Where are all those steelhead that was reported on the WDFW website this week? I fished from about 7:30 am until 12:30 pm and only managed to hook and land two fungus covered fish, what a disappointment! The water is slightly off-color making visibility difficult, but I never saw even one fish cruising. One other fellow that I saw landed another dark steelhead from his boat after playing it for over an hour. He was using 4 lb test line he said.

I sure hope the next load of fish that the hatcheries put in are of better quality, I drive a good distance to fish this lake and I look forward to taking one fish home on each trip. But if they continue to put the quality of fish in that they did this week I guess I'll have to stick with catch and release, but I thought they were putting them there for people to take home!

Anyone else having any better luck at Kress? If you're coming from a long ways off I'd say wait a week or two, it's really not worth the drive until a few more plants have been made.

Tight lines everyone!

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