Anyone on the east side

Around Cle Elum to Moses lake. Looking to fish for something besides deep fish (no down riggers) lake cle elum is a deep lake and trout in cooper are getting old looking for some bass or something that'll fight

Cle Elum can be productive but I've grown impatient with that place lately. I've seen some nice browns pulled out of there on the west side of the lake about halfway up and none of them required downriggers. I think the downrigger is a neat tool but it's not a requirement for catching big fish or more fish. Anyway you're on the right track. Moses Lake and Potholes are going to be good places to catch bass if you can stand when it gets hot this time of year. Potholes is my favorite with the area in front of the dam being popular because it is productive. A few of those little lakes below the dam are worth hitting too.

The biggest problem i have with cle elum is you have to be off the lake by 2 or its white caps and the wind has been brutal this year. Id have to go out at sunrise or at night if its calm enough. Oh yeah i just got my first kayak. Ill have to go fish for browns out of cle elum. Thanks 

Ill try some of the other lakes as well. thanks for the help

I tried cle elum while camping near there for a week, got dropped off at the wdfw spot at the north end, had a rig left on the south end at the public beach. I didn't bring gear to get deep enough I guess, but half way down the wind and waves came on. I was exhausted by the time I got to the beach. First big outing on my kayak

Moses Lake and Potholes are going to be good places to catch bass if you can stand when it gets hot this time of year. Potholes is my favorite with the area in front of the dam being popular because it is productive. A few of those little lakes below the dam are worth hitting too.

This weekend we're taking a new to us vintage RV to Potholes.  Wasn't thinking to complicate matters with a kayak, but ... Maybe....

How's Potholes this time of year?  Water level OK?

 There are a few smaller lakes that have bass in them in and around Ellensburg.  Thanks everyone

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