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Title: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: huntnphool on April 05, 2008, 10:49:47 AM: I am packing up the kids for our annual trout opener at Park Lake (SunLakes). Is anyone from here heading over there that weekend? We get a motel at the south end of Banks Lake and trailer the boat to Park in the mornings, will be there Friday evening-Sunday.
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Post by: MuleySniper on April 05, 2008, 11:03:16 AM: I used to go there every year for the opener until I started turkey hunting. There is still a big group of my fam that will be there. Look for the motorhome with all the Crown Royal bottles around it :chuckle: I wish I could go, but the wife likes me home "some" weekends throughout the year! We always fished Vic Meyer. Its a perfect lake to take the kids to bank fish. Have fun.
MS
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: jackelope on April 05, 2008, 10:05:19 PM: i used to go over there a lot too, but i went to dry falls usually. we usually camp at the state park or the rv park. that place can sure get to be a zoo, but there are a ton of fish they put in those lakes, and thats got to make good fun for the kids. do you ever fish blue lake?
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Post by: Cougeyes on April 05, 2008, 10:37:23 PM: I used to fish it every opener, but haven't the past few years, the family still goes there and fishes "blue lake" and usually does fairly well. The stocked the heck out of it, i went last year and fished it a few weeks after the opener and every cast either had a bite or landed a fish. 3 of us limited in an hour.
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Post by: jackelope on April 05, 2008, 10:42:25 PM: BTW breakfast is always good at big wallys. we also had a good breakfast at the little restaurant just south of hwy 2 on 17. it's been a couple years since i've been over there as i have been focusing more on river fishing lately...so that little hole in the wall may not be there any more. perch lake up the dirt road towards dry falls lake usually has a good number of fish in it too, and the crowd is usually pretty light, but you won't be putting that big blue boat in there.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: E-Town Hunter on April 06, 2008, 09:51:33 AM: Hit it every year seeing how I live 20 minutes away. Usually do well throughout the summer. Hopefully this year wont be as windy as last for the opener. Some of the fish should be bigger also being the second year after they were rehabilitated. I also saw they are planting some German browns back into Park if I'm not mistaken. That lake used to hold some bruisers before they killed it off. Its too bad they had to do that there were some smallmouth bass in blue that would go over 5 pounds!
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: huntnphool on April 06, 2008, 06:41:05 PM: Quote from: jackelope on April 05, 2008, 10:42:25 PM
BTW breakfast is always good at big wallys.

We hit it every year after we get off the lake.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: boneaddict on April 06, 2008, 07:21:26 PM: Drove by it this afternoon. the chironimids were coming off with a light riffle on the water and the fish were moving. Looked good. We stayed at Steamboat for the weekend. I tried for some sunfish and bass, but the water temps were pretty darn cold. Not much action. Couldn't believe it when I drove by Loon Lake on Thursday and it was completely froze over still.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: huntnphool on April 19, 2008, 02:08:05 PM: Can anyone give me a report on the sun lakes chain, am I wrong to assume the ice is off by now. The way its been going I'm going to have to pull my boat over the pass in the snow.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: boneaddict on April 19, 2008, 02:11:30 PM: Ice is off, fish are moving. Little windy this weekend. Wouldn't have been the most comfortable being out there with the fam unless you have a covered cabin.
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Post by: Alchase on April 20, 2008, 12:21:57 PM: Great time to go to Blue and Sun Lakes, wont be so many PWC's on the water ruining the fishing, lol.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: robodad on April 26, 2008, 05:50:01 PM: Just a few pics of my fishing possie on Lake Anderson (Jefferson County westside) this morning before the combat fishing began !!! Caught and released 19 and kept only one !!!

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Carter's first fish ever !! :whoo:

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Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: Wea300mag on April 26, 2008, 05:55:58 PM: I like that last pic, looking the fish right in the eye. The crumbs on his face make it look like he just tried to take a bite out of the fish. :chuckle:
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Post by: robodad on April 26, 2008, 05:59:34 PM: Ha Ha !!

Yeah those are actually scales when he tried to pick it out of the net if flopped and hit him in the face !!! That is why he has a death grip on it LOL suprised there isn't stuff coming out below his hands, so yep that is the one we kept !!
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Post by: Head-shot on April 26, 2008, 08:13:26 PM: great pics robo, I can't wait to get my boys out on the water.
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Post by: rainshadow1 on April 26, 2008, 09:38:45 PM: Robo! How in the heck did you get pics of Anderson with so few boats on the water!?!?!?

Great stuff! I'll be out and about mid week with my fellers!
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Post by: Ridgerunner on April 26, 2008, 10:35:33 PM: Hit the Lake Wilderness zoo this morning, kids each caught one at the guaranteed catch area, they thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: Alchase on April 27, 2008, 12:00:07 PM: Robo, that pic is a keeper.

Ridgerunner, opening day at Lake Wilderness? man last time I tried that you could walk across the lake stepping from boat to boat. You could not even troll so many people were there, lol.

Nothing better then watching the kids catch their first fish.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: MuleySniper on April 27, 2008, 03:20:57 PM: I snuck out this morning and took my little guy along with grandpa, my buddy and his five year old son. Just a little local lake in Gig Harbor. This one was my sons first rainbow. Grandpa trying to get him to hold it for the picture. Caught on a fly too :)
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My buddys kid nailed a good one.
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Post by: Houndhunter on April 27, 2008, 04:03:54 PM: i caught this hog yesterday, 9.6lbs was the second biggest fish caught on the lake that day
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: jackelope on April 27, 2008, 08:03:58 PM: nice hawg there, houndhunter.

great pics guys.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: tmike on April 27, 2008, 08:51:27 PM: No pics for us, but M-ray and I took the kids out for a few hours. We CnRd a few and on the 3rd one I believe an Osprey swooped down and took my son's fish a few feet from the boat. As his line started to scream towards the sky the lure came loose. Just then a Baldy swooped in and attacked the Osprey. For several minutes they went at it until they were mere specks in the sky. Finally the osprey dropped the fish and the Baldy caught it and flew off. Why couldn't the camera have been at the ready? Priceless! Was this the highlight for my son? No, he was pissed he couldn't stab the last one we released with his new pocket knife.This was at Wilderness.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: robodad on April 27, 2008, 09:14:26 PM: Quote
Robo! How in the heck did you get pics of Anderson with so few boats on the water!?!?!?

Great stuff! I'll be out and about mid week with my fellers!

Honestly I have no idea, that place is usually packed before light :dunno: unless it has something to do with the toxicity of the water and everyone found out the water there kills your dogs if they drink it, maybe that had something to do with keeping it down to a dull roar this year ??

Great fishing though, We had released our 19 fish and kept one by around 8:30am and were back at the launch by 8:45.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: M_ray on April 27, 2008, 10:59:23 PM: Quote
No pics for us, but M-ray and I took the kids out for a few hours.
Tmike,
You mean you didn't have the pics! Here are a few from our Afternoon with the kids I think the grand total was something like 8 landed but if the kids would have been paying attention more to their rods the numbers would have been higher!

First off each playing the big ones laughing hysterically with each crank of the reel I might add!
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Got one marginal picture of the thief just after he got his a$$ kicked by the Baldy! Serves him right for steeling our fish!
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My daughter had to have at least one picture with one before we released it!
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The big guy was mad he didn't get to stab any of the fish in the eye with his new pocket knife!
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We had a great afternoon and the looks on the kids faces when they had a fish on was .... Priceless! Thanks again tmike.
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: zackmioli on April 28, 2008, 12:12:22 AM: wow, what lake were you fishin houndhunter?

thats a beast! :drool:
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: Alchase on April 28, 2008, 11:57:30 AM: Houndhunter, beautiful fish. Where do you keep a fish like that on a pontoon boat?
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: Head-shot on April 28, 2008, 08:26:35 PM: M_ray,

great job fishing with your kids, looks like they had a blast, :fishin:

even if the little man didn't get to stab anything... :chuckle:

Sometimes I think it's more fun to watch the kids catch 'em than it is for me to catch.

Thanks for the pics
Title: Re: Lowland Lake Opener
Post by: Buckshot Bill on April 28, 2008, 10:06:00 PM: Here are some photos of my daughter, wife, granddaughter, grandson and myself on opening weekend. We had a blast and all limited out. The biggest we got was like 18.5". Smallest was around 11". My wifes parents were there also. We caught ours pretty quick on Saturday. Sunday was slower but we were off the lake and heading home by 9:30am. All in all it was a great weekend and tons of fish in the freezer now! :EAT: