My first report here after lots of time reading all the reports here and learning about the lakes here in Washington state.
After doing a lot of research and not owning a boat I decided to take a trip to Potholes Reservoir. I left from Everett at 4 AM and arrived at Potholes (MarDon resort) at 7 AM. I got my rental boat and headed out. It was a little windy but nice.
I started marking fish right outside the docks. Tried a few casts, no luck.
Headed straight next to the road just slowly trolling along. Then about half way to the visible rocks I started marking lots of fish in the 5-8 ft range. I would guess at least 30-40 fish. So I stopped and began casting. I caught 4 small fish, less than 1 lb each, back to back using a jointed rapala. Then I decided to change lures to a rapala DT-6 in crawfish color. That was the right choice! I caught 3 more fish each at about 1 lb and then a nice 2+ lber. There were fish jumping and splashing all around.
I headed out to some deeper water, about 20-24 feet and started out using a drop shot Berkley Power Minnow with a 3/16 oz. weight and caught a few more small fish, all about 1 lb. Saw more bigger fish on the finder but no takers. All in all a great day. The pic is the biggest fish of the day. I think I need a new scale cause mine said it wasn't even 1 lb. LOL

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