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tagging along!  I spend a lot of time at mt st helens.  Amazing to watch the goats and the elk way up high on the mountain.

Pretty slow moving

I was sitting at 250 (roughly) for the Deer Combo alternates list in 2022. And I was told that was a good spot… never got the email.

I get maybe a fish on crazyness not able to pay as close attention, but usually when I'm done and ready to turn, I turn to the outside of the lane and speed up or slow down to get out of someone's way. I prefer to troll the same direction each time so I'm pulling gear in the troll direction of everyone else, then turning to avoid anyone else's troll and burning back to the start of the current.

Just my style. If you want to keep your gear in and troll in front of the majority of boats, just be ready for that verbal warning!

Wow. So happy that you pulled this tag and rooting for you to tag a big billy and enjoy every moment of the experience. Thanks for taking us along on the ride.

Fished it last year about three days . Off bottom with pontoon boats. Caught 4-5 trout.
Caught couple of dock too. Power bait. Kinda slow.

Fished Curlew lake this year for a week. Not one bite. Camped at state park.
Never saw anyone catch a fish except some perch and bass.

Lots of theories, some say tiger Muskie eating trout, other say only fingerlings were planted.

 

It was my anniversary couple days ago and my wife had never been to the republic/curlew area. We went for a drive and I stopped at the park. They must of just released a bunch of baby tiger muskies. They were catching them like crazy from the dock at the state park, all like 12-18” 😂