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Topic: Lake Washington trolling  (Read 1433 times)

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redfish85

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  • Location: Seattle, wa
  • Date Registered: Jun 2007
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Hey everyone I've been reading some great reports from lake washing machine about big cutts and trout but my question is about typical setback from the DR clip cause most of the reports are from BP's and say they use a 125' setback. Is this normal or is it just so far cause of the engine noise or are the fish just that spooky?


Chromer

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I think it is mostly about engine noise.  I usually hear about 75-100 foot setbacks but I’ve caught trout in Lake Washington with a 20 foot setback while fishing for coho


redfish85

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I think it is mostly about engine noise.  I usually hear about 75-100 foot setbacks but I’ve caught trout in Lake Washington with a 20 foot setback while fishing for coho
Ok yeah that's what I thought but I figured no harm in asking, can't wait to heal up, get my DR situated on my mount I made for the yak and go try for my first cutt from there


PetitPoisson

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I'm not convinced that line length makes much difference and I'm really not convinced that motor noise is a negative issue.

Last weekend, I fished with about 10-15 feet of length using a white/silver/black flasher with an Apex cop car lure.  Mainly because I was lacking sleep and feeling lazy.  I didn't want to strip off the additional line or rig up the squid/herring bait I had pulled out of the freezer a couple hours prior :laugh:.  My rod landed a 10 pound Chinook within the first 15 minutes.  Shortly after we landed 16 pound Chinook.  Followed by 1 wee little salmon, 2 rock fish and a Ling about the size of my hand that all went back down.  Rod on the other side of the boat had 30-40 feet of line, a pink glow flasher and a herring (because Bait is supposed to be better than lures).  That rod landed all of 1 good sized rock fish (kept).  Both rods were consistently fished between 90-100 feet deep.  I've never really fished that close to the DR weight but it was certainly working for me last weekend.

As a child, I recall trolling for Rainbows and Cutthroat (many times, in many lakes) with my grandfather in a little 12 foot tin boat.  We'd literally drag a small willow leaf with a small spoon or spinner about 20-25 feet off the back of the boat ("12 line pulls - no more, no less!"  haha, grandfathers  ::)).  His theory was the bigger fish would hear the motor and come up looking for the easy picking (stunned minnows) and hit the lures.  I believe his theory was correct as we certainly caught fish.  I still use this technique and it still works...  That motor is like a dinner bell!
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