Nice catch, the small one looks to be a koke.

Hey kiyus

wondering how deep you are finding them?

Looks like you have 4 searun cutts and 1 kokanee. Way to go out there!

Please note that the size limits for trout/kokanee changed as of March 1st: All trout\kokanee have a minimum size limit of 12", this will stay in effect until July 1st.

Nice job Kiyus! Excellent looking fish.

G-Man
Thanks for the heads up on the new regs, all these were over 12" I don't keep many fish I catch but was running low on smoked fish. I could use some help on ID of the cutts these didn't have the red slash on the bottom of the gills(I've heard they all don't) so I guested they were Bows. the small one was a kokanee, my wife loves them BQ,
Thanks again on the regs

Wishbone
all the fish were taken at 14'

sweet! awsome job thanks for the report!

The quick way to tell if you have a rainbow or a cut is by the jaw length. When the mouth is closed and the jaw extends past the eye, you know you are not looking at a rainbow. The fish that is making contact with the kokanee I'm not a 100% sure about but it looks like a female cutthroat or a hybrid thereof. The searun fish are typically brighter and have less coloration than the resident fish. Occasionally you will pick one up that still has sea lice on it. The sea lice look a bit like what is on the kokanee except they are dark brown in color. If you are after some larger, resident fish, drop your gear down deeper. You may not pick up as many but the fish you catch will usually be the big residents. Both of the cutts I caught on Sunday were down 40' and measured out around 18" each, unfortunately the kokes I caught were all under 12".

G-Man
Thank you for the info thats great stuff. I'll try a little deeper (for awhile) next time I'm out. If you see me out there (wooldridge extra plus, Kiyus on the side) swing by and say hello.

man cutts look entirely different than a bow. those are cutts and a kokanee/sockeye which should have been released over legal size anyway nice fish.

Stephanp, the slot limit on kokanee for Lake Washington at this time is 12" to 15". That koke looks to be in that slot if the other fish are in the 15" to 17" range. Come the first of July the minimum size restriction is lifted and you can keep any koke as long as it is under 15".

G-Man, do you catch many Kokanee larger than the 15" slot limit size? What is your PB on either a Cut or Kok in Lake WA?

The numbers of kokanee in Lake Washington I've released due to them being oversized aren't that great unless you count the fish that are obviously sockeye. In 2008 I released a fair number that were over 15" and I'm thinking that this year may be the same. A large number of good sized kokes have been caught during the winter months so one can only assume that the remaining fish are only going to get bigger. Can't really say for sure what my PB for cutts or kokes are as I release most of what I catch. I know the largest cutt I've kept was just shy of 5lbs and of fish I have released none of them were much bigger.