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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: crow360 on July 20, 2011, 07:39:41 PM

Title: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: crow360 on July 20, 2011, 07:39:41 PM: Anyone out there thinking about fishing baker lake this saturday for sockeye????? Or know how it is going be?
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: washelkhntr on July 20, 2011, 07:41:24 PM: It is gonna be a zoo. :bash:

But I'll be there.
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Post by: mallard79 on July 20, 2011, 07:56:04 PM: Never done the sockeye fishery at baker before, but was considering it. Is there a lot of trailer parking?
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Post by: h2ofowlr on July 20, 2011, 08:03:48 PM: I will wait until mon or tues. It will be crazy up there.
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 20, 2011, 08:05:43 PM: Well since someone had to say something ...their is more freakin sockeye in the river system than known to man BUT it seems to be our state is so freakin stupid to let a whiteman catch a fish ..and I am in no means picking on the tribes .. they flat out cought the sheet out of them .....Does it make sense for them not to open the river FOR JUST A COUPLE DAYS SO A PERSON COULD put a couple on the BBQ ..hell no they cant but we bought a license so why not !!! someone please tell me the problem here ....after all these fish are going to DIE so why not feed a few people ....Man this sheet fires me off !!! but lets open up a lake where everyone can run each other over with boats and combat fish all day ...HOW IN THE HECK CAN THIS BE FUN ?? A couple sticks of dynamite and everyone can have some :chuckle: :chuckle: :yeah:
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 20, 2011, 08:06:39 PM: Quote from: mallard79 on July 20, 2011, 07:56:04 PM
Never done the sockeye fishery at baker before, but was considering it. Is there a lot of trailer parking?
hahahahaha good luck :tup:
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 20, 2011, 08:07:15 PM: Quote from: h2ofowlr on July 20, 2011, 08:03:48 PM
I will wait until mon or tues. It will be crazy up there.
yeah now someone thinks like me :tup:
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: Oldguy on July 20, 2011, 08:17:51 PM: Quote from: mallard79 on July 20, 2011, 07:56:04 PM
Never done the sockeye fishery at baker before, but was considering it. Is there a lot of trailer parking?

I think that there are a total of 107 spots from the dam to Swift Creek and more at Shannon Creek, which are only open to registered campers this year. At the Holiday Sports Sockeye class, it was stressed that there will be heavy ticketing of rig/trailers parked on roads when the lot gets full.
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Post by: 3nails on July 20, 2011, 08:41:47 PM: They had a huge oil spill in the lake and there was a massive die-off. All the fish are gone. But I'm already going so I'll just cruise around and maybe scoop up some oil for my saw and such.
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: singleshot12 on July 21, 2011, 03:13:13 PM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on July 20, 2011, 08:05:43 PM
Well since someone had to say something ...their is more freakin sockeye in the river system than known to man BUT it seems to be our state is so freakin stupid to let a whiteman catch a fish ..and I am in no means picking on the tribes .. they flat out cought the sheet out of them .....Does it make sense for them not to open the river FOR JUST A COUPLE DAYS SO A PERSON COULD put a couple on the BBQ ..hell no they cant but we bought a license so why not !!! someone please tell me the problem here ....after all these fish are going to DIE so why not feed a few people ....Man this sheet fires me off !!! but lets open up a lake where everyone can run each other over with boats and combat fish all day ...HOW IN THE HECK CAN THIS BE FUN ?? A couple sticks of dynamite and everyone can have some :chuckle: :chuckle: :yeah:

cause we can't share the same frickin space with the native netters and we suppose to buy our sockeye at the supermarket first. Them cluster censer-ed fisheries are a joke but atleast they're great revenue makers for the state!! :chuckle: :dunno:

hope it's open long enough to go one day during the week
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: crow360 on July 21, 2011, 09:26:22 PM: K I am heading on tuesday and Wednesday out to baker lake. Any ideas on what will be used and what part of the lake will be the best part to fish. Also my buddy has a pontoon boat and is curious about how he would do out there with it??
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Post by: h2ofowlr on July 21, 2011, 09:52:38 PM: Don't forget to buy your Discover Pass. There might be a few tickets handed out.
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: ironbuck on July 22, 2011, 11:40:13 AM: Quote from: h2ofowlr on July 21, 2011, 09:52:38 PM
Don't forget to buy your Discover Pass. There might be a few tickets handed out.
I am not sure but i dont think ya need a Discover Pass for national parks
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Post by: 6x6in6 on July 22, 2011, 11:55:56 AM: Just to clarify, Baker Lake is within a National Rec Area not a Nat Park. Yeah, kinda splitting hairs, I know.
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Post by: mallard79 on July 22, 2011, 12:03:58 PM: I dont think the discover pass covers National forest or rec lands, just STATE parks, rec and DNR lands. :dunno: might need a different pass to cover the National stuff :bash: :dunno:
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Post by: 6x6in6 on July 22, 2011, 12:16:39 PM: This link talks about parking and day use/launch fees....
http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/ (http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/)!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTJw8jAwgAykeaxcN4jhYG_h4eYX5hPgYwefy6w0H24dcPNgEHcDTQ9_PIz03VL8iNMMgycVQEAHcGOlk!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfMjAwMDAwMDBBODBPSEhWTjJNMDAwMDAwMDA!/?navtype=&cid=stelprdb5311987&navid=180000000000000&pnavid=&ss=110605&position=News.Html&ttype=detail&pname=Mt.%20Baker-Snoqualmie%20National%20Forest%20-%20Baker%20Lake%20/%20Middle%20Fork%20Nooksack
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: Seatown5 on July 23, 2011, 06:27:11 PM: Well how is it going up there.
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: duckhunter on July 23, 2011, 07:37:54 PM: caught 3 today, it was slower then last year so far, but that place was a zoo today which didnt help :bash: my other buddy had 3 people in his boat and they limited not bad of fishing if you know what your doing, but talked to a guy at the launch who said that we were one of the first boats he had seen come in with that many fish he said most people were coming in with nothing or just 1 fish. how did the rest of you do?
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Post by: 3nails on July 23, 2011, 08:06:33 PM: 2 :(
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Post by: 3nails on July 23, 2011, 08:07:39 PM: But thankful for 2. :)
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: Seatown5 on July 23, 2011, 10:52:12 PM: Does it usually chill out on the weekdays or is it always a zoo
Title: Re: Fishing Baker Lake
Post by: crow360 on July 25, 2011, 09:22:05 PM: what is everyone using??? I am heading up tomorrow and am going to hope for the best.