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Cavanaugh Fishing Reports

Cavanaugh
By: rseas
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A late start and a few hours to kill, so why not head to Lake Cavanaugh for a few hours of fishing? We arrived at the lake somewhere around 10:00 am and were second guessing the plan because the wind ...
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Cavanaugh
By: Jimbo
Posted: 6/30/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
OK, Man it took me a few months to get up there so here's how it went. Wife and I got there Yesterday afternoon about 3:30. Lake looked about flat and some said Good fishing. OH I"m ready, back the...
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Cavanaugh
By: TomD
Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I'm not sure if it was rseas or Quadfather who said it in an earlier report, but after finally getting up there, I think I agree that this is my new favorite lake, at least on the West side! It is a ...
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Cavanaugh
By: Wyatt
Posted: 6/24/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We got to lake Cavanaugh around 7:00 AM, we atomatically started trolling from the boat launch to the left side of it. We had only trolled around 150ft from the launch and my dad caught a 10in kokanee...
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Cavanaugh
By: Jimbo
Posted: 6/23/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well this weather has been a drag, with the sun yestday I was torn betweek fishing the big lake or taking the bike out for some curve's. Well option #2 won, I made my way to the Lake by 4:00 and wishe...
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Cavanaugh
By: RC
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the lake last weekend the 12th and 13th. Lots of kokanee. We did best trolling in 60 feet of water between the boat launch and the Islands in the middle of the lake at 25 feet. In the early ...
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Cavanaugh
By: gmrpyle
Posted: 6/13/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 1300 had fish on within first 30 mins caught fish consistantly every 10 mins limited out no problem. fish were between 10-15". only bad part was I couldn't eat my lunch to much fish...
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Cavanaugh
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 6/8/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
On the way home from a tough day at Lake Shannon my partner and I pulled into Cav. for some Kokes. Trolled the usual Kokanee (red) Promise Keepers, and various wedding ring type spinners behind chrom...
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Cavanaugh
By: flifisr
Posted: 6/6/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First, I want to thank the Quad Father for his posting about the Kokanee that he had caught at lake Cavanaugh. If the Quadfather had not encouraged others about the fishing sucess he had on lk. ca...
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Cavanaugh
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 6/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I thought I saw a last minute reprieve in the weather here in Seattle. However when I got up to Lake Cavanaugh, about 6:30 pm. It was a monsoon just b4 the lake. Fished from 6:30 pm to 9:20 just m...
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Cavanaugh
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2010
Hot Spots: 1
PIcked up fellow walakes angler, "Datsun", Michael,, drove to Lake Cavanaugh. I got a fast limit here just last week. We lauched at about 9:45. I told him it would be quick... Michael dropped the ...
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Cavanaugh
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/10/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/10/2010
Hot Spots: 1
Went up to lake Cavanaugh to fish for the Kokanee which I've been seeing in recent trips. I've been up there and fishing for rainbows, and in the past wasn't really set for Kokes, but today I was set...
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Cavanaugh
By: LipRipster
Posted: 5/10/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the afternoon trolling a fly with a full sink line and a black leech. It went well with several 10 inch trout, some weighty for their size. I always find them across from the launch at the so...
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Cavanaugh
By: rseas
Posted: 3/27/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After upending a piggy bank and counting the pennies decided not to head for Cathlamet to fish springers Fishing would have to be on one of the local lakes. Lake Samish, Lake Stevens and Lake Cavanaug...
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Cavanaugh
By: rseas
Posted: 2/7/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I took a couple of rainy hours and fished Lake Cavanaugh today. There appeared to be 3 other boats fishing but only one other trailer in the parking lot. The other two, I would guess are locals with p...
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Cavanaugh
By: rseas
Posted: 1/25/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday morning we headed for Lake Cavanaugh. I had not been there in 30 years and was surprised at the development around the lake. It is still a beautiful lake and the homes are for the most part cab...
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Cavanaugh
By: Derouin91
Posted: 11/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
me, my brother and a friend decided to try out cavanaugh. It was my first time fishing this lake and it was a success. i caught 4 trout and my brother caught 2, all about 10-12 inches.I caught 2 kokan...
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Cavanaugh
By: Tyler538
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have a cabin on the lake and have been fishing it quite often the past few months. I mainly use rapala husky jerks, countdowns, blue foxes and panther martin in-line spinners. Me and my brother were...
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Cavanaugh
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I headed up to Lake Cavanaugh this afternoon at about 5;00 p.m. with Charcoal, the family lab , for a little fishing from the boat launch.When I got there, four or five other fishermen were already t...
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Cavanaugh
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/2/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Lots of little bites, but only boated two. One 4.5 incher, and one about two pounds. The better fish came in the Northwest end of the lake (to the right of the boat launch) I pulled a spinnerbait thro...
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Cavanaugh
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished hard, but water too cold. No fish. Saw some other boats, no fish either. Sunny and nice but should have gone elsewhere. Fished spoons, spinners, worms, eggs, top and bottom. Go figure.
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Cavanaugh
By: VooDuuChild
Posted: 2/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well wow. What a day I must say. Up at four-thirty to make sure I'd make first light as I didn't have the boat or any gear whatsoever loaded. I ended up taking the SR 530 route as I now live about ...
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Cavanaugh
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Started out fishing about 9:30 am with neighbor Mike. Tried at North end of lake first using Powerbait drifting. We caught 2 that were about 14 inches. Fish are a bit skinny here as compared to lower ...
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Cavanaugh
By: Dan LaPoint
Posted: 6/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The Lake was very calm, the weather expected to be near 80, with not a breath of wind. We launched about 7:00 am from the public access. My wife rigged up a green wedding ring and I a green Woolley Bu...
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Cavanaugh
By: Uncle Wes
Posted: 5/25/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day at 9am using a #4 Brown woolley Bugger. Water temp was at 57 degrees, sunny and warm, windy at times. Worked the NW portion of the lake most of the day but did try the Southern and SW ...
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