Bobbers or Float Fishing on Lakes for Trout

A variety of wood fishing floats

Bobber or float fishing on lakes for trout works! When we are out chasing Trout one of the techniques that Thomas gives me grief for is bobbers or float fishing on lakes.  Sometimes though, when we have been trolling around the lake I get the impression that we are always one step behind the fish [...]

Washington State Private Fishing Lakes

private lake trout fishing washington state

How is it that Washington State has so few private fishing lakes? If you travel around much, you will find that in the midwest and back east, there are loads of private fishing lakes stocked with trout and Bass that anglers can pay to catch.  Sure this is sort of like paying for sex, it [...]

Beaver Lake Rainbow Trout Stocking 2012

Beaver Lake, Sammamish

2012 Rainbow Trout Plant in Beaver Lake Announced It is no secret that Beaver Lake gets a stocking of ~2000 2-3# Rainbow Trout about this time every year.  It has just been announced that a plant of 2,000 rainbow trout averaging 2 to 3 pounds will occur on Nov. 7 As usual, the boat launch [...]

Monday (on a Tuesday) Post Fishing Report on Bosworth Lake

Planted Rainbow Trout caught in Bosworth Lake

The Trout Fishing Was Good on Bosworth Lake For the past several weeks we have been venturing out to Bosworth Lake by Granite Falls to have some fun with the planter Rainbows there. Let me start off by saying that there aren’t a whole lot of BIG trout in Bosworth.  I’m not saying there aren’t [...]

Trolling for Rainbow Trout Using a Dodger

3/0 and 4/0 trout dodgers

Trolling for Rainbow Trout Super Tip What one piece of overlooked tackle can put more Rainbow Trout in your boat on your next fishing trip?  A simple 3/0 or 4/0 dodger of course! After many years of trolling around small lakes chasing planted Rainbow Trout, the one thing I have found time and time again [...]