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Baker Lake Report
Whatcom County, WA

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08/05/2011
Trolling
Salmon
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Morning
08/05/2011
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Ok where do I turn my fisherman in good standing registration card? We just put in 7 hours on Baker Lake without a fish on. I went through all my sockeye gear, changed leader lengths, dodgers, speed and depth with nothing. We have decided that my shrimp went south on us. It didn’t smell off but something was going on. We saw a few fish caught and scattered fish on the meter but nobody would come out to play.

Play or not it was a beautiful morning, the trip went well and we got to stop at Cascade Burgers on the way home. In fact the fish gods must have taken pity on me because my favorite burger, the blue cheese burger was on special. Great way to end the trip but now I need a nap!


Comments

RiverChromeGS
8/5/2011 6:14:00 PM
got 7 fish today at baker but ALL before 630, then Nothing between 630 and 10. If its clear and sunny, you gotta be fishing before it gets light, the bite is so short that maybe you just got unlucky and wernt in the right place during the hour long bite. All my fish on straight sand shrimp tail 20 inches behind 0 bright orange dodger 20-30 feet down.
G-Man
8/5/2011 6:28:00 PM
Sorry to hear that. The fishing calendar only rates today a one star day with the best bite time being around 3 to 6 am, perhaps someone showed it to the fish! Tomorrow isn't supposed to be all that great either, will see how the PSA derby goes. I hear you about the bait though, I'm getting ready to run to Uwajimaya to pick up some fresh stuff for the derby tomorrow!
burlee
8/5/2011 7:55:00 PM
Bummer dude.....but it does make me feel better, since I had an almost identical experience on Wednesday. I did come home with 1 fish, but they were being caught all around us, and we couldn't come up with the right combo.
Dave
8/5/2011 8:06:00 PM
Almost the same thing happened to me last week. I fished Baker on Friday for 7 hours and caught 2 keepers. Very slow! The next day folks submitted reports of limits for all. I think sometimes the bite is just off. Glad the trip went well anyway and the burger was tasty..
Toni
8/5/2011 9:07:00 PM
Sorry to hear you didn't get any. Thank you for your report!
Kokanee Katcher
8/5/2011 10:04:00 PM
Had a very successful day Wednesday but yesterday was just as you described my outing. I had one strike at 0515 and that was it all the way to 1000. The view of the mountain was terrific, but you can't barbecue that.
MarkFromSea
8/7/2011 2:45:00 PM
Fished Baker Thurs and Fri, we BBQed the bait! LOL caught 4, 2 each day, pretty slow compared to those early reports. The depth finder showed nearly like a desert. We did tow a dead boat back to the Swift ramp. Headed to Westport next trip, I heard they opened it to two kings now.
Acefishon
8/7/2011 10:47:00 PM
I fished we'd thur fri wasn't red hot like week before reports got four on we'd between two guys two thurs three fri slow
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