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Lena
Lena
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Lower Lena Lake (47°37.153’N and 123°09.616’W), 1,787 feet, is reached via a three-mile hike with an elevation gain of 1,200 feet on the most popular trail of the Olympic Mountains, Trail 810. The wat...
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Eight Mile
Eight Mile
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/6/2008
Hot Spots: 0
September 6-8, 2008 The water is clear, clean, and relatively deep. The water temperature was measured at 56 degrees. My son Michael caught the first fish on the 7th (we didn’t have much time to fi...
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Spectacle
Spectacle
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/31/2011
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
May 28-30, 2011 The planted rainbows were mysteriously located primarily off the shoals over the deeper sections of the lake but in the first 10 vertical feet of the lake. What they were feeding on...
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Packwood
Packwood
By: macgrms
Posted: 9/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Ten years later and I have a son, Michael, age 9, who hiked with me to the lake. We arrived shortly after 2PM, set up camp, and then went fishing. I didn’t have the float tube with me this time. The ...
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Lost
Lost
By: macgrms
Posted: 7/7/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Having remembered my failure at this lake the last time I visited it—now ten years ago—I decided to return for some revenge since I am more experienced than before and thought that should be sufficien...
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Sidley
Sidley
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/14/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2009
Hot Spots: 0
May 23-25, 2009 Water temperature was up to 59-60 degrees, and water level was noticeable down from prior years, although a local farmer said cold and wet weather had just ended a few days prior to...
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Molson
Molson
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/25/2008
Hot Spots: 2
This lake is shallow, five to 10 feet deep. According to historical planting data from 1999 through 2008, thousands of fish are put into this lake; so it should be easy pickings. However, for whatever...
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Sidley
Sidley
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/28/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2008
Hot Spots: 3
May 24-26, 2008 According to the Washington State Stocking Report for this year, 7,000 catchable rainbows are scheduled for planting in April and/or May with an additional 37,000-plus fingerlings a...
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Blue (Oroville)
Blue (Oroville)
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/3/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This lake is 110 acres and located six miles south southwest from Oroville via Blue Lake Road, and contains Lahontan cutthroat. It has no public restrooms or campsite, although we camped under some bu...
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Wannacut
Wannacut
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/3/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/3/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Wannacut Lake is seven miles south southwest from Oroville via Blue Lake Road. The lake is 411 acres and is primarily a put-and-take fishery for rainbows. Although pan-sized rainbows are the norm, car...
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Ferry
Ferry
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/1/2005
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
The lake is circular, has pay camp sites (no water pump), and has a boat launch. The lake is planted with catchable rainbows each spring and fingerlings each fall. It has a narrow shoal, but the shoal...
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Trout
Trout
By: macgrms
Posted: 6/14/2004
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Water temperature was 72-74 in the surface. Down 20 feet it was 66. Used sealbuggers, Stimulators, Prince Nymphs, Carey Specials, down deep, close to shore, and didn’t get a hit. Saw some large bass r...
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Bonaparte
Bonaparte
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/27/2004
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Water temperature was near 55 degrees. It rained some the first two days with southerly winds in the morning to afternoon followed by northerly winds in the evening. The smallmouth bass ranged from ei...
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Park
Park
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/2/2004
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2004
Hot Spots: 0
The surface temperature was 54 degrees, mostly sunny with air temperatures in the upper 70’s, and some wind. The hatch was chironomids, light olive, lime green, and black predominantly, sizes ranged f...
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Lenore
Lenore
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/1/2004
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Surface temperature was 60 degrees and despite the partly sunny skies the wind was a severe factor. Although able to fish on May 1st, I was literally blown off the lake on the 2nd. Large midge hatch...
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Lenice
Lenice
By: macgrms
Posted: 3/27/2004
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/27/2004
Hot Spots: 0
On March 27 the wind blew hard all day and most fishermen left early to seek shelter in their camps. Fishing reports for the day were none to one fish per fisherman with few exceptions. March 28,...
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Crawfish
Crawfish
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/24/2003
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Water temperature 60 degrees. Saturday was overcast and rainy most of the day. All days were windy. Sunday was a mix of sun and clouds, and Monday was sunny most of the day. Throat samples showed ...
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Walupt
Walupt
By: macgrms
Posted: 7/15/2002
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2002
Hot Spots: 0
Per the topographical map of the lake itself, the shallower end is the northwest corner where the boat launch and outlet are located. Excellent underwater vegetation is prevalent here and mayflies, c...
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Domke
Domke
By: macgrms
Posted: 7/6/2002
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
After a 3.5-hour ferry ride on the Lady of the Lake II and a semi-elevated hike, I began fishing at 6:00 PM July 4th. I began with some searching nymph patterns and didn’t get a strike. The surface...
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Domke
Domke
By: macgrms
Posted: 7/6/2002
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/6/2002
Hot Spots: 0
After a 3.5-hour ferry ride on the Lady of the Lake II and a semi-elevated hike, I began fishing at 6:00 PM July 4th. I began with some searching nymph patterns and didn’t get a strike. The surface...
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Sidley
Sidley
By: macgrms
Posted: 5/24/2002
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2002
Hot Spots: 0
The lake is full of scuds and chironomids. There are both Hyalella (1/10th to 3/10ths of an inch) and Gammarus (1/4th to 1 inch in length) scuds, with the majority being olive to pale olive, although...
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
By: macgrms
Posted: 8/28/1999
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/28/1999
Hot Spots: 0
Water temp. @ 65 degrees. Fished the evening rise from 7:45 to 8:15 because the parking gate closed at 8:45. Fished out about 70 yards from the park and had two hits on a beadhead black WoollyBugger; ...
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