Washington Guide Services - Welcome to Washington Guide Services. At WGS we strive to make your fishing experience a memory that will last a lifetime. We fish Trophy kokanee, Salmon, Walleye, Trout and others species in various locations such as Lake Chelan, Lake Roosevelt, Upper Columbia River, Banks Lake just to name a few. WGS takes pride in our services and customers. We look forward to fishing with you!
I know I must use my best writing but let me tell you that English is my second language, so I hope you understand what i write.
Today was my first day at Tanwax Lake (Camp Lakeview), I got there at 9:00 am and fished for a few hours. It took me only 5 mins to catch my first Trout which it was about 11". Then , fish was biting like crazy. I caught about 17 Rainbow Trout between 7" and 11", 4 yellow perch between 5" and 7" but most of the fish were released, just kept my limit (biggest ones).
I didn't expect to have so much fun and luck, but today was a nice day. Very sunny, don't forget your sunblock (seriously), I've got bad sunburn on my arms, hands and face.
There were another 6-8 guys, everyone had a successful fishing day.
I used a 4-pound-test line, hook size 6, a bobber and worms.
Catch and release using bait (worms/powerbait) over the limit is illegal. Once you catch your limit, even if you release them, you are considered done for the day.
Thanx for the post. Poacher Hater is right, if you use bait like a worm or powerbait you are supposed to keep all your fish. If you want to catch and release the best way is to use barbless hooks, 'artificial' baits like plastic worm and try to keep the fish in the water.
You can keep as many perch as you like I think on Tanwax! But limit is 5 trout. Many lakes have too many perch so keeping all the perch you catch is often a good thing. Perch taste better than stocked trout anyways, even the little ones with all the bones.
You did well in your writeup considering ESL, congrats on a successful trip and nice photos w/the trout.
Well, I have to thank Poacher Hater and Knotabassturd for the informacion. I didn't know I made a few mistakes. There was a Game Warden who explained me about the barbless hooks for C&R , I had a couple in my tackle box,the point of using barbless hooks is to help to prevent fish mortality. He didn't say anything about worms and powerbait. So I thought I was doing OK. I admit I gotta read the book.
A Game Warden didn't explain the rules of reaching your limit of trout, while catch and releasing, when fishing with bait? Take the friendly information given by other fisher person's and apply it on your next fishing trip for trout. Keep in mind regulations from lake to lake can be very different. Normally, learning the rules from a Warden, means the infraction has already been committed..
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Washington Guide Services - Welcome to Washington Guide Services. At WGS we strive to make your fishing experience a memory that will last a lifetime. We fish Trophy kokanee, Salmon, Walleye, Trout and others species in various locations such as Lake Chelan, Lake Roosevelt, Upper Columbia River, Banks Lake just to name a few. WGS takes pride in our services and customers. We look forward to fishing with you!