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king county kokanee?

Post by h&h » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:50 pm

While visiting my parents in Pierce Co. a couple weekends back, I took my son to Clear Lake and we ended up catching some kokanee, our first ever (we're fairly new to fishing). Needless to say, we had a great time and my son really enjoyed his kokanee experience. We live in Seattle and I was wondering if there are any smaller lakes in King Co. that we could try. We have a inflatable that I row, so I prefer to stay away from the larger lakes (Washington, Sammamish). I read on the WDFW website that Sawyer, Meridian, Wilderness, Langlois and Angle lakes had fry plants of Kokanee, but I haven't seen any reports of people fishing for kokanee there. Since we have very limited time available to fish (usually one morning a weekend if that), I was hoping someone could point us in the right direction. We don't need any secret spots or tips, just want to take him to a lake we know has catchable kokanee in it. Thanks for any help.

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RE:king county kokanee?

Post by The Quadfather » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:02 pm

Here is a list of WA. state lakes with Kokanee:

Alder Lake, American Lake, Angle Lake, Baker Lake, Banks Lake, Bumping Lake, Cain Lake, Cascade Lake, Clear Lake, Davis Lake, Deer Lake, Devereaux Lake, F.D. Roosevelt Lake, Keechelus Lake, Lake Cavanaugh, Lake Kokanee, Lake Meridian, Lake Merwin, Lake Roesiger, Lake Sammamish, Lake Sawyer, Lake Shannon, Lake St. Clair, Lake Stevens, Lake Sutherland, Lake Washington, Lake Wenatchee, Lake Whatcom, Loon Lake, Mason Lake, Mountain Lake, Riffe Lake, Rimrock Lake, Samish Lake, Silver Lake, Summit Lake, Swift Creek Resivoir, Ward Lake, Wilderness Lake and Yale Lake.

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RE:king county kokanee?

Post by Toni » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:43 am

I was out on Clear on a morning that I saw a guy rowing a raft across Clear Lake with a child. It seems that it was a light colored raft and dark oars (blue) was it you? Congratulations on getting kokanee! I had to work real hard and get downriggers to get them.
I know someone that got Kokes one morning before 9am at Lake Meridian but it is big.
I know that Ward Lake in Thurston County is small. It also isn't too far from the freeway.
A lot of the lakes are big.
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He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

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RE:king county kokanee?

Post by Shad_Eating_Grin » Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:43 pm

meridian and angle for sure.

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