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By: Toni
Posted: 11/9/2024
Species: Perch
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2024
Hot Spots: 1
We were at the lake from 11:00am to 3:00pm. The weather was cloudy with periods of sun. It was a very nice day of catching. The water temp was 56.
Nightcrawler pieces on a drop shot type setup with 2...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/6/2024
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2024
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished out of Point Defiance from about 8am to 12 pm. The tides were high 9:15am at 9.8 feet with low at 5.8 feet 2:40pm. Water temp was 57 degrees. It was mostly cloudy around 70 degrees...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/20/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/17/2024
Hot Spots: 0
There was a big storm brewing down by Oregon that was reported to be coming to our area about 7-8pm. Interesting to me was, if it would affect the bite. As per usual, I had lots of bites I didn’t see...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/26/2024
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/21/2024
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I started fishing around 8:30 and we stopped at 11am. It was a bit breezy from time to time which got the speed up to 1.7 or down to .9 mpg. We even had a sprinkle or two. I did apply sunsc...
By: Toni
Posted: 6/24/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/23/2024
Hot Spots: 0
No fish on my line BUT watch the video:
My son came down to take me fishing. It was a cold morning of clouds in the 50’s with a breeze and gusts that made it feel even colder.
The water temperature ...
By: Toni
Posted: 6/4/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2024
Hot Spots: 2
One son had to work but the other went out on my boat with me. He of course, caught the fish. Which, he told me, is what always happens. Or at least that is what I understood him to say. Being as we a...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/23/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2024
Hot Spots: 2
I was able to fish with my son Bo and his guest Amanda. She had never been fishing before. We were on the lake from 8am-12:30.
I sped over to the dam so Amanda could see it. We had stopped to view i...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/1/2024
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2024
Hot Spots: 0
I haven’t been out in the boat since Sept. 2023 so it was a shake down trip today with John Knudsen. It went OK except I forgot how to start my underwater video cameras.
The water temperature was 52...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/4/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/3/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I got there at high tide, 11Am- 11.9 feet. Low was going to be at 5:18pm at 7.7 feet. No one was on the dock except a seagull, until 12:30. There was a kayak and a boat on the water most of the time I...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/22/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 1
This is the first time I have been out trying for squid in 2 years. Also, first time on dock since 2020. It was a trial to see if I could pull my fishing gear out there using a cane. I did it!
I alwa...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/18/2023
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/18/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for lake levels. My son went out in a kayak and took these pictures. He didn't fish. Alder at full pool is 1207 feet. These photos are at 1168-9 feet. The website says "The launch is us...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/11/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2023
Hot Spots: 1
My son Adam and I started fishing around 9am. We quit at 1pm.
The tide was incoming. Low was at 7:35 AM 0.6 feet with High at 3:59 PM being 11.1 feet.
The weather was sunny with highs in the upper ...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/3/2023
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2023
Hot Spots: 1
My son Adam and I launched out of Point Defiance and started fishing about 9am. It was an outgoing tide; high was at 6:59 AM 11.1 feet and the low was 1:13 PM at 0.5 feet. The weather was great if y...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/1/2023
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Hannah and Chris were fishing for me since I have a “companion card” which allows someone else to harvest my catch. The “companion card” is not really a card but an endorsement that is attached to the...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/18/2023
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2023
Hot Spots: 1
I was planning on going salmon fishing on Sunday the 16th but as in the last 2 years when I plan to go salmon fishing, WDFW closes it. This year, I was retired, so I was able to go crabbing and my son...
By: Toni
Posted: 6/28/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/27/2023
Hot Spots: 2
My son, Adam, and I started fishing about 8:30am and within a few minutes he brought in a Cutthroat. About a half hour later he brought in a Catfish (Brown Bullhead).
When we got there, the lake ...
By: Toni
Posted: 6/3/2023
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2023
Hot Spots: 1
We got to the lake about 7:30am and there were 2 other vehicles in the parking lot. We launched and were fishing by 8. It was a partly cloudy, breezy cool morning. The water felt warm at 63 degrees. T...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/27/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/25/2023
Hot Spots: 2
We fished from 8am to 1pm. The pool level had gone up a few feet to 1,203.49 from last week and the temperature was down to 63. The air temp was about 55 when we got there but 70 or above when we le...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/21/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2023
Hot Spots: 1
My son forgot to set his alarm so we got a late start. Also, I found that I had a low tire on my vehicle which needed to be taken care of. We got to the launch and the parking lot was filling up. Lake...
By: Toni
Posted: 5/14/2023
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/12/2023
Hot Spots: 2
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This was my first time out since Oct 2022. We finally got on the water with lines in about 8:35am. Finishing at 10:30am.
The lake level was at 1195.4 feet which is lower than last year. The wate...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/15/2022
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/14/2022
Hot Spots: 3
I got my son Bo to take me fishing for perch on Friday the 14th. We got to the lake around 9am and left sometime between 12 and 1. Water temperature was 65 degrees. Air temp was 50 and rising with a b...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/11/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2022
Hot Spots: 2
My son Bo schooled me again in catching and bites…he had a few doubles, too. We were at the lake from 8am to 1:30pm. When we got there the water temperature was 68 and 70 when we left. It was sunny bu...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/8/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2022
Hot Spots: 1
My son took me fishing on this Labor Day 2022. He was doing the catching. Of course, I had the cameras on my lines that showed the fish I hooked, and didn’t know about. Probably due to me netting his ...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/22/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2022
Hot Spots: 1
My son Adam took me fishing (I only caught 1) while he did the catching. This is the first time he has fished on Alder. We came years ago but the level was too low for launching my boat so we went to ...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/27/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2022
Hot Spots: 0
John Knudsen met me at the launch. The water level was 1203.94.
We started a little after 7am and I said I was done at noon. Water temperature was 71. Air temperature was 53 and a foggy drizzle for ...