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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: matt345 on May 13, 2010, 10:09:45 AM

Title: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: matt345 on May 13, 2010, 10:09:45 AM: Went there with my family for mothers day and caught 20 trout with my dad, brother and son in 2 hours. :) Great lake!!!! Anyone ever caught one of the big browns in the lake???
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Post by: jackelope on May 13, 2010, 10:31:57 AM: looks like real good times.
I tried real hard to catch big fish in there a whole weekend one time with big baits trolled on the bottom and still caught lots of little fish.
Title: Re: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: matt345 on May 13, 2010, 10:41:54 AM: Next time we go over I think we will try the weed line more. They say those big guys will hole up waiting to ambush from there. They obviously catch some big browns from the photos that are posted. I guess that's why they are big, they are a bit smarter than the 12 inchers.
Title: Re: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on May 13, 2010, 11:14:51 AM: Have you tried night fishing with large Rapala's ?
Or floating a whole nightcrawler off the bottom ?
Those large browns like to come out at night..
I haven't fishe that lake, but have caught a few from others.
Title: Re: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: matt345 on May 13, 2010, 11:33:43 AM: Thanks for the tips, will give it a try next time we are there.
Title: Re: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: Rick on May 13, 2010, 08:46:51 PM: My biggest brown out of Fish lake is about 24". A marshmallow/nightcrawler right up in the weeds.
Title: Re: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: Lowedog on May 13, 2010, 08:51:43 PM: That's awesome! Love the pics! I grew up fishing there with my dad and uncle on that lake. Perch fishing can be real good too.
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Post by: CMG on May 14, 2010, 12:40:42 PM: Stopped by Fish Lake last weekend and dropped a line on our way East, caught a few smaller ones off shore, Very windy!
Never caught any brown's out of the lake, but years ago, when Chiwawa was open we pulled quite a few out of the river, usually just on potsky eggs. Dolly Vardens were my choice back then.
Title: Re: Fish Lake near Leavenworth
Post by: Alchase on May 14, 2010, 12:43:58 PM: As Rick said, the big browns tend to hang near the tall grass. A couple years ago I watched a kid who was throwing a slip bobber with a nitecrawler into the grass and hooked up a beautiful 7 lb brown. They have a pic of it (and many more) in the store.