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Alder Fishing Reports

By: terry329
Posted: 5/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at about 10 am. We were the only boat on the water and only truck in the parking lot. The water level is still about 5 feet low, but the launch worked fine and the dock made things...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 4/18/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Put in at the nice ramp at the town of Alder. was fishing by 8:00. Fished either direction from the launch for a couple hours and then headed out into the big part of the lake. Went across the lake to...
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By: arniejl
Posted: 3/24/2010
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First off, fished Alder Lake on Friday. Put in at Rocky Point and fished around there and across lake near the big point. Tried most all bass tactics and only mustered up an 8" Kokanee caught on a Rap...
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Posted: 3/16/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled with the DR close to the Dam. Marked a lot of fish and caught one 11” Kok - nothing to brag about. Fish are starting to become a bit more active as the water temp warms. “Tight Lines”
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/13/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to lake to jig docks and shoreline for crappie,and the kokes were hungry. I was using a 1/16oz tube jig pink and green,had a few bullheads nibble then wam ,hit hard by a hungry koke @ 16 in..Rain...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/17/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2009
Hot Spots: 1
I went out to take the girlfriend and kids out for one of the kids birthday.The kids wanted to swim while me and the girlfriend fished.It was around 5pm very hot.We were fishing to the right of the ca...
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Posted: 7/29/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake with my GF to cool off and do some fishing. Dropped my wedding ring in on the north side of Fish island with 4oz sinker. Caught the first kokanee within 3 minutes. Got another ...
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By: terry329
Posted: 7/27/2009
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Not the best beginning for the day. Arrived at just around noon at the north launch (the one closest to the dam) and began trolling around the island. I was using a downrigger at about 30 feet with ...
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Posted: 7/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Kayak out to Alder lake yesterday and put in around 5:45pm. Started out trolling an orange/silver Dick Nite with a 1/4 oz sinker. No hits, so I switched to a 2oz plunker weight. Still n...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My son and me and my buddy arrived at the boat launch about 7:00 am .It was gonna be a hot day so we wanted to be off the lake by noon. We headed toward the Little Nisqually river got to the mouth and...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Doug and I arrived at Alder at 1030am and fished until 5pm. We started off trolling flashers and wedding rings and had about 8 hits and 1 fish combined with that combo. Then we switched to D...
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Posted: 6/25/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/25/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up Alder today with a Buddy a little bit after noon in our float tubes, went in by lillydale road and floated northwest to the beach then to the island then back, Bout 2 & 1/2 hours time and not a...
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By: terry329
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After reading in the saturday paper that people were having some luck catching kokanee at alder lake we decided to drive down and give it a try. Hit the water at around 12;30, several boats were leavi...
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Posted: 5/25/2009
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit up alder with a buddy....hit the shoreline where they were bedding up...caught 3 over 2lbs the largest near 4 or 5lbs. saw lots of fish cruizin...will definatly be going back to harass the bass...
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By: rubioloco
Posted: 5/21/2009
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Weather had settled and I decided to give it another go after a previous evening of bass and crappie. Water was still, no wind and weather was sunny. Water in lake had risen about 6" since the weekend...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/19/2009
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to venture down to Alder as the wind was too gusty to take the boat out. Have a good spot where we consistantly catch panfish so took my daughter to go see if the crappie were in. The weather ...
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By: Brianh
Posted: 9/14/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
The Bass club had a Lake cleanup of Alder. We went (10 of us) out to clean up the boat camp sites around the lake, and was pleasantly surprised that there was not that much litter. After cleaning up w...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/13/2008
Species: Crappie
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived around noon. Went to Rocky Point and did nothing. Went to far side of lake across from Rocky Point Boat Launch and caught one black crappie around 8 inches. Also caught 2 perch around the sam...
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Posted: 8/8/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I went to Alder. I was going to launch at rocky point but it was pretty choppy so I decided to launch at the other boat launch. Lake was probably the highest I have seen it. I caught a...
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Posted: 7/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Alder at 7 in the morn. The boat wasn't in the water till 8ish so I tried fishing bass from the shore. Turns out there were about 5 LMB just swimming around a log about 4 feet off the shore. I...
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By: lori
Posted: 6/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We got on the lake about 7:30 went left and trolled pop gear and a wedding ring had a few hits but no catch, took off the pop gear and started catching some stopped for a bit and bobber fished and cau...
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Posted: 6/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After worthless time at Riffe arrived here. Lake is full and temp about 58. That is a lot warmer than Riffe oddly enough. Trolled with spinning rod with only one bite. Then changed to lead core line w...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/16/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Oh man what a great lake. Had a awesome fathers day. caught 3 LM for a total o 7 lbs not a bad evening. My main man (Son 8) got to reel in my last 2 fish he was stoked. Water temp was way cold you re...
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By: kevinb
Posted: 6/15/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/15/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Took the family to Northwest Trek....afterwards hit Alder for lmb's. Using various crankbaits...no luck today but that's alright,still had a great time. I fished from Rocky Point..weather was sunny wi...
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By: MCM
Posted: 6/12/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got to lake about 7 am. nice calm day, water temp cold at 51-52. picked up a quick smallmouth and rainbow near boat launch in 20 feet of water and then just one more small rainbow and one crappie lat...
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