I took my friend, Sok Keo, cutthroat fishing on
Lake Washington this morning. Not bad, huh!

This big boy measured 29.25" fork length and 20.25
girth. Should weigh around 14.99 Lbs.

Cigar

that would break the state record by a few pounds. not bad

Is it football season already?

By the way, this cutthroat's belly contained two 7-8 inch perch..goes to show ya, if it swims, they'll eat it !!

Cigar

ya bum why didnt ya weigh it and take it to the WDFW?? Get your name on it bro! nice fish!! looks like that rod in the backround was gettin some action to!

My GOD man, that is a monster! I have caught some nice cutts out of Lake WA but nothing like that.

awesome..from the looks of it tho..Sok needs to go to the Parker School of Grip-n-Grin

bbvd, i believe a trip to wdfw with that fish would only get you a big fat ticket, correct me where i'm wrong but i see a adipose fin and a ventral fin, unless the other ventral fin is missing that is a wild cutthroat and is illegally to keep, and by looking at the the way its being held can only hope it was released unharmed? again correct me if i'm wrong?

I believe what your referring to Kelly relates to saltwater and searun cutthroat.

If that's truly a state record fish, can't you show a picture to the authorities and get notorized sworn statements by Sok and Cigar on the measurements?

Does the state take that as "proof" for a new state record? They should. You should seriously look in to that Cigar.

Knowing Sok, he probably canned that damn beast. Too bad. Cigar, you should have confiscated the fish from him and had it mounted. That's a truly a fish of a lifetime.

Nice fish Cigar (oh yeah, and you too Sok).

sorry, just saw the statewide definition, didn't say anything about searun, just said cutthroat

Kelly - You're looking at the definition portion of the regulations. If in the special regulations portion of the regs says a body of water has a wild cutthroat release, then you refer to the definition to see what "wild cutthroat release" means. Lake Washington does not have a wild cutthroat release special regulation.

That is a nice cutty! congrats

Cigar,

Using Perch for bait huh? Just kiddin' Please give us the details on the monster catch.

Downriggin'

Downriggin,

Ok, here's the scoop. We trolled out in the middle of the lake just north of Sand Point with
Coyote spoons at 65' on the rigger. Speed 2.5 mph
plus. The rest is history

Cigar

cigar, were you using a flasher with your coyote spoon?

glennski,

e-mail me and I'll give ya the scoop.

Cigar

Here's a little nicer photo of that cutt. Well worth seeing again!

You're right Parker, a second look is in order. That is just a BEAUTIFUL fish! Way to go Cigar, thanks for showing that fish.

Sure would be fun to take the 2 pics here to a taxidermist and have them turned into a worthy reproduction mount. Man, nice fish...

Parker,

Thanks for posting this picture, it really does this fish justice. By the way, a bunch of us
Lake Washington regulars held a wake at the boat ramp for this big boy last Saturday. We stood around Sok's tailgate and enjoyed the smoked cutthroat while looking at those pictures.

I sent an e-mail to Luhr Jensen along with this picture, thanking them for making such a great lure. No response yet though.

Cigar

Maybe you should start you're own guide service on the Lake Cigar.... That fish got a lot of peoples attention. I would send it to the Washington H/F news as well.

jeff'e'd,

Thanks, but I fish for fun, not for money.

Cigar