Now that the jet skis and boaters are pretty much out of the
picture, it leaves some fantastic water to explore to catch and release large and smallmouth bass. We have located a nice area with a log boom to tie the boat up to. It's pretty close to shore and only around 12' deep.
We tried rubber worms and crankbaits in the past with no luck, so we went with nightcrawlers 6 feet under a bobber after noticing fish rising all around us. It was only a matter of moments my buddy and I both had hook-ups. The water's clarity is somewhat cloudy, but still about 2' of visibility. Turns out, we hooked and landed several smallmouth to around 2 or 3 pounds. We even hooked a couple of carp that fight even more than bass do, and on light trout gear, let me tell you. My buddy caught and released
a nice 14" silver that we didn't think existed here anymore due to the new turbines installed a few years back by Puget Power...apparently, they do.
We were there for about 3 hours and hooked bass, trout, perch, carp, crappie and even a slimy 'ol sucker.
This is a great "scrap" fish lake and wouldn't advise keeping any of the fish. They stink really bad...but fun to catch. Not much time left to fish due to the fact they empty the lake every year around mid October or so.
We've been back several times to the location and have not been skunked yet. Look for areas that are shallow and fish around stumps and drop offs. Have fun!

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