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King County, WA

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01/15/2008
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
None
Orange
Spoons
Morning
01/16/2008
3
1019

The SO and I headed out to our local lake, Lake Meridian. Havent been there in a couple of months, due to the slow fishing. But we were encouraged, after reading a report. So we decided to head there on Tues morning.

We got there at about 10AM, stayed til about 1PM.

I was determined to catch something with my new lure rod/reel setup, so that's all that I used throughout the day. I threw almost all my different colored kastmasters, and a couple of rooster tails.

The SO, she stuck with powereggs off the bottom.

Anyways, in the 3 hours we were there, only had 1 bite, and that was on my silver/orange kastmaster. Well, and I landed that fish and it was the biggest fish I have ever caught. Measured out to over 22" inches. Was released safely to catch another day hopefully. Never knew this lake had that big of a fish. Heard rumors and fishermen stories, but you know how those go...

Didnt see any other people fishing, until about 12:30 or so, then Leo showed up. Those that fish Lake Meridian often, should know who he is by now.


Comments

Rob G.
1/17/2008 10:20:00 AM
Wow, beautiful fish! What's the SO?
gpc
1/17/2008 12:10:00 PM
Meridian is one of the lakes in King County that gets triploids. Always keep it in the back of your mind while fishing 1 of these lakes that you have a chance at a nice fish
biggs
1/17/2008 1:23:00 PM
nice pics! ive never seen a fish that nice come off the dock. congrats!
FishingFool
1/17/2008 1:39:00 PM
SO is the significant other, aka the girlfriend.

The biggest I've ever caught at Lake Meridian until now, were a few in the 15" range. Quite the surprise. Overall, the fishing at Lake Meridian is slow, but apparently there are monsters there.
Shad_Eating_Grin
1/17/2008 7:07:00 PM
What's the story with Leo?
FishingFool
1/17/2008 10:32:00 PM
Leo, is a fellow fisherman that fishes at Lake Meridian almost everyday. Well at least it seems like that, because no matter which day I go, i always bump into him sooner or later.

Nice fellow, lots of knowledge. Tall skinny gentleman. Scruffy looking. If i didnt know any better, i would have thought he was a bum..... But yeah, nice guy, jokes around and stuff.
ChrisB
1/18/2008 10:06:00 AM
Leo sure looks like a bum in the summer, when he's staring at all the 13 yr olds LOL. Just kidding, don't tell him I said that. I've known him since I was probably 10 yrs old. He's always down there. Nice fish. My biggest out of Meridian was 5.5 lbs years ago, caught on a trolled power egg. It was a brood stock and fought like crap ;)
Thats a damn nice bright fish though, keep the reports coming ;)
Jake Dogfish
1/19/2008 10:42:00 AM
Man, that is a really pretty fish. Nice work!
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