Hunting Washington Forum

Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: ctwiggs1 on March 16, 2021, 01:27:27 PM

Title: Lake Lenore
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 16, 2021, 01:27:27 PM: Headed over this weekend - any recent trip reports? Taking the kids and thinking about looking for some local haunts for some bait fishing as well. Maybe the docks in Coulee city or something like that. Any advice is appreciated on both fronts - never fished Lenore and never bank fished Banks
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: jackelope on March 16, 2021, 01:53:46 PM: Are you fly fishing Lenore?
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 16, 2021, 02:00:56 PM: Quote from: jackelope on March 16, 2021, 01:53:46 PM
Are you fly fishing Lenore?

Yep
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Moe the Sleaze on March 16, 2021, 02:08:04 PM: Report I read about a week ago said Lenore was slow-ish, but fishers were catching enough 18"+ Lahontan Cutthroats to keep things interesting.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 16, 2021, 02:09:47 PM: Quote from: Moe the Sleaze on March 16, 2021, 02:08:04 PM
Report I read about a week ago said Lenore was slow-ish, but fishers were catching enough 18"+ Lahontan Cutthroats to keep things interesting.

Do you know what they were using? Seems like the majority of what I see is slow stripping woolly buggers or soaking black chironomids under indicators.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: jackelope on March 16, 2021, 02:18:45 PM: Chironomids. Try to stay awake.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: boneaddict on March 16, 2021, 02:56:46 PM: I’ve wondered how it was since the big Russian poaching ring thing happened.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Dan-o on March 16, 2021, 04:24:27 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on March 16, 2021, 02:56:46 PM
I’ve wondered how it was since the big Russian poaching ring thing happened.

I was wondering the same.

Those guys dredged a lot of trout out for there.

:bash:
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2021, 04:46:07 PM: Little Pathfinder and I hit it last weekend. Was warm, sunny and calm (historically, I have not done well on Lenore under those conditions). Was slow all day until the last hour of daylight. Both nights we picked up fish on big (like size 4 and 6), black sparkle leaches dragging them through the shallows on the north end. Some guys picked up a few on chronimids during the day, but mostly it was slow. Fish until it is pitch dark. We were picking up fish until late.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2021, 04:47:59 PM: Little Pathfinder hooked a fish and fell and busted his face on a rock. Blood everywhere, but he landed the fish. :tup:
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2021, 04:51:59 PM: FYI; No small fish at all. The smallest we caught was still over 20 inches. Cutts in Lenore are all pretty good fish, but usually you can count on picking up a couple in that 15-17 inch range. Seemed like fewer fish than normal, but bigger.
NO hatches by the way. Hardly saw a rise all day. Water was about 47 degrees.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 16, 2021, 04:55:47 PM: Quote from: Dan-o on March 16, 2021, 04:24:27 PM
Quote from: boneaddict on March 16, 2021, 02:56:46 PM
I’ve wondered how it was since the big Russian poaching ring thing happened.

I was wondering the same.

Those guys dredged a lot of trout out for there.

:bash:

The lake has never really recovered from that. It was a while ago, so I am not sure why. Local guys seem to think that WDFW just hasn't made it a priority. I did notice that signs up all over the lake are written in 3 languages now: English, Spanish and Russian....
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Jake Dogfish on March 16, 2021, 04:56:11 PM: Thanks for the report! :tup:
I caught one off the shore there back in the day. Cool fish.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: boneaddict on March 17, 2021, 08:13:16 AM: Thanks for the report!

Now that’s a battle wound. Nicely done :tup:
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Dan-o on March 17, 2021, 08:25:59 AM: Love the wound and the fact that it didn't slow him down.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 17, 2021, 08:41:36 AM: Thanks for the trip report. I highly doubt I'll get more than a few hours (3 young kids - it is what it is), but I'll report back on how it went.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 17, 2021, 09:09:44 AM: Quote from: ctwiggs1 on March 17, 2021, 08:41:36 AM
Thanks for the trip report. I highly doubt I'll get more than a few hours (3 young kids - it is what it is), but I'll report back on how it went.
If you can only do a couple of hours, do the last two hours before dark... Black Wooley Bugger or Sparkle Leech at the North end. Good luck :tup:
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 24, 2021, 12:55:00 PM: Quote from: ctwiggs1 on March 17, 2021, 08:41:36 AM
Thanks for the trip report. I highly doubt I'll get more than a few hours (3 young kids - it is what it is), but I'll report back on how it went.

How did your trip to Lenore go? Was anything hatching? Any fish rising yet...? :dunno: Thinking about heading back up there soon.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 24, 2021, 01:14:44 PM: Sadly... it didn't work out. We drove right by it several times and just couldn't make it happen. Life with 3 young kids. Just one of those trips where nothing really went the way we planned.

Sorry to get you guys hyped up for a report. Looks like the Lahontans remain on my bucket list.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 25, 2021, 07:10:17 AM: Quote from: ctwiggs1 on March 24, 2021, 01:14:44 PM
Sadly... it didn't work out. We drove right by it several times and just couldn't make it happen. Life with 3 young kids. Just one of those trips where nothing really went the way we planned.

Sorry to get you guys hyped up for a report. Looks like the Lahontans remain on my bucket list.

Was anyone fishing at the north end?
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: ctwiggs1 on March 25, 2021, 07:12:03 AM: Periodically over the weekend I’d see 1-2 people from the creek north.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: highbuckklr on March 25, 2021, 01:02:52 PM: Been a long time since I fished Lenore (Back in the early 90's). Was always best right before dark. But back then we would catch and release about 50 a day.
Title: Re: Lake Lenore
Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 26, 2021, 01:29:04 PM: Yup. That was back in the day. Not like that anymore. :(
This is about 1985-ish