Kayak fishing trout on Lake Washington

This came out a while ago for those looking for an opportunity to get some fish, but the weather is not cooperating for salt trips yet. Brad (BB) and I worked on it back in January. My photos, Brad's text. It was not written by Ric, he's the editor.

http://rapidmedia.com/trips-kayak-fishing/item/686-washington-state-winter-action.html

P.S. My bad, it was just launched, although the article dated back in February, and the editor of Kayak Angler is working on correcting the credits now. They've putting up their new site and working out a few small issues.

Very cool! Great info!

Dino Abulencia
HOW-NWest

I've been hesitant to say this but here it goes.

You guys are aware of the consumption advisories in Lake Washington by the DOH? According to a 2004 study cutthroat trout from Lake WA are loaded with PCB's:

Concentrations of
ΣPCB in Lake Washington fish were many times higher than levels found in
fish from many Washington State lakes and rivers, including Lake Sammamish (McIntyre 2004)
(Figure 2). Levels of
ΣPCB in Lake Washington fishes were comparable to those in fishes near PCB Superfund sites along the Lower Duwamish waterway and the Spokane River in Washington State.

http://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/Pubs/333-061.pdf

Feel free to ignore this or call me some kind of tree hugging environmentalist. I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do or not to do just want to get the info out there.

Trout have been a little shy the past week or so on Lake WA - at least for me. About two weeks ago I landed a few 14-18" cuts and rainbows on worm and marshmallow. It's good to have the lake close by...

nah they stopped pumping sewage into lake washington..... Id be more concerned with a  fish from Green lake

PCBs stick around for a really long time seattleyakker. It is an ongoing issue...

Lake Washington, the largest freshwater lake in King County, Washington, has fish with some of the highest concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) measured across the state. PCBs were historically used in commercial products and industry but their manufacture was banned in 1977

http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/watersheds/cedar-river-lake-wa/pcb-pbde-loadings.aspx

Check out the link above for some info on a current study.

oh I have no doubt those chemicals stick around for quite some time.

There's a ton of Russians hitting that lake all summer and they eat even the smallest Yellow Perch. Probably 15 a day for some of those folks. If they start growing a third eyeball or a sixth finger I'll let you know.

BenSkold is the Petri dish for this experiment.  The signs  are posted all around the lake and in parks.  Why is it that cutties have less consumption than rainbow trout and other lake fish?  I like to think I have released more than I have taken.

Why is it that cutties have less consumption than rainbow trout and other lake fish?  I like to think I have released more than I have taken.

According to the above mentioned 2004 study, the Cutthroat trout and pikeminnow are the species with the highest concentration of PCBs, It might be because:

coastal cutthroat trout are known to have a higher percentage of fish in their
diets compared to either rainbow trout or Dolly Varden.

Quote from paper from the ADFG about Coastal Cutthroat life history
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:CT-eFIhcltQJ:www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/education/wns/cutthroat_trout.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiaVKThNGyoD5oaPXN8ZOAOy-ZEv-QVRDVZcY5KVV9HA0WG7KOxu3GkONmBEJFp58g_e8710q0SrnzEq0JVhC7HAKcHeGgimVusrPlgD2qsP2b0Xfn72uzCINOFopZ8UGalHWcL&sig=AHIEtbT88UQOlBPV-Y0dQeL8e5ou5FEZ6g

Ok I'm starting to hijack this thread sorry.