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Deep Lake Report
King County, WA

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02/15/2009
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Marshmallows
Yellow
Hook & Bait
Afternoon
02/15/2009
1
1225

In my experience this lake really only throws fish after being recently stocked, and summer. There used to be great bass and perch fishing, but I haven't seen it in years. I read that a group "friends of nolte" may work to keep the park open, but otherwise the place is basically closed. I'm not 100% sure what 'closed' means because most locals don't actually park inside the park anyways, and a ranger still lives there....

Anyways, nothing was surfacing, no splashing, no bites off the dock for anything. Tried a wedding ring, salmon eggs, marshmallow (yellow/garlic) and not too long ago I was working with flat fish trolling, and power bait off the bottom with the same results.

The flat fish trolling often limits me out on this lake.


Comments

guyara
2/16/2009 6:26:00 PM
WOW, dejavu...I lived in the house across the street from Deep Lake when Mount St. Helens blew in 1980. I used to take my boys across the street and throw in a little four man raft and we'd catch dinner. Oh, the memories....I fished this lake a couple years ago when a group of us had a party on Memorial day. It hasn't changed much. I don't know who the ranger is now, but in 1976, I got married in Enumclaw and my bride & I had a camper. I knew that Nolte was a park, so we drove there around 10 pm and parked. As we swept out our rice the ranger came out and informed me it was a day park only, then he took pity on us and said since we were the only ones there that if we left before 8 am to shut the gate and if after 8 to leave it open. I, too, used to use an f-4 frog flatfish to limit there. Enjoy it while you can and make as many memories while you can.
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