#70051 - 04/07/03 09:52 PM
Lake WA cutts
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Returning Adult
Registered: 01/24/03
Posts: 254
Loc: Renton WA
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Time to dig this one up... I was just wondering if anyone has had any consistent luck with anything other than pop gear at or near the top of the water column. I think it was Mike that talked about using a kokanee sized dodger? And what about deeper trolling, there are some big boys in there are they deep or up around the thermocline? I am planning to hit this pretty hard for awhile so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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#70052 - 04/07/03 10:29 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Registered: 06/04/02
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Loc: marysville
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try the mouth of junita bay at about 70 ft. I like to use small dodgers and really small hoochtis in white or green. 1 inch to 1/2 inch. I also meet a guy who was having good luck with spoons. always use scent on the dodgers, tom
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#70054 - 04/07/03 11:41 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Returning Adult
Registered: 01/24/03
Posts: 254
Loc: Renton WA
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Tom... Thanks for the heads up...I'll give it a shot. Curtis...I'm hoping he will read this and respond. As for the 15 lb one caught last year I don't remember what depth he was trolling and where in the water column he was, I do believe it was a 3.5 or 4 rainbow coyote( I think). Seems like you could use a regular salmon set up at that point? I know very little about trout other than Mineral lake and Koks in Riffe, Mayfield, and Taidnapaum... I gots lots a learnin to do...
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#70056 - 04/08/03 09:28 AM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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River Nutrients
Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
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Big Cutt time is almost here!
Right around the beggining of May till about the second week the big lake will be red hot for big cutts around the I-90 bridge.
The smolt flush out of the Cedar heading north to the locks. The whole lake literally boils with smolt. Those big cutts ambush the smolt under the bridge(s). During this time of year is about the only time you can limit out fairly easy on cutthroat all over 20".
I can't wait!
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#70057 - 04/08/03 12:01 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 283
Loc: Renton, WA
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Hey easy, what is your prefferd method for the big cut's. I have been out to the I-90 bridge a time or two with no sucess. Was thinking about going out there pretty soon but getting tired of coming up empty handed. It is frustrating living so close to the lake and never catching any cutthroat out of it, all we ever get is smallmouth and perch.
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#70058 - 04/08/03 12:25 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Registered: 11/20/01
Posts: 391
Loc: Auburn
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I don't fish it much but seem to nail fish each time I head out. I run small spoons like a dick nite (they seem to like silver) off the DR. Let out some line between the release clip and the lure, apx 50-60 feet. give it a slow troll with a zig zag pattern. Works for me.
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#70059 - 04/08/03 02:00 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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River Nutrients
Registered: 05/06/01
Posts: 2959
Loc: Nisqually
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I usually run pop gear, wedding ring, and a worm right on the surface. I do put 2oz of lead in front of the pop gear just to keep it below the surface. The smolt are on the surface and so should your lure/bait.
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#70060 - 04/08/03 02:14 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 12/14/01
Posts: 1191
Loc: Everett WA
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Easy, If you are running a pop gear plus 2 ounces and keeping it near the surface, how fast are you trolling? I have tried several set ups and found a dick nite (silver with a red head) to work ok of the rigger, but would love to hear more about the pop gear worm set up (what type of pop gear, how far back an what trolling speed.)
thanks
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#70062 - 04/08/03 02:47 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Returning Adult
Registered: 11/20/01
Posts: 391
Loc: Auburn
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One other thing about using the DR w/ just a small spoon is that there is nothing between you and the fish. You will normally find them in the upper 25 ft of water. The other thing I do and don't know if it makes that much difference is a 4-6 ft florocarbon leader.
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#70064 - 04/08/03 11:54 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Registered: 01/24/03
Posts: 254
Loc: Renton WA
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#70066 - 04/10/03 04:28 PM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/04/01
Posts: 3563
Loc: Gold Bar
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Those are some nice fish
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#70067 - 04/12/03 12:55 AM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Returning Adult
Registered: 01/24/03
Posts: 254
Loc: Renton WA
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Nailed a 17" 1lb9oz 'bow today, Sure smmells good on the barbie right now Easy her stomacch had 3 full little "sardines" in it, I am assuming they are smolts?
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#70069 - 04/12/03 01:23 AM
Re: Lake WA cutts
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Registered: 01/24/03
Posts: 254
Loc: Renton WA
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SE corner of poverty rock just north of the hump between the old mill in Newcastle and the little park on the rock
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