Beaver Lake, Issaquah, WA

Being that I am quite possibly the worst trout fisherman on the water...

No idea on the bait... I hear chart. power eggs do well.  I'll be using the powerbait I bought for the Oregon trip with whatever else I can dig out of my tacklebox.  

If you have an anchor or drogue I'd bring it, the wind can really pick up on this lake if you don't plan on trolling the whole time.

chart powerbait or powereggs floated off the bottom will get you fish. Because of the size of the lake and it's crowdedness I'd suggest that route.

Z

zee.. thanks.. you going to join us saturday?


SG

zee.. thanks.. you going to join us saturday?

SG

Not sure if I can make it out this weekend. I'm going over a few plans right now.

Z

Things to try at Beaver lake:

Troll to end of the lake opposite the boat ramp. anchor in 15 feet of water.Use a  sliding bobber setup with PowerBait Red or Charteuse. Start just below the surface and gradually go deeper. A lot of these fish will be close to the surface since they were recently released.

If this does not produce then cast spinners size 2 or 3 blue fox with Red or Charteuse body and silver blade towards the shore and retreive.

If this doesn't work you should be getting cold so troll to warm up looking for a new place to anchor.

For trolling usea Fly rod with sinking line or add some split shots to your leader on your trolling rod Troll a black or brown bugger with krill paste rubbbed on it.

Hope this helps

Scott

All this is very helpful.  Thanks to all.  

Good luck on Saturday!

The forcast is looking really unfriendly to me for tomorrow morning.  Sub-freezing      I might stay more local.

The forcast is looking really unfriendly to me for tomorrow morning.  Sub-freezing      I might stay more local.

Just wait until January...

Z

Lee...... thats what the make long johns and fleece for.. they go under the dry gear.

well , yeah, but have you really seen the forecast? this one is one the KOMO site sorry the vector chart didnt convey.;


SEATTLE -- It's Friday the 13th, but really so far the only ones unlucky for weather are those who dared to either pour concrete or paint their house today. A moderate storm swept through Western Washington Friday morning, bringing some rain and wind but nothing special for November.

Some peak wind gusts include 57 mph at Oak Harbor, 48 mph at Seattle's Alki Beach, 46 mph at Friday Harbor and 45 mph in Bellingham.

The mountains also got a little dose of snow -- roughly 3-6" by midday.

Rain and wind are on their way down for the midday hours, which will be somewhat of a lull.  However, as we get into the afternoon and evening, cooler air will be moving in behind the front. On top of that, a Puget Sound Convergence Zone is also possible to form -- likely to begin in Snohomish County this afternoon then drift south into King County this evening.

Snow levels will drop down to 750-1,000 feet, meaning if the zone set up shop in the right spots, Tiger and Cougar Mountain might get a little slush this evening.  Below that in the 500-1,000 foot range, we could see a few flakes here and there, depending on the intensity of the precipitation.  We're not expecting any accumulations -- in that sense, the snow might be seen, but not "herd".

There could be a little more snow at Stevens and Snoqualmie Pass, depending on where the zone sets up shop, but nothing too heavy.

We clear out overnight and with cold air in place, temperatures will plummet. Lows will reach the upper 20s to low 30s in many areas, meaning some spots might even see some patches of ice on the roads Saturday morning, but the main Seattle metro area should be a bit warmer to the mid 30s and not have freeze concerns.

Saturday starts dry and chilly, with rain developing late in the day.

The focus shifts from cold to warm for Sunday into Monday as a little bit of a Pineapple Express pattern develops. This looks like it'll bring heavy rain to the Olympic Mountains, meaning rivers that feed off the Olympics -- especially the Skokomish -- need to be watched. However, the angle of the jet stream is forecast to have enough northerly component that the stream of moisture is expected to focus more on the southern B.C. mountains than the Washington Cascades.

This means while there is some risk of flooding in the Northern Cascades too -- especially Whatcom County Rivers -- it's less than the Olympic Rivers. And the Central and Southern Cascade Rivers might not get much for rain at all (Green River is looking like it'll be fine).   Still it'll bear watching as we get through the weekend.

Weather stays active into next week, but nothing particularly stormy.


here's the whole story;

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69992007.html

your just jealous     cause you have to work tomorrow and cant come play with us.. 

SG

At this moment I am looking out across Puget Sound at Richmond beach down to Shilshole and West Point.  Steam rising from buildings is going straight up.  The water is not quite glassy.  Not a leaf moving in the yard.  Perfect fishing morning except the temperature.

I had work to do.  I hate myself.

I have a mild hangover today.  Had some friends over last night, and made dinner.

Buffalo burgers, steamed green beans, grilled squash, long grain wild rice -my friend brought over some strawberry shortcake (with an extra whipped cream that was just for her).  Topped that off with some Texas hold-em, sweet tea vodka, 1554, and MacTarnahan's.

I don't feel too bad about missing out.

Did anyone show up at Beaver Lake?  If so, how about a report?

A few showed up although I was the only one in a kayak...  SG forgot her paddle.  Colder than a dickens and no fish to be had; I spent about four hours on the water trolling and casting.  No one ever said I wasn't stubborn, so I'll probably try again this weekend.

The only excitement of my day was trying to convince a guy at the launch that he couldn't put his 21' boat in the lake with the gas motor attached.  Ultimately logic won out and he left (at least I was nice about it.)  That thing would have been like an aircraft carrier out on that small lake anyway.

Those freshly stocked larger trout are sometimes hard to find. Perhaps feeling somewhat disoriented in their new surroundings, they may have gone and found some place to hide. We once found an entire pod of freshly stocked large triploids hunkered down in a small deep cove. They hadn't spread out yet.
Those fish are new in the lake and don't know where to find food there yet. Once they get spread out, settled down and learn how to eat there, the fishing for them should improve.
The cold makes them sluggish, too, so slow down on your retrieve or troll.

In my experience, lakes take some time to learn when and where to fish for each species present. When fishing a new lake, I always use a fishfinder and I try to explore the entire lake (if small) or area I'm fishing (if a large lake). I look for dropoffs, holes, submerged woody structure, rocky areas, muddy-bottomed flats, underwater humps or rises known as "shoals," and various other habitats. I don't only just look for suspended or cruising fish, but when I see that on the screen, I'll take note and try to show them my lure or fly.

I troll mainly when moving from one spot to the next, or if I feel clueless about the lake and haven't figured out where the fish are yet. I catch a lot of trout slowly trolling a leech, streamer, or wooly bugger.  But I do better on hookups when I'm anchored over a dropoff, or shoal, casting and retrieving, since I am usually concentrating better then. Also, casting toward submerged structure along the shoreline works for trout as well as bass, usually at the crack of dawn, but should be tried anytime wherever the bottom drops off fast from the shoreline.
Weeds are dying off, now, but the edges of weed beds, or over the tops of the weeds is often killer due to the quantities of food forms being in there.
I'm just getting into chironomid fishing, where you anchor up over flats and ever so slo-o-wly retrieve gnat pupae imitations. Sounds boring,but when its working, its the hottest ticket out there for trout that are feeding on 'em, bar none. That's why I'm learning how to do it.

One more thing: If you are trolling a small flatfish, triple teaser, or dick nite, try to troll it just off the bottom, and as slowly as you can, but fast enough that still gives it decent action. Or work it back and forth over the edges of any dropoffs you find.
A wobbling crayfish plug works wonders if there are any crayfish in the lake. Big trout love to eat crayfish. Everything loves to eat crayfish! Especially me! I think I'm going to get a couple of crawdad traps!