Search

Alder Fishing Reports

Change View:
By: Toni
Posted: 6/17/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2019
Hot Spots: 2
My brother Richard and Kim came fishing with me to Alder Lake on my birthday. They started fishing about 7:30 and Kim had one lost at the net soon after. I started fishing about 8am. Water temp was ...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/10/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2020
Hot Spots: 2
Great day fishing Alder capped with a late big guy! Irish flag wedding ring tipped with pink gulp Maggot behind Simon pink shine dodger worked best all day. Also some success on purple & pink wig...
Full Report »
Posted: 8/5/2019
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/4/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We got to the lake at 7:00 am. first cast we hooked a good sized Largemouth bass it broke off. Then we started trolling on are Hobie mirage kayaks we caught 9 Bluegills and 2 Kokanee. We also caught a...
Full Report »
Posted: 8/5/2019
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/27/2019
Hot Spots: 0
We got out at 9:00am started trolling on our kayaks we caught 4 bluegill and hooke many kokanee.
Full Report »
By: Torg
Posted: 7/3/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went trolling with a rod just under surface and another about 17'. Spent about 4 hours catching small Crappie and Kokanee which I put back but my girlfriend (who was at 17') pulled this out at the end...
Full Report »
By: Toni
Posted: 5/10/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2016
Hot Spots: 3
I met Mike Carey at the Alder Lake Park just after 7am because I was late and he wasn’t. He was in high anticipation to catch kokanee! I had doubts that we would catch anything. The morning proved us...
Full Report »
Posted: 5/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish with Toni of Wannafishalure. We decided to try Alder Lake and see how the springtime kokanee fishing was going. We met at 7am and had lines running shortly after that. The day was nic...
Full Report »
By: Toni
Posted: 5/27/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Alder Lake was at 1,191.6 feet of elevation (maximum of 1,207 feet elevation) on May 27, 2016 when Kim (pinkpole) and I got there at 7am. The dock was still in the water. Wind was just a breeze at fir...
Full Report »
By: Beelzebis
Posted: 7/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had the day off and thought we would head to Alder Lake and try our luck. Didn't get on the water until about 9am and fished until 2pm. The water level was low and only a very small section of dock wa...
Full Report »
By: Toni
Posted: 6/29/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We, Kim (pinkpole) and I, started fishing just after 8am with only a kayaker and us on the lake. Water temperature was 68-69 and it was mostly cloudy with a breeze until about noon when the sun came ...
Full Report »
By: Toni
Posted: 7/4/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/3/2017
Hot Spots: 1
We were hoping for a repeat of last week. There were more people on the lake this time and the parking lot was almost full at 7:30am. The clouds were heavy this morning and the water temp was 68. I...
Full Report »
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We got on the lake about 10am. Trolled the canal between the island and picked up 2 - koke. Went all the way around did'nt even get a hit. Went through again and picked up 2 more. Went into the cove o...
Full Report »
By: boogie96
Posted: 7/18/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a long day in the hot sun out on Alder this past Saturday, and the sunburn was well worth it. We caught a small, 6 incher that wasn't going to survive if we released it, and a think 12 incher, ...
Full Report »
By: lori
Posted: 8/16/2007
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/14/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I had to work so Don & Ahke went out about 6am , the lake was way down past the cement on the launch, and on the cut through the Island either, they went way down by rockie point and trolled along th...
Full Report »
By: MCM
Posted: 6/12/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2008
Hot Spots: 0
got to lake about 7 am. nice calm day, water temp cold at 51-52. picked up a quick smallmouth and rainbow near boat launch in 20 feet of water and then just one more small rainbow and one crappie lat...
Full Report »
Posted: 6/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2008
Hot Spots: 0
After worthless time at Riffe arrived here. Lake is full and temp about 58. That is a lot warmer than Riffe oddly enough. Trolled with spinning rod with only one bite. Then changed to lead core line w...
Full Report »
By: lori
Posted: 6/17/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We got on the lake about 7:30 went left and trolled pop gear and a wedding ring had a few hits but no catch, took off the pop gear and started catching some stopped for a bit and bobber fished and cau...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/13/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/13/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Alder at 7 in the morn. The boat wasn't in the water till 8ish so I tried fishing bass from the shore. Turns out there were about 5 LMB just swimming around a log about 4 feet off the shore. I...
Full Report »
By: terry329
Posted: 6/21/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/20/2009
Hot Spots: 0
After reading in the saturday paper that people were having some luck catching kokanee at alder lake we decided to drive down and give it a try. Hit the water at around 12;30, several boats were leavi...
Full Report »
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/27/2009
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Doug and I arrived at Alder at 1030am and fished until 5pm. We started off trolling flashers and wedding rings and had about 8 hits and 1 fish combined with that combo. Then we switched to D...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/22/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Took my Kayak out to Alder lake yesterday and put in around 5:45pm. Started out trolling an orange/silver Dick Nite with a 1/4 oz sinker. No hits, so I switched to a 2oz plunker weight. Still n...
Full Report »
Posted: 7/29/2009
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to the lake with my GF to cool off and do some fishing. Dropped my wedding ring in on the north side of Fish island with 4oz sinker. Caught the first kokanee within 3 minutes. Got another ...
Full Report »
Posted: 3/16/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled with the DR close to the Dam. Marked a lot of fish and caught one 11” Kok - nothing to brag about. Fish are starting to become a bit more active as the water temp warms. “Tight Lines”
Full Report »
By: terry329
Posted: 5/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Launched the boat at about 10 am. We were the only boat on the water and only truck in the parking lot. The water level is still about 5 feet low, but the launch worked fine and the dock made things...
Full Report »
By: kokawop
Posted: 6/14/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful day trolled from the boat launch at the park all the way past the log boom in the little nisqually reach. caught 3 kokanee, 10 and 10 1/2 in long one cutthroat 12 in long...Lots of fish show...
Full Report »