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By: acepaul
Posted: 7/4/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake about 8:00 am and started the kids trolling from the launch toward the middle. First one was hooked up within a few minutes and it remained steady for the next couple hours. The sun wa...
By: zodiacman
Posted: 7/5/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Braved the boating traffic at cavanaugh for kokanee. launched at about 430pm trolling wedding rings. water was rough and fishing was pretty slow. got 2 cutts and 1 koke in a few hours. had to dodge je...
By: zodiacman
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I didnt get a chance to fish last weekend due to work, so I was really looking foward to today. Got out to the launch about 830am. Overcast skies, pretty mild temp, and little to no wind. I thought fi...
By: angler_firman
Posted: 9/20/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
zodiacman and i got to the lake at about 7 this morning. it was fairly calm conditions, aside from a little wind. the lake was coverred in a cloud of mist and was very quiet.... except for the one gro...
By: vlamb
Posted: 2/19/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to Cavanaugh after reading some reports from February 2011 and thought why not give it a try. Met a Co-worker of mine and his family at the launch. We were on the water about noon. Trolled w...
By: chucksta
Posted: 5/26/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Cought and released about 20 fish, Before all the boats showed up to ski and tube. Went there thinking we were going to be catching kokes but we only cought 2 of them. Was definetly a cutthroat and...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/29/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/27/2012
Hot Spots: 2
Sunday one of the kids had an overnight guest and I had some chores to do so no fishing was planned. Of course that all changed when we found out that our guest likes to fish but because of some famil...
By: rseas
Posted: 5/30/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had a few hour window to fish today so I figured that I would hit Cavanaugh and do a little on the water research. Arriving at the launch around 9:00 I found that there was only one other rig in the...
By: seaark
Posted: 2/20/2011
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Didn't post a report a week and a half ago. I did good with a dodger and black wooly bugger flat lined. Nothing down deeper.
So this morning I get there about 10am and suprised to find about 6in. o...
By: Tyler538
Posted: 7/1/2009
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/28/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I have a cabin on the lake and have been fishing it quite often the past few months. I mainly use rapala husky jerks, countdowns, blue foxes and panther martin in-line spinners. Me and my brother were...
By: bothellbassman
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...
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...
By: Derouin91
Posted: 11/4/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/4/2009
Hot Spots: 0
me, my brother and a friend decided to try out cavanaugh. It was my first time fishing this lake and it was a success. i caught 4 trout and my brother caught 2, all about 10-12 inches.I caught 2 kokan...
By: patsfield
Posted: 5/31/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
First line in at 4:45 P.M. left at 5:30 P.M. Caught a 7, 9,9,10, and 12 inch cutthroats off my friends dock using a worm and spin bobber. I let the 7 inch go back to grow up.
By: rseas
Posted: 7/11/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2021
Hot Spots: 0
With the MA 7 salmon closure, the MA 6 wind forecast and payday being a few weeks off yet we needed a close to home fishery. Having an appointment in Bellingham Sunday afternoon we decided on a short ...
By: Playinhooky
Posted: 10/16/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/15/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I could rate this report a 3 for the fishing alone, but I had a great time so I gave It a 4. Me and a buddy hit the Skagit for Coho on Sunday, the mid river is still putting out some chrome fish. My b...
By: Mr. Golfball
Posted: 4/30/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/30/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Goodafternoon team. Have been up to Lake Cavanaugh last couple mornings and have done quite well. Lord oh Mighty it's beautiful up there. Anyway read some of the reports before heading up there and th...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/1/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Grandkids overnight, what are we going to do to entertain the little hoodlums? I was just getting ready to float the idea of an early get up and taking them fishing when they asked if we could go fish...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 3/26/2020
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/25/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Well, once I heard the fishing was going to be shut down by midnight that day. My wife looked at me and said, you better get your butt going.
I was like, kid with a jet pack on my back. Vroom!
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By: rseas
Posted: 10/13/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Two 5 start trips in a row! Not getting out on the water often but when the opportunity is there it has been epic. This trip was almost a no trip. We went to a concert at the Mount Baker Theater in Be...
By: pgfrmr
Posted: 8/20/2021
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
After reading the reports regarding this lake, I decided it was time I get up there. Last time I went fishing there was at least 50 years ago. MY HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE! Way different than what...
By: pgfrmr
Posted: 9/18/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/16/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Found out the boat launch had opened early from a friend who lives on the lake. It had been closed due to reconstruction by WDFW. New concrete ramp, loading platform, and regraded parking lot. Wish it...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 9/19/2022
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/19/2022
Hot Spots: 0
What a fun morning. Fast limit's of Kokanee in 45 minutes. Not including the new launch at Lake Cavanaugh.
I stayed at 27' deep with a 30' line out on the downrigger. The dropper I used was 2oz at 5...
By: tyee4me
Posted: 6/26/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We hit the lake 7:10am this morning lake was flat. Started to troll near the big island which is at South end of the lake. By 8:30am we started to get bites but no fish. 9:50 no fish two boats pass by...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 10/5/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went fishing at Lake Cavanaugh, on the water at 7 am. Using downriggers, average depth 30ft to 40ft.
Pink or Gree hoochies with corn. Killing it today!!
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