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King County, WA

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06/11/2017
66° - 70°
Downriggers
Cutthroat Trout
Mostly Sunny
Morning
66° - 70°
06/12/2017
5
1786

I took my kayak out to try for cutthroats. I trolled Sunday morning around Kirkland and ended up going 3/5, losing 2 right next to the boat. Unfortunately, It can be tough to net the fish from the kayak. One of the fish I lost was absolutely huge, maybe ~4 pounds and seem about double the size of biggest in my photo. It jumped 8-10 times around the boat.

It was a great day with nice weather, but not so nice that the lake was filled with ski and pleasure boats. I always try to be out by noon because I get nervous in the kayak with too many boats buzzing around.


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Ben Eggertsen
6/12/2017 12:00:16 PM
Nice fish! How deep were you on the down rigger? Did you use a dodger?
YellowYak
6/12/2017 12:59:18 PM
Downrigger was around 25'. I use a "sling blade" dodger. I tried a few different baits but the one pictured was the hot one.
TrackerPro16
6/12/2017 12:54:13 PM
Great report! Good to hear someone is catching! Seems like the bite has been pretty slow. Maybe it is heating up finally?
YellowYak
6/12/2017 1:01:56 PM
DJButler and SalmonBarry both had hot days last week so that is what inspired me. I think you just have to be in the right spot at the right time. My first two fish were in the same exact spot and I caught the last 3 in a row within 30 mins in the same spot as well.
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