The lake level of Ward is the highest I've seen in 45 years of fishing it. This is the second year of poor kokanee fishing. Saw some fish at 28-30 feet but no luck after fishing a variety of lures, ...
Went to try for some Kokanee but I hadn't checked out my downriggers yet this season. The cable on both of them broke sending my downrigger weights to the bottom. $$$. That was spendy. So I changed...
I wasn't planning on taking the boat out today, but my friend Todd text me that he was fishing at Ward lake and having no luck. I gave him my thoughts to improve his luck, and I told him I would head ...
Second trip to Ward this year . Hmmm. Haven't seen one yet. Caught some nice Rainbows, but not what I'm looking for. Tried lots of different gear but nothing. Has anyone seen a Kokanee in Ward this y...
Unfortunately I hadn't watched the news and I planned of fishing Summit lake for the first time. I drove down there to find out the lake was closed due to toxic algae. Only thing I could think of doin...
So I fixed my trolling motor issue and decided to give Ward lake another go for Kokanee. I hate to say it but I tried from the surface down to 45 feet and no hungry Kokanee to be found. I gave this re...
Today, I decided to head out to Ward lake to see if the Kokanee were active. Unfortunately after I lunched my boat I found out that the locking bar for my bow mount trolling motor and rusted up, and I...
Got out there a little after first light, was aiming to go for some early season rainbows so we rigged up for deeper and slower trolling compared to what we would normally run, due to the temps. Was u...
When I posted my last Ward Lake report it came to the attention of the areas fish biologist James Losee. He has been doing a study on Ward Lake and needed more fish to finish the study and asked me to...
Since finding algae on the north side of my boat gunnels I figured I needed to put it in the water. So I met my brother Richard and Kim (pink pole) at Ward Lake in Olympia 7am.
I think it was May o...
I hate to say it, but today was my first trip for kokanee of the season. I decided to give Ward lake a try for the first time and brought my friend J.R. along. We arrived to the lake late around 11 i...
So this is for Sunday morning. Woke up to my alarm at 4:50 AM and got ready. Takes my Girlfriend a bit to get up, but I was able to get her up. Got to ward lake around 6:20 and lines in by 6:30.
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Hit Ward Lake with the boys and upon arriving I was happy to see the lake was not crowded (1 other boat, a couple of paddle boarders, and swimmers). If you have read any of my previous posts I follow...
Got off to a late start this morning with my wife Rebecca, daughter Hannah, and son Joshua and hit Ward Lake at 7:30 a.m. We were absolutely shocked to find only 2 bank fishermen at the ramp and not a...
Got to Ward lake early and was happy to be the 3rd boat on the lake. Started trolling from the boat launch heading northwest and almost immediately had a takedown on an orange wedding ring tipped wit...
Took my daughter out for an afternoon of fishing on a local lake. It was our first time on Ward lake but figured since it was small I could dial up some fish even though it was late in the day and no...
Fish were biting like crazy, lost a lot of them at the boat and while reeling in..started fishing around 9am and was off by 1pm..fish finder really came in handy. Fish were at 25-40', was using down r...
Had to go back to Ward to fill in a hole in my lake map and bring home 5 more kokanee. Mission accomplished. Didn't get on the water until 0800, but it didn't seem to matter. Fish were scattered and h...
Ward Lake has been on my kokanee lake list for a while and I finally made it there today. Only one other boat all morning. Motored out to 60 feet of water and took temperatures. Low 60s from 20 to 50,...
Finally caught my first kokanee ever! Used a silver and red flasher with a mini squid tipped with a worm. 1 oz weight about 75 feet behind the boat. Was running a downrigger, but did not get any actio...
Got on around 9am. had 3 in an hour. (planters) Got real gnarly with the squalls blowing through. Then BAM on the downrigger. Nice solid 16"er. Marked a lot at 20_30 ft. Hoping they were kokes. That's...
Hit the lake about 10am with the kids simply because we had never been here. Got to the lake with nobody on the water, plenty of sun, BEAUTIFUL day to be on the water. Surface temp reading 76* on the ...
Nice day for fishing started out at 1:52pm, from the beach fishing power eggs green & Yellow. With in a minute caught my first fish.... No beast if you know what I mean. First fish was 10 inches rel...