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By: majorhunting
Posted: 8/15/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Cavanaugh again Saturday and Sunday. Saturday my buddy and I were lucky enough for a two man limit and on Sunday my little brother, friend, and I were shy of our limits by two fish. Fillets. It...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 8/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2016
Hot Spots: 2
What a great lake. We started about 9 with 4 different combos of flashers and Ring colors. End of the day we had the most luck with Toni's wannafish lure Gold with 50/50 silver/gold blade at 30 feet a...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Took my brother out for a day without stress. Weather was ok, Rain held off, and there was very little wind. Fish on the other hand did not jump in the boat. 5 hours later we had 3 male's and 2 Fem...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 9/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Normally we’d be fishing coho but with the closures this year we are exploring other fishing options. I’ve fished Cavanaugh before but not in a while. The lake is close to our home, but it always seem...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 3/28/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, I have never had a worst day on this lake than today. One Cutthroat that was about 14" and that was IT. Tried EVERY combo that my fishing partner, Paul, and I could gather the courage to put our...
By: carhauler12
Posted: 5/22/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Buddy came up from Auburn and so we decided to go fish Lake Cavanaugh.. Got a pretty late start but started fishing around 11;30. Action was pretty consistent. Ended the day around 3;30. Through a...
By: rseas
Posted: 1/24/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2016
Hot Spots: 1
It was touch and go but I made it up to Lake Cavanaugh today. I have a million things to get done this evening so this will be short. On the water around 9:30 and headed across the lake from the launc...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 2/6/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Finally a good day weather wise. Got there at 11:00 and started trolling fly's on north side. Picked up a small Cutthroat. Spent the next few hours changing out and chasing fish. Caught a few, but pr...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 3/21/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went up about 9 am, fished for three hours without a hit. Seen others catch a few and got some tips on what was successful for them. Still nothing. Oh well, still love to spend time on that lake. Wate...
By: cobrar543
Posted: 3/28/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Met up with new member Paul Saturday morning on HIS dock on Cavanaugh. Was looking forward to a good day, Weather report said sunny and light breezes.
We started out from South shore point area h...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Jeez this is getting to be a habit, both getting out fishing and complaining about my motor. The good stuff first. I took Friday off and hauled the boat up to Lake Cavanaugh for a little testing. It j...
By: rseas
Posted: 4/11/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We had to run to Chelan Saturday and beyond business matters we did some hiking, general touristing, wine and cider tasting and lots of driving. Oddly we ended up getting home pretty late so when Sund...
By: jonb
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/10/2012
Hot Spots: 2
what a beautiful lake cavanaugh is... got there and in the water by 7am, we cruised out towards the islands with the gas motor, and we started seeing fish jumping and hitting the surface everywhere, s...
By: Idstud
Posted: 7/15/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
My Dad and brother came up to visit from Idaho and they planting Kokanee in some lakes near them and since Ive been fishing for them and catching them they wanted tips in how to do it. We got to the ...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 2/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After a weak morning of fishing at Lake Cambell, we launched in Cavanaugh around 1:45. This lake is great for Kokanee when it warms up, but the water temp of course today was 37 deg.!! Saw the usual...
By: Pitboss
Posted: 3/24/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
First day out to Cavanaugh. Hit the lake around 9:00am. Had one on early but lost him. Then about an hour later picked up another and got him almost to the boat and lost him too. Look to be a Kokanee....
By: chucksta
Posted: 5/26/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Cavanaugh about 5:30 am. 3 minutes after launching the first koke was in the boat. My buddy that landed it was asking if he should keep it or let it go I replied "this is a cherry picking l...
By: Steelheadin360
Posted: 6/10/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went on my first Northern mission this morning. Alarm goes off at 2:45 and it was very hard to get outta bed. Pulled into the lake at 4:15. got out to 35' of water and went to set a down rigger and th...
By: Pitboss
Posted: 6/21/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/21/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the lake at around 10 am. Had my first fish in the boat with in 15 minutes. Then nothing for about 1 hour. Then found a big school of fish and it was "Fish On" for the next 45 minutes. I lost a...
By: Idstud
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well my 5yr old didnt want to get up supper early So left the house around 8 on the water by 950. I got the rods in the water more around 10 and within a few seconds it was fish on. I had her using ...
By: Idstud
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived to the lake and started fishing around 6am with a few other boats on the lake. I stared out with the same small red home made spinner with the 50/50 dick night dodger. I was in about 50ft ...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 4/14/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 1
I had an itching to fish this lake again and as my day got free I asked JoAnn if she wanted to fish and she said "yes". So off we went, me with thoughts of the last time I fished the lake and did real...
By: Bow_Slayer
Posted: 4/23/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Got on the lake with my dad and uncle around 9:30, not much action for the first hour just a couple strikes fishing 20 feet down in 30 foot of water using gang trolls and worm tipped wedding rings. W...
By: jonb
Posted: 5/1/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tough day,
I arrived to the boatlaunch at 6:30, I got turned around and missed the boatlaunch and lost 1/2 hour just trying to find the launch, on to the report.
I started the day intending to targe...
By: rseas
Posted: 1/25/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sunday morning we headed for Lake Cavanaugh. I had not been there in 30 years and was surprised at the development around the lake. It is still a beautiful lake and the homes are for the most part cab...
