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By: Toni
Posted: 8/1/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2017
Hot Spots: 3
Well, now that I got the issues that Cabela’s caused fixed I went to Alder Lake with Kim (pinkpole) and her grandson Terrence. It was pretty quiet on the lake until about 11am when the pleasure bo...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Week late on the report but I have time now. First time on Alder got to the park at 715 or so. fished out from the park with down riggers at 30 and 40 with shuttle hawks above. Around 8 picked up one ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/15/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2017
Hot Spots: 3
We started fishing about 10am with sunny skies and water temperature that was 70 but went to 71 by the time we were done at 1pm. The forecast was for mid-70’s. The lake was at 1,204 feet of elevation ...
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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...
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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 ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/6/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/5/2017
Hot Spots: 3
I had planned on being at the launch by 7am but I woke and saw that the temperature was 39 Therefore plan B was formed when it would be a little warmer. Which turned out to be a pleasant sunny morning...
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By: 502300
Posted: 5/29/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/29/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Went to alder with the kayaks in search of some bass or some panfish. Started with a white trout magnet tossing it around logs in 5-15 FOW. Fished the dam end of the lake my brother hooked into a 10 i...
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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...
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Posted: 7/2/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Out with the family for the early weekend camped thursday fished friday. Kokes were real slow all down 30-40 ft only 2 in the early hours of the day. Went tubing and then kids tired the wife said th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Catfish
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Had the day off so I decided to head to Alder for the morning bite. I was hoping to land a bass or two to bring home but more or less it was a catch and release day. Well, I didn't catch any bass but ...
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By: baiowolph
Posted: 5/3/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
I forgot to add the pics for our Alder Lake fishing after I accidentally closed the browser. So here they are. The bass pic shows, in the background, the logs into the water where I found her. It was...
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By: baiowolph
Posted: 5/2/2016
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We took the kayak out on Alder Lake to see if the kokanee are biting yet, or if anything else was, for that matter. We paddled all the way to the end of the no-wake arm - about 5 miles and only got 2 ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 4/6/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Alder Lake 4-5-16 Today was the shakedown cruise for Kim (pink pole) and me. She brought her grandson Terrence along. I have had troubles replacing the keel guard, fixing the kicker motor, and with t...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 2/29/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/29/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Well looked like a nice day to get some fishing in so we headed to Alder to give it a try. Arrived around 11 am to find the lot half full of trucks with boat trailers.....Turns out the Sheriffs were ...
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Posted: 7/24/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2015
Hot Spots: 3
I went out to alder lake. I was using a sling blade and wedding ring tipped with some worms. Set the downrigger on my kayak to 25 ft and trolled around. There were not very many people on the lake p...
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By: RS0530
Posted: 7/19/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/19/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Went out in hunt of Kokanee for my first time and took two friends. On the lake around 8a off around 3p. Tried multiple offerings at different depths. My fish finder is VERY old and a new one is comin...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 7/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/7/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well the kid got off work early and wanted to go fishing. So we headed to Alder for one last try and it was a bust! We caught two little perch and one 11" cutt that came home with us as it was hooke...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well we headed back to Alder lake again for another round. Got there a little late around 9ish or so. The level is getting low so the launch is almost done. It was crystal clear when we arrived an...
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Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at 0530. Trolled from the launch to the dam and caught one piss ant of a Kokanee that fought my son like it was a trophy sockeye. Ultra light rods make this species a lot more fun! We then...
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Posted: 7/1/2015
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Smallmouth on the dry fly at alder had plenty of other bites all from dinks
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/29/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2015
Hot Spots: 3
The lake level is very low. Most of the boat launches are closed even the swimming areas. Kim (pinkpole) and I launched and started fishing about 7am. We had bites consistently and had lots of lit...
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By: Hunter757
Posted: 6/28/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 3
Well we decided to give Alder another try and repeat the last trip we had. We arrived at the lake around 7am and no waiting and only a few other boats on the water. We headed out to the same spot, h...
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