Northwest Fishing Reports

With all the salmon closures and winter steelhead just around the corner looking for something to pass some time so I wanted to try my luck in lakes where I can put in my inflatable Target species mainly trout but open minded to anything. Not a big fan on stocker trout and I know where to look for those. Will mainly be doing C&R and I'm looking for a bit of solitude where the fishing is decent enough to keep me interested. Preferably snohomish county! No secret locations if you don't want to disclose.

lake stevens can be pretty good fot trout this time of year. the dept does fingerling plants here and not a lot of people target them. these fish eat well and are fiesty on the hook.

Goodwin is decent this time of year as well. No more pleasure boats out on the water now, and usually good numbers of hold over fish because the lake gets almost no fishing pressure once the temps warm up.

Thanks a lot guys for the info. Will have to give those lakes a try. Normally I don't keep trout unless I know the lake I catch them from they cut dark pink or red, then they head to the smoker. Do you guys know how those lakes trout cut!

lake stevens trout cut pretty good. since they're planted as smolts keeper size fish have grown up in the lake. the meat color can vary a bit, but it's always been firm & tasty. stevens is one of the very few lakes i eat trout from. i'm very picky about trout too.

This time of year the trout I've got from Goodwin really vary. 11-13 in will be pretty pale. The 14+ inch will be trending more towards the pink side as they have had more time on natural forage. With the weather over the summer though all bets are off.

Martha lake wb browns. They cut like chrome bight steelhead. Troll rapalas, plunk inflated worm or strip streamers (leeches) near shore.

The walleye feed heavily before winter. One of the best times. You can find this near the dams or pools below the dam on the East side. Then there is Potholes which is warmer water.