JoAnn and I got to fish with Lou Smith from the site today. I was pretty pumped up about catching tons of kokanee as I had heard the lake holds a lot of them, although on the smaller size. Figured we would make up for quality with quantity.

We met Lou at day break at the Tacoma Power Park boat launch. The conditions had turned worse with a low front that came through in the past 24 hrs. Gone were our sunny and calm days, to be replaced by cloudy and a bit breezy conditions.

We hit Lou’s favorite spots and a couple others besides. The fish are definitely there – every placed we went I marked lots of fish. Unfortunately, the front had did it’s number and these fish were totally off the bite. We had a couple drive by taps, nothing hard enough to have a hook set. We called it a day at noon.

I do plan on coming back next spring. For sure this lake holds a ton of fish, just have to hit in on the right day!

Thanks Lou for showing use your fishing haunts. :-)

Bob R

9/9/2012 8:43:00 PM

Sorry to hear about the weather at Alder, Melanie and I passed on a planned trip to Quinalt, weather did not bode well close to the coast.We've had a number of fronts shut down the bite and are trying to pick our shots, weather wise. Good luck next time, good weather upcoming after tuesday! Thanks for report, bob r

bob johansen

9/10/2012 8:06:00 AM

Next time give it a shot for bass Mike - both smallmouth and largemouth. There is a nice campground there too.

knotabassturd

9/11/2012 2:23:00 PM

Mike, not sure if you will read this post but if you do (or anyone), how does the water level look this year at Alder? I know last year was waaayyy doiwn for some work being done by (I think) TPU. TIA! Thanx for the report even if it was a blank on the catching side.

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