Sharphooks
6/18/2018 10:21:00 PMDan, it appears that you well could be hooked on the Cuttie fishing on the big lake, Lake Washington. In my opinion, its an extremely underdeveloped fishery and certainly beats the heck out of the smaller class Cutties that are found in Lake Sammamish. I got one earlier this spring that was drop dead gorgeous at 23 inches. Beyond that and especially at this time of the year and in the coming months, there is always the possibility of hooking into an incidental 4 to 6 pound Sockeye. Although they are not legal to keep and must be released back to the lake, that can be quite a thrilling experience in itself. You named some key spots to fish in the north half of the lake that my fishing partner and I sometimes frequent. My favorite at this time of the year is the Campaign Point to Juanita Point trolling area. If you get back up into that area, you should give that trolling area a whirl. Its been very good to me and my fishing partner over quite a few years. As for the Old Goat lure, I'll have to give it a try one of these days. I continue to hear very good things about that lure. I only wish it came with scaling in a blue, white and silver color combination. Our favorite rig for Lake Washington for quite a few years has been a Sling Blade, 16 inches of leader with a Ace-Hi Fly Junior #344 Blue Spatter Back. We feel it does a good job of imitating the Cutties favorite bait fish in Lake Washington.
rmrauscher
6/19/2018 8:22:49 AMSounds like a great day! Kids and wives will out fish you most of the time LOL. Dang Old Goats sure seem to "gitter done".
oldgoatlures
6/19/2018 9:03:12 AMDan: Thanks for putting the Old Goat OG1s to work out there in the lake! We absolutely appreciate it!!
salmonbarry
6/19/2018 5:47:33 PMGreat job! Saw you guys at the event and you had a ton of nice fish in the box! Congrats and great to see those smiling faces on the kids! I need to motor up to that end of the lake again one of these days but it's just so much closer and easier for me to fish the south end ( 10 minutes from my house without even taking the freeway!) I need to just dedicate a day to the old goats and see if I can't get on the band wagon!
oldgoatlures
6/19/2018 8:06:29 PMSalmonbarry: I believe Dan was fishing the perch OG1; He's had success with it on both Sammamish and Lake Washington. (Not sure as to which size was the more effective on Saturday--the 2.44 or the 2.8.) Dan?
Sharphooks
6/19/2018 6:54:13 PMSalmonbarry: I'm within 15 minutes of the boat launch at Lake Sammamish, however, I'm more than happy to do the longer drive to fish the north half of Lake Washington just because of the better size and beefy nature of its Cutthroat. Frankly, I happen to think its a better Cutthroat fishery than is the south half of the big lake. This is really the prime time to fish the key spots in the north half of the lake some of which fishindan recently found very productive. I read very recently the WDFW estimated there are something on the order of 350,000 Cutthroat in Lake Washington with a population that continues to grow. Its no wonder the sockeye smolts coming out of the Cedar River and Sammamish Slough drainage's have such a hard time making it out of the big lake as Cutthroat are extremely predator oriented.
salmonbarry
6/19/2018 7:13:46 PMGotcha and yes I can make that drive too but often I try and go before work or on a work day so need to be close to home in Seatac in case I have to run home! Plan on 'hooking up' with DJ Butler in the near future so he can show me his haunts up that way!