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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: 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: 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: Toni
Posted: 8/9/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/8/2017
Hot Spots: 2
Alder Lake 8-8-17 Kim and I started about 7:30am with only 1 vehicle in the lot. But a total of 3 boats trolling longline. It was very smoky (B.C. Fires) and already warm out. No breeze on the lake...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/10/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/10/2017
Hot Spots: 1
Kim and I got to the lake at 7:20am and both gates were locked. WELL! We waited right there, putting gear together and the person came to open. It was maybe 7:30am. It was smokier than Tuesday the 8t...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/15/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2017
Hot Spots: 3
It was a CRAPPIE day. It was cloudy and the water temperature was 73. I started about 8:30am. I put on what worked the last 2 times. Dodgers in 50/50 and Clown with Wannafish A Gilded Lily and ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 9/17/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/17/2017
Hot Spots: 1
I planned on getting to the launch at 8am since I couldn’t be sure that the gate would be open. I had my lines in the 66 degree water at 8:40. The launch had about 20 foot of dock left floating. It w...
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/27/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2018
Hot Spots: 2
It was partly cloudy and at moments, cold, when the breeze blew on Kim and I. We started fishing about 8am and stopped at 11:30am only boating 6 cutthroat and 1 kokanee. Water temp was 66-67. We wer...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/4/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/3/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Too tired for more. Water temp 66. Mostly sunny although sometimes breezy. Brought home 4 cutthroat each. I threw back 2 crappie. Kim and I fished from about 8am -1pm.
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/14/2018
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/13/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The TPU lake level was still at the August 9 level when I left my house at 6:45am. It said 1186.2. When Kim “Pinkpole” and I got to the lake it was just barely usable. While we were out the level went...
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/25/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2019
Hot Spots: 2
Alder Lake 6-25-19 I asked Catrina to go fishing with me. She hasn't had a fishing license in many years. She caught more fish than I but I caught the biggest. We caught 4 kokanee, 3 crappie (1 I let...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/2/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/2/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Some days you have it and others you don’t. Today was Kim’s day to have and mine to not. She always gets in the water the first but this time it was bites and fish, fast. She caught 8 fish and let 2...
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By: Toni
Posted: 7/18/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2019
Hot Spots: 1
Kim had her line in the water at 8:15am. At 8:16 she had her first bite. I got my first line in at 8:18. My second went in after that 10 feet above the first stacked on the one downrigger. Kim was usi...
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By: Toni
Posted: 5/10/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/9/2020
Hot Spots: 1
We started fishing about 8am and finished at 11am. Water temperature was 58 degrees. It was sunny and hot. Windy as well. My son got the first, second, and third fish and I never got a bite (that I ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 5/16/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/15/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Alder Lake 5-15-2020 Lake level 1,201.26 feet of elevation (maximum of 1,207 ft) It was mostly cloudy. The water was almost like glass. The temperature of the water was 60 degrees. There were several...
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By: Toni
Posted: 5/25/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/23/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Alder Lake 5-23-2020 We were going to go to Riffe but just before I got to Alder Lake, I turned to my son Bo and asked, we could fish Alder? He said yes so, we turned in and waited with the other p...
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By: Toni
Posted: 5/25/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/24/2020
Hot Spots: 1
Alder Lake 5-24-20 This morning the gate was unlocked only on the exit side. Restrooms were not open. This was about 6:45am. We quit at 10am. I could say that catching sucked after only seeing 1 b...
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By: Toni
Posted: 5/28/2020
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/27/2020
Hot Spots: 1
John was a guest on the Ol’ Girl this day. He wanted to know how I trolled in my boat. He found that it isn’t much different than what he does in his. It was going to be a nice warm day. There were...
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/15/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2020
Hot Spots: 1
My son and I got to the lake about 8am and it was after 8:30 before I got into the water. I was all thumbs this morning. Full pool is 1207 and today it was 1205. It was the highest I have ever seen ...
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By: Toni
Posted: 6/18/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/18/2020
Hot Spots: 3
Kim, her grandson Malakai, and I got on to Alder Lake about 9am. We said hello to John Knudsen as he was launching as well. It was sunny with hardly a breeze to ripple the water. The wind came up ab...
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Posted: 6/20/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/20/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Alder Lake today instead of Riffe, like I had originally planned. The debris in the lake was thick enough you could have left the boat at home, and just walked across the logs. Eventually they...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/11/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/9/2020
Hot Spots: 1
We started out around 7am but pulling out of my driveway there was a horrendous screech (bearings was the thought) that wasn’t there when I parked. So, I made a turnaround in a housing development and...
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By: Toni
Posted: 8/31/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/30/2020
Hot Spots: 2
My son and I started fishing about 8am and finished around 11am. The water temperature was 68 degrees. It was a chilly morning but the sun was out to warm things up. We fished 8-26 feet on downrigger...
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Posted: 5/17/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
For this week's Monday fishing adventure I went to Alder Lake. It is such a beautiful lake and the fishing was really good. I knew the front was going to be moving in all day so I figured it would g...
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Posted: 6/16/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Alder Lake has been fishing so well I decided to take my friend Aaron out with me. It was his first time fishing. It was a great time and he caught his first fish. He also learned to clean and fill...
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