Pretty sure the lake is low because there was very little snow in the mountains that feed it last winter. All the Peninsula rivers are already at summer low and really didn't get a runoff this year. The lower river is already lower than it usually is in September. Water's still cold, but I doubt that will last much longer. I've never seen the like in 20 years of living round these parts. Forget the Cascades. This year, the Olympics will be on fire (and I don't mean the fishing).

As an aside, it sounds like this may be an unusually good year to fish Wynoochee Lake. Less power boat traffic, increased structure, and two steelhead caught all sound like positive indicators to the angler in me....