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By: windhorse
Posted: 7/17/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Lake around 2:30 and there was a big tide change at 3. I know lakes don'y have tides, but I find that the bite is often synched especially when targeting Kokanee. Right off the bat I got 4 ...
By: windhorse
Posted: 6/13/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/12/2019
Hot Spots: 0
First trip to the lake this year, just had to get away from the heat... Or at least try. Caught a couple cutthroat and I must say they are starting to look better, not so pencil thin, 12-14 inch. Towa...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 7/21/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Fun day with my son, we got close to our limit of Koks and few Cutts too. But man it was a hot day.
We used Elgin Fishing God's Tooth Dodger and spoons too. (Pinks Gods tooth spoon, Blue/Chrome Gods...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 8/19/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/17/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I let my kids have a fun Kokanee competition at Lake Cavanaugh, Big Sister Vs Little Brother. We called it....
(((Sibling rival)))
Kokanee fishing competition.
Big sister VS Little brother.
Wh...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 9/2/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Great adventure in our Tri-Hull boat Kokanee Salmon Fishing with my son.
We used Gods Tooth Spoons was ticket!!
Gods Tooth Spoons used colors were:
Golds/Chrome
Blue/Chrome
Pink
Tiger Perch
...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 1/26/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/26/2019
Hot Spots: 0
It was a late start, but an excellent day for my boys. The end of the day 7 cuts and 1 Kokanee. A lot of swap out stuff, but Gods tooth blue & Silver did the trick. Youtube video below....good day!
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By: rseas
Posted: 3/28/2019
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/28/2019
Hot Spots: 0
What a morning! Knowing that it was a still a bit early in the year I decided to head up the hill and chase Lake Cavanaugh kokanee. The drive up there had me second guessing the plan. The closer I got...
By: Patina
Posted: 6/17/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This year, I've been fishing at Lk Cavanaugh since late April but my last good fishing experience there was 3 days of fishing from 6/6/ to 6/8/14. Fishing was best on 6/7 from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM. C...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/5/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I headed up to Lake Cavanaugh this afternoon at about 5;00 p.m. with Charcoal, the family lab , for a little fishing from the boat launch.When I got there, four or five other fishermen were already t...
By: 8theB8
Posted: 8/2/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/2/2008
Hot Spots: 2
Lots of little bites, but only boated two. One 4.5 incher, and one about two pounds. The better fish came in the Northwest end of the lake (to the right of the boat launch) I pulled a spinnerbait thro...
By: Dhedzik
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/1/2014
Hot Spots: 1
My fishing buddy and I caught our limit on a boat with yellow/green power eggs.The cutthroat were a nice size...11-12 inches.We had fun, warm day,a little sunburned,but would return.We pan fried them ...
By: FishingArtisan
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...
By: scraig1962
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...
By: vlamb
Posted: 6/29/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished from 11am till 1pm. Fished 2 rods on DR and 1 surface. Lost 3 and got 2 in the boat. They were 9 and 10". 4 of the 5 were on the same rod. Hot set up was purple/pink dodger hoochie...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 4/13/2019
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/13/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Seriously windy rainy day, but I figure better catch up on some fishing. Not bad for a couple of hours at Lake Cavanaugh....My son wanted to be the Captain designated driver today...lol
Used Arrow...
By: ChesterDog206
Posted: 6/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/12/2016
Hot Spots: 0
My buddy and I made the trek up to Cavanaugh in search of Kokanee. We launched at about 6:30am. I trolled 10+ different set-ups of kokanee gear at multiple depths on two different rods. My buddy tr...
By: reynoldsj
Posted: 6/26/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Its was good day, caught a few Kokanee 13 to 15" and small cutthroat trout. I was using the down rigger at 25 to 35 feet down. Went all around the lake, using a Dodger silver 000 Moocher Luhr Jensen, ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/26/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished hard, but water too cold. No fish. Saw some other boats, no fish either. Sunny and nice but should have gone elsewhere. Fished spoons, spinners, worms, eggs, top and bottom. Go figure.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/28/2007
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Started out fishing about 9:30 am with neighbor Mike. Tried at North end of lake first using Powerbait drifting. We caught 2 that were about 14 inches. Fish are a bit skinny here as compared to lower ...
By: Jimbo
Posted: 6/23/2010
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well this weather has been a drag, with the sun yestday I was torn betweek fishing the big lake or taking the bike out for some curve's. Well option #2 won, I made my way to the Lake by 4:00 and wishe...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/9/2004
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2004
Hot Spots: 0
What a great lake in Skagit County we went out trolling barbless flies, I used a brown wooley bugger and my partner used a brown dragon fly nymph. Water surface temp was at 62 degrees we worked the no...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/21/2004
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2004
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I launched our boat at about 6:30pm and headed out to one of our favorite spots towards the north end. The forecast was cloudy with a chance of showers and about 60-65 degrees. Days like th...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2004
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/14/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Went to my friend dylans cabin fished Friday night and most of Saturday. When we got there Friday we tried to coax some of the few bass into biting. Started of with some crankbaits off the docks and a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
I have a summer house at the lake. the lake is very beautiful and there are many fish. At my dock there are some lily pads and they are infested with little and sometimes large bass. I think that my...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/30/2003
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Stilly to fish for chromers, got skunked, so I went to find Lk Cavanaugh. Decided to launch from WDFW launch in floattube. Trolled a home-tie maroon leech on sinking line. Nailed 2 nice cut...
