My fishing partner and I hit the water at the boat launch site at 9:00 AM. Very few guys were fishing on the lake today. We counted 4 vehicles with boat trailers in the parking areas as we entered the lake. Since we had such good luck using the Elgin God's Tooth lure a week or so ago, we immediately rigged up with the same half/half gold/silver God's Tooth lure behind a 4 1/2 inch sling blade which had silver on one side and sliver with a silver faceted inlay on the other side. Our destination for today's trip was the north half of the lake on the west side opposite from Weber Point which is on the east side of the lake. We no more than got our down riggers out with a depth setting of 25 and 30 feet in 60 to 75 feet of water with 70 yards of mono extended behind the boat than we got into a quick double. We landed and then carefully released both of those fish back to the lake. They were Cutthroat of about 14 to 15 inches.

Although we marked very few fish on the Lowrance in the early going, with that fast start, we thought we were in for quite a good day of fishing. As it turned out, we went the next 2 hours without even encountering a single strike which was incredibly discouraging. About 11:30 AM through about 1:30 PM, fish began showing up on the fish finder and our luck changed for the better in the same general area but in slightly deeper water.. We began to experience consistent fish strikes about every 10 to 15 minutes fishing depths between 70 and 85 feet. During that period, we landed and then carefully released 10 Cutthroat back to the lake one of which was around 18 inches. We also caught and released back to the lake a 13 inch adipose fin clipped Coho. It appeared that rain clouds were headed toward the lake so we quickly pulled out at 2:00 PM and headed for home. The way the God's Tooth lure has treated us the last couple of times on the lake, my fishing partner and I are now very firm believers in that lure. We want to give them a try on Lake Washington to see how they do on that water. If any of you are in need of the God's Tooth lure, we can tell you the folks at Ted's Sports Center in Lynnwood at least up until a week or so ago had a sizable inventory in many different patterns and colors.

ElginFishing

1/23/2019 9:40:45 AM

Awesome job! Thanks again for the excellent report and giving the God's Tooth some work.
The reports I have seen indicate folks have been very successful using the spoons in Lake Washington! You can also try attaching them together if you want a larger presentation (see our website for photos if interested. ) Tight lines!!!

Sharphooks

1/23/2019 5:16:48 PM

ElginFishing:
Just to let you know, my fishing partner and I have found your website and the embedded tutorial including usage tips on the God's Tooth to be very helpful. When we were on Lake Sammamish yesterday, we put your Duo Lock snap to split ring tip to work. It was immediately apparent that connection gave the lure somewhat of a slightly enhanced action. When we get over to Lake Washington in the next week or so, we will try out your suggestion of the larger lure presentation by attaching 2 of these lures together. Needless to say, that is quite an interesting concept.

Ben Eggertsen

1/23/2019 11:44:36 AM

Excellent report. Thanks.

FishingTenor

1/23/2019 3:22:14 PM

Great report. FYI: I am over at Sammamish today to visit my folks and the midges are here in increasing numbers today. Happy Fishing!

ElginFishing

1/23/2019 6:03:08 PM

Thanks for the feedback on our website Sharphooks. Glad to see it was helpful to you. The Duo Lock snap is critical for performance not to mention the ease in changing out the spoons. While the single spoon rig has been very good on Lake Washington, the double spoon set up is definitely worth trying for a bit. Since there are 4 options with the double spoon set up, the idea is to find the one that results in the most action from the trailing spoon. This will be determined by mainly the speed of your troll and your dodger. I recommend starting off with the lead spoon set on fast action (narrow end facing the dodger) and the trailing spoon set on slow action. If the trailing spoon is "kicking good" then I would stick with that since that is the objective. You can try two of the same colors or mix and match the colors/patterns. Running two silver shiners together could be deadly if you have two of those or two perch, etc....

Sharphooks

1/23/2019 6:17:21 PM

ElginFishing:
My fishing partner and I appreciate your comments beyond those found in your website with regards to how best to configure and use the God's Tooth in a 2 lure connected together approach. We will give your suggestions a good try and will report back via this website if we can find weather and water conditions on the big lake, Lake Washington, to our liking in the coming days.

cdflett

1/23/2019 11:14:14 PM

Great report as always, Sharphooks!

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