I arrived at Lake Ki at 7:00 am. There was one boat on the lake and one about to launch. No one fishing from shore that I could see. It was 43 degrees outside and the water temp was 52.2 degrees F. I began trolling a wedding ring tipped with a night crawler and right of the bat I hooked and landed a nice plant, about 12 inches. I continued trolling and came across literally thousands of fish showing up on my fish finder in 45 to 50 feet of water, holding from about 20 feet to the bottom. See hotspot. I trolled back and fourth without another bite, and eventually changed over to power bait and a worm just drifting over all these fish on the finder. I had one solid strike and landed the second trout which was about 11 inches. I continued to soak bait with no other bites so I switched back to trolling using a Mack’s flash lite and wedding ring w/worm, and also tried a couple flatfish all with no strikes. I switched back to bait for the last half hour or so before calling it quits and had only two other bites which I was unable to hook up on. These fish are just mouthing the bait so it was challenging to hook them using bait. I have encountered this light mouthing bite here using bait for years so it was nothing new. It was cloudy and cold and the wind started up so I left the lake at 10:15 am. It was a fun trip but once again it was slow rendering the rating of 2. I have now fished two different lakes, 3 times in the last 5 days. The bite and water temp were the same at both lakes further supporting the hunch that the water is just a bit too cold and affecting the bite. It will be interesting to see what happens when the water temp reaches the upper 50’s in a couple weeks. Lastly, I am surprised to see almost no Snohomish / Skagit County Reports. It would be nice to hear how McMurray, Armstrong, Howard, Erie, Pass, and a host of others in these two counties are producing, or not. Good luck fishin.

Anonymous

5/1/2008 8:08:00 PM

Wrote about McMurray on opening day, got my limit using a wedding ring, went out again on Sunday and it was a new ballgame! Just a couple hits but did not land any, action really slowed down also for other anglers that I saw. Highlight of the day was when an osprey nabbed a fish, not really old news except someone was reeling it in, even though I whiffed, it was a pleasure to be out there after 35 years

Dan LaPoint

5/2/2008 12:43:00 PM

We fished Erie on opener. It was a little windy first thing in the morning, but calmed down about 8:00. Got our limits in about 2 hours all fish were stockers 10-12"
Also about the same for sunday, but the water was nice and calm.We did not troll at all, just anchor and powerbait.Rainbow and sherbert were best colors.
Good luck and tight lines.....

jetman221

5/2/2008 7:00:00 PM

i fished erie on opener and camped there for two days and caught almost 80 fish and it was cold and the lake was cold

Dave

5/3/2008 8:20:00 AM

Jetman, sounds like Erie was great. I ended up not going there during my week off. I fished Heart which is right next door, twice. Limited the first trip, 3 the second trip. Now I wish I had given Erie a shot. It's such a shallow lake and I like to troll which at Erie seems to put the lure in the weeds sometimes which isn't a huge deal but a slight nuisance. I have fished bait in the deeper section of Erie and done well. I just didn't get there during my time off. I have never fished McMurray but have wanted to for years. A buddy of mine does well there. I think the size of the lake and the fact that I am not sure what section of the lake to fish has kept me away. I fished Sixteen last evening. I posted the report. Thanks for your replies and Info.

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