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Black Lake Report
Thurston County, WA

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03/25/2018
41° - 45°
Trolling
Rainbow Trout
Worms
Pink
Mostly Sunny
Dodger
All Day
41° - 45°
03/26/2018
4
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I fished Black Lake Yesterday for the very first time. I started at dawn and trolled one complete circle of the lake using some different flasher and bait set-ups. To my surprise the first rainbow was caught when I accidently drifted a little off course and ended up in only 8 feet of water. Normally I never troll in this shallow of water (usually like to fish 15-25 feet at other lakes). But today, the hot spot for me was at 8 to 14 feet of water. I caught all rainbows on a 4" pink/nickel dodger and a pink/cream smiley blade (with a little nightcrawler piece added). The only weight I used was a small 1/8 ounce slider. I had "hits" almost ever time through his location. The fish were not huge, but did put up some great battles.

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FlyfishingKen
3/27/2018 10:25:28 AM
Thanks for the report! Sounds like fun. How long was your leader after the dodger?
cubmaster
3/28/2018 7:06:17 AM
41" from flasher/dodger to the Smiley blade.
nwtoolman
4/4/2018 9:22:51 AM
Do you happen to know what the water temperature was?
cubmaster
4/4/2018 9:51:29 AM
I looked at the fish finder screen throughout the day, but I forgot to write down the temperature. I believe that it was 43.5 to 44.0 in the morning, then 45-46 later in the day. I might go out again on Sunday.
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