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By: RC
Posted: 6/18/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the lake last weekend the 12th and 13th. Lots of kokanee. We did best trolling in 60 feet of water between the boat launch and the Islands in the middle of the lake at 25 feet. In the early ...
By: Dan LaPoint
Posted: 6/2/2007
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/2/2007
Hot Spots: 0
The Lake was very calm, the weather expected to be near 80, with not a breath of wind. We launched about 7:00 am from the public access. My wife rigged up a green wedding ring and I a green Woolley Bu...
By: VooDuuChild
Posted: 2/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/25/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Well wow. What a day I must say. Up at four-thirty to make sure I'd make first light as I didn't have the boat or any gear whatsoever loaded. I ended up taking the SR 530 route as I now live about ...
By: Wyatt
Posted: 6/24/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We got to lake Cavanaugh around 7:00 AM, we atomatically started trolling from the boat launch to the left side of it. We had only trolled around 150ft from the launch and my dad caught a 10in kokanee...
By: TomD
Posted: 6/28/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I'm not sure if it was rseas or Quadfather who said it in an earlier report, but after finally getting up there, I think I agree that this is my new favorite lake, at least on the West side! It is a ...
By: Jimbo
Posted: 6/30/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
OK, Man it took me a few months to get up there so here's how it went.
Wife and I got there Yesterday afternoon about 3:30. Lake looked about flat and some said Good fishing. OH I"m ready, back the...
By: rseas
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A late start and a few hours to kill, so why not head to Lake Cavanaugh for a few hours of fishing? We arrived at the lake somewhere around 10:00 am and were second guessing the plan because the wind ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
On the lake at 6 A.M. fished until 10:00, or so, I caught my limit of 4 cutthroat (14,12,10.5,and 10, and a 10 inch silver). My buddy caught two 10 inch silvers, a 6 inch silver, 10 and 12 inch cut th...
By: Jimbo
Posted: 7/17/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well heck, today was going to be a great day fishing for King's in Area #9, I hoped. We made our way out the Jetty about 07:30 and found white cap's as far as you could see. I called a few buddy's out...
By: rseas
Posted: 9/12/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We had a guest from Alaska and she wanted to go fishing. So she is telling us about all the Copper River salmon they dip net every year and I’m thinking It’s going to be hard to top that around here. ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Had a craving for salmon, but given the horrible reports from the Snohomish and Stillaguamish, figured I'd have better luck going for kokanee.
Hit Cavanaugh in my tube with the same setup I've had ...
By: GoingtoFish
Posted: 10/2/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Cavanaugh for the first time. Never fished this lake before but have been excited to try. My son and I launched about 9am and trolled from the launch to the island. Used a couple of differ...
By: Idstud
Posted: 10/20/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake just at day break. Water was smooth and foggy but looking to be a great day. Went out from the launch to the middle and headed left up too the islands. Started trolling about 20-25ft h...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 11/15/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a day of weather for being on the water. We launched at Cav. at about 9:30, I have fished the lake plenty for Kokes and I feel confident in where to find them. Usually the first fish is ...
By: rseas
Posted: 1/23/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After a lengthy hiatus we made it out in the boat yesterday. Arriving at Lake Cavanaugh around 10:30 we had a couple off the trailer maintenance items to take care of so we didn’t start fishing until ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
wow my uncle kenbull can sure nail the cutts, very cold morning but the fishing was hot, hot, hot, wedding rings, flies, dicknites, they all worked, fish were ranging from 8 inches to 22 inches and fu...
By: rseas
Posted: 2/5/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We fished Lake Cavanaugh for a few hours again this morning. We went armed with the usual stuff, a large assortment of kokanee gear and other trout temptations. I also tied up a number of rigs intende...
By: briansd21
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Awsome fishing for february. Try trolling a green or black wolleybuger on Glassy days and a weding ring on windy choppy days.
By: rseas
Posted: 4/18/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It is Sunday morning, nice sunny skies and a plan to head south from Burlington and fish Lake Stevens. As we are heading south on I-5 it starts to sprinkle, by the time we are off the freeway in Marys...
By: The Quadfather
Posted: 5/7/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I had some time today to get out, so I went up to Cavanaugh for the kokes. Took up fellow walakes angler, Motoboat. Weather was rain about 50% of the time, water temp. 44 deg.
2 other boats on th...
By: Norm
Posted: 5/19/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! my buddy and i released 22 kokanee and lost 6. Wedding rings with maggets behind a dodger with a 3/4 oz weight 25-30 pulls behind the boat. The other two boats i talked to also had good su...
By: scraig1962
Posted: 5/29/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This report is actually for yesterday, 5-28-11. A buddy from work wanted to give kokanee fishing a try so we tried our luck at Lake Cavanaugh. Got to the boat launch around 8 a.m., launched his boat...
By: scraig1962
Posted: 6/5/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Lake Riley and Lake Sixteen both yesterday in the sun and only getting 2 small trout, I wasn't expecting to do any better today, but I was wrong. The original plan was to hit Lake Goodw...
By: Dave
Posted: 6/26/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 2
My buddy Dan and took our first ever trip to Lake Cavanaugh to try our luck at the Kokanee`. We were on the water by 7:00 am and it was like glass, no wind, and the sun was out. What a beautiful lake ...
By: zodiacman
Posted: 6/28/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After a disapointing saturday i made up for it with an friend out at Cavanaugh. Finally got my trolling setup for the zodiac all together with a new battery and all the goodies. Got out there about 2p...
