Beaver Lake plant

We never did make it to this fishery last year, but here we are a year later.  Zee, bust out a 5 weight and go catch some trout.

-Allen


WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/

November 2, 2007

Contact: Chad Jackson, (425) 775-1311, ext. 113       

King County's Beaver Lake to receive
3,000 large hatchery rainbow trout

OLYMPIA - Anglers will soon have an opportunity to catch lunker trout in Beaver Lake near Issaquah, thanks to the release of about 3,000 hatchery rainbows weighing between 3 to 5 pounds each.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is scheduled to release the fish during the week of Nov. 12. The trout were part of an educational display at WDFW’s Issaquah Hatchery.

Beaver Lake is best fished by small boat, although anglers also can be successful fishing from shore, said Chad Jackson, inland fish biologist for WDFW.

The lake's access site is most easily reached by way of East Beaver Lake Drive Southeast, off Southeast 24th Street in the city of Sammamish. Parking for vehicles and boat trailers is limited, and a valid WDFW vehicle access permit must be easily visible in or on vehicles parked at the access site. See http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/vup/ for more information about vehicle access permits.
 
Beaver Lake is one of several westside lowland lakes open to fishing year-round. Internal combustion boat engines are prohibited on the lake. All anglers 15 years of age and older are required to have a valid fishing license. The daily bag limit is five fish, and bait anglers must keep the first five trout they catch.

Sounds like fun. Have really yet to even begin exploring the lakes but looking forward to it this winter. Let's do some lakes fellas. Guess I'll have to ask santa for a 5 weight setup.

Z

All,

So what's the most sure fire method to go after these guys?  Would you troll a lure with some kind of flasher arrangement (like "wedding ring" or whatever), or would it be better to try to spot them on the FF and then use bait like power bait or worms?

Fishin-T

When I target trout in a lake, I tend to cruise a bit marking any that I see on my sonar.  Get an idea of the depth they are holding at.   I fly fish, so I then follow it up by trolling a wooly bugger on a sinking or floating line (depending on their depth).  If they are really deep, add some brass putty to the leader to get the fly way down.

At times fish will rise, even in winter, in which case swapping to dry flies is nice.

If I were going after them with spinning tackle via kayak, I'd try a similar set up, trolling a rooster tail type device behind a weighted dropper to get it down.

Think of these trout as large planters and fish them accordingly ... powerbait!  Or if you're flyfishing you can probably get away with any brown nymph like creation.  Think fish food pellet.

I think T was asking about launches.  You can launch at the park or the WDFW boat launch.

BTW ... ALOHA from Hawaii!!! Just arrived at the Big Island today.

-Allen

ch.

BTW ... ALOHA from Hawaii!!! Just arrived at the Big Island today.

-Allen

I think we can all collectively say "we hate you"... While you're enjoying the warm water/weather and all the rest about Hawaii we'll be fishing in the rain. All in good fun bruddah, slay 'em buddy. Oh yeah, PICS PICS PICS!!!

Z