hatchery stock!

How do you figure that?

In the picture, the adipose fin is intact.  That is the small fleshy lobe behind the dorsal fin.  All hatchery fish have this fin removed before they are released.  This is common practice in the US.  Fish with an intact adipose fin are born in the wild (or they slipped through the trimmer at the hatchery!).

[Ridgeratt]

it's wild, not hatchery stock!

How do you figure that?

In the picture, the adipose fin is intact.  That is the small fleshy lobe behind the dorsal fin.  All hatchery fish have this fin removed before they are released.  This is common practice in the US.  Fish with an intact adipose fin are born in the wild (or they slipped through the trimmer at the hatchery!).

Not to dispute your logic but these are hatchery fish and they still have the Adipose intact.

[DaveMonti]

I've never heard of hatchery fish that don't have the adipose fin clipped.  However, I certainly can't claim to know everything!  Perhaps tribe hatcherys don't remove the fins? 

Many regs specify that only hatchery fish are allowed to be kept within a specific fishery.  The indication that a fish is a hatchery fish is the removed adipose fin. 

[Ridgeratt]

Those are not Tribal fish. Planted by WDFW

[jmscon]

Hatchery salmon have the adipose fin clipped, not sure about trout.

[Bullkllr]

Hatchery salmon have the adipose fin clipped, not sure about trout.

Steelhead are all clipped. Trout going into lakes never are; it's called "put and take" for a reason. Most lakes have no natural reproduction and clipping adds expense.

[pianoman9701]

Are those cut throat?

[DaveMonti]

Hatchery salmon have the adipose fin clipped, not sure about trout.

Steelhead are all clipped. Trout going into lakes never are; it's called "put and take" for a reason. Most lakes have no natural reproduction and clipping adds expense.

Good to know!  I stand corrected!

[tonymiller7]

I've never heard of hatchery fish that don't have the adipose fin clipped.  However, I certainly can't claim to know everything!  Perhaps tribe hatcherys don't remove the fins? 

Many regs specify that only hatchery fish are allowed to be kept within a specific fishery.  The indication that a fish is a hatchery fish is the removed adipose fin.

This only applies to salmon and steelhead, Not stocker trout.  The state produces way too many to waste the time on clipping them.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Nice!  I think you had your back to my old house when you took the picture, last one on the north side of Green Mt. Rd before you cross Swofford Pond outlet.

[Cylvertip]

Anyone finds a wedding ring in there, let me know .  Lost it about a month after getting married, 20 years ago...  it will be in the upper 1/3 of the lake on the west side. 

[Alchase]

A couple years ago my son and I were fishing for silvers in Riffe. I prefer smoked silvers or Kokes, to trout for smoking. The silvers in Riffe usually go a pound or better. We got our limit, pulled the boat out at the Mossy Rock Dam Park, and were cleaning them at the cleaning station. This guy walks up to he's the table next to the one we were using. He had a stringer of 12 (himself and two kids) and the smallest on his stringer was at least 3 pounds, the biggest pushing 10 pounds! His string was easily over 30 pounds, with 12 trout!
I asked him were he got all those pigs? He said "power baiting in Swafford pond."
I had seen a couple pushing close to 10 pounds come out of there, but never have I seen a stringer of that size. It even put Rufus Woods strings to shame, and these were not Triploids.
Just friggen huge trout.

[Ridgeratt]

Are those cut throat?

Yes they were coming out of their winter plumage. Not trying to Shanghai the post