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By: cobrar543
Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, another great start and then fought for every fish we could find. took home 6 Kokes and released 4 Cutties for a limit. but Worked for 5 hour to get those. Every where with everything and at spe...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 12/1/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Had a good day out with my son from Montana. No wind, No clouds, and bright sun. Oh ya, and 28 degrees. Did you know you can still get a good sunburn in November? LOL Fishing was fair, all in the sn...
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By: stever
Posted: 10/19/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/17/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Actually fished both Saturday & Sunday. Saturday was beautiful, launched the float tube and paddled out about 100'. Put a piece of nightcrawler on my spinning rod with a small split shot, and tossed...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 10/5/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Took Friday off and decided to head to my favorite late. Called everyone in my book and no one was off on a Friday. Well, I guess that is normal? LOL I finally threw a life jacket on my mini mariner...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 9/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Promised #4 son I would take him to Cavanagh this time. His brother spent the whole week rubbing it in how he was the master fisherman and how Sean caught nothing at the Derby. So took him out this m...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 9/20/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2015
Hot Spots: 1
What a rotten day Weather wise. I promised my son who couldn't go with me on Saturday to the Derby that we could go Sunday. I didnt want to wash the boat again so I suggested Cavanaugh. His wife sai...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 9/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2015
Hot Spots: 1
After not doing so well on Sunday on the Sound and the horde of boaters, I went to Cavanaugh Lake. I do love this place. As I was launching I asked a guy that was coming in how he did and said slaye...
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Posted: 8/26/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Report #8: After the success on the Duwamish in the morning, my family visited our friend’s cabin on Lake Cavanaugh. We had been there a couple years ago, and I remembered that cutthroat fishing fr...
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Posted: 7/8/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/2/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Tough day . Had 4 or 5 take downs.with only one little one in the boat. Seen a few jiggers nail a few in the deep water, which where I was trolling. Corn tipped my pink hoochie and guilded Lilly from ...
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Posted: 6/23/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My nephews were having a sleep over and when asked if they wanted to fish tonight they jumped all over it. We launched out at 6 and had the first fish on soon after, but lost it. They dont fish ofte...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 6/22/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/21/2015
Hot Spots: 1
If you can rate a day by the company, the lake and the weather then this day was a 10. Had my wife, and the puppies on the boat and there was NO cell signal. From 9ish to 5ish with NO buzz, no ring,...
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Posted: 6/20/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2015
Hot Spots: 1
My daughter and I got a late start and finally launched out at 11. Water monkeys were just starting to come out to play, but the wind picked up and they all disappeared. We trolled wedding rings beh...
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Posted: 5/23/2015
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake at 7 a/m after a late start. Overcast skies and a slight mist coming down. Not too bad, it was pretty calm and not too cold. Thought I would try for some LMB even though I haven't seen...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 5/18/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day by getting lost. Went to the Department of fish and game and clicked on the map this lake on the site. It took me to a dirt road and half mile down it, it was bared. I am not the wor...
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By: Norm
Posted: 4/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A couple buddies and I went up to cavanaugh to catch some kokes. First ones there at 7am. Weather was nice with some sun peaking out but turned bad quick with some heavy rain and even some snow when w...
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By: mners27
Posted: 1/14/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/13/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The weather has been great for Winter the last few days so my fiance and I decided to get the kayaks out and I wanted to fish lake Cavanaugh for the first time. We hit the water at 10:00 and I trolled...
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Posted: 11/1/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Left for Cavanaugh around 1:30 pm with my daughter hoping there might still be some kokanee around. Trolled down the middle like we usually do but didnt have any bites or mark any fish. Decided to g...
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By: Stsb
Posted: 8/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2014
Hot Spots: 3
Well today was a short day for work so we decided to hit cavanaugh for some nice Kokanee. Got the gear in the water at about 3:30 and we were limited out by about 7:00. We fished in about 59 feet of...
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Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I couldn't convince my 5yr old daughter to go fish the Skagit again (skunked yesterday), but she did want to go to Cavanaugh again. Started fishing at 5pm and limited by 7:30pm. We trolled in 60' of...
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