6/1 summit lake

Went to summit lake today.

Got to the lake around 7:30. Temperature was just perfect and the water was like glass. Spent the first half of the morning trolling rapelas and spinners with 0 luck. Eventually took a break and just through some worms and a weight on my line. Bounced that off the botten with no luck.
Decided to try and take a wizz over the side and just as I got my waders bucked back up I caught a little Perch.
Had a lot of strikes the second half the morning, but I couldn't get a hook set. Then my reel decided to fall apart and join the fish at the bottom of the lake!
Got off the water around noon.
Beautiful day
Nice trip
Time to go shopping

Nice job getting out there! That's actually a perch.

Oh wasn't sure I looked up SMB pics and saw this exact same guy

No worries. Did you eat it? I've never caught one but have wondered how they eat.

No worries. Did you eat it? I've never caught one but have wondered how they eat.

nope i normally C&R unless I get something worth the trouble to clean..something with some meat on it.

I like Perch and Crappie. Not a lot of meat though. Looks like a good day on the water.

I like Perch and Crappie. Not a lot of meat though. Looks like a good day on the water.

It was perfect I was probably trolling a little to fast early on, the water was so still it took little effort to hall balls! Then the wake board boats decided it was fun to buzz around me quickly turned into 3 foot seas they just missed me one time. Wish I had a flare gun or a shotgun with some rock salt so I could have fired one across their bow!

That sucks. Looks like there are a lot of houses on that lake from Google Earth. Are there many fish in the lake?

Sorry you didn't have any luck trolling, I've been nailing them on the spinners especially! I'm gonna go out tomorrow morning. BTW Anthony, theres a 5 mph speed limit until 11am.

That sucks. Looks like there are a lot of houses on that lake from Google Earth. Are there many fish in the lake?

Oh yea there are a ton of fish! They stocked some jumbo trout this year along with thousands of smaller ones. Perch, SMB, LMB, cutthroats, kokanee, some nice variety.

That sucks. Looks like there are a lot of houses on that lake from Google Earth. Are there many fish in the lake?

MicahG
Says that he slays them out there. It's stocked for trout with jumbo sized being stocked. There is also a pretty good Kokanee population.
I am still working on this trolling thing. But a lot of guys at the launch were catching fish with just powerbait on the bottom

I know your a fly guy, so take a 5wt (or lighter) preferably with intermediate sinking line (floating is good too) and back troll an olive or black woolly bugger SLOW... Be ready for the strike, because you have to react fast! This method has proven itself time and time again. I cant stress SLOW enough either. I mean like .5 mph tops. You'll have your reel in your lap, and your rod off the bow and just barley move backwards while watching your rod tip. This is a great way to fish Offut as well. There is a 5mph speed limit on that lake 100% of the time, and it is slam full of planted bows, cutts, and a few browns and brookies are pulled from there too.

I know your a fly guy, so take a 5wt (or lighter) preferably with intermediate sinking line (floating is good too) and back troll an olive or black woolly bugger SLOW... Be ready for the strike, because you have to react fast! This method has proven itself time and time again. I cant stress SLOW enough either. I mean like .5 mph tops. You'll have your reel in your lap, and your rod off the bow and just barley move backwards while watching your rod tip. This is a great way to fish Offut as well. There is a 5mph speed limit on that lake 100% of the time, and it is slam full of planted bows, cutts, and a few browns and brookies are pulled from there too.

Thanks I had my fly rod yesterday and them left it in the car.. Then when my reel broke I was like wow what a dumb ass.

That sure is a nice looking lake. Too bad about the reel. Sounds like your buddy was knocking em down too

that's got to be the summit lake outside  of Olympia??? I leaned how to swim there, parents had a cabin on the water`s edge, closest neighbor was the little store on other end. sad to see all the house`s on it. how things change.