Southwest Washington tent camping with trout fishing?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:16 pm
Hello!
New to the forum. New to the area (Vancouver, WA). Grew up fly fishing rivers in Montana. Want to take the wife and kids camping and do some fishing out here. Not ready to invest in or learn about salmon fishing, and not ready to take my 10 year old steelhead fishing. Any suggestions that meet the following criteria?
1: within 3 hours drive of Vancouver
2: not crowded and full of RVs. Prefer tent only sites.
3: if lake fishing, prefer a non-motorized situation
4: primitive campsite preferred (helps avoid crowds)
5: I know Mosquitos can be BRUTAL in these small forest and alpine lakes in June...tips on that dynamic? My kids are young enough that a swarm of skeeters can quickly result in their attitudes to the point I want to start using the kids for bait!
My initial searches suggested Goose Lake in Skamankia County. Anyone with experience there?
Thanks!
New to the forum. New to the area (Vancouver, WA). Grew up fly fishing rivers in Montana. Want to take the wife and kids camping and do some fishing out here. Not ready to invest in or learn about salmon fishing, and not ready to take my 10 year old steelhead fishing. Any suggestions that meet the following criteria?
1: within 3 hours drive of Vancouver
2: not crowded and full of RVs. Prefer tent only sites.
3: if lake fishing, prefer a non-motorized situation
4: primitive campsite preferred (helps avoid crowds)
5: I know Mosquitos can be BRUTAL in these small forest and alpine lakes in June...tips on that dynamic? My kids are young enough that a swarm of skeeters can quickly result in their attitudes to the point I want to start using the kids for bait!
My initial searches suggested Goose Lake in Skamankia County. Anyone with experience there?
Thanks!