I’m planning trips for next year for taking my 5 year old nephnew.

He’s open to ANY species (pikeminnow, bluegill, trout…anything) and ANY size (5” is even ok, but bigger would be nice too.) We can fish anywhere. Our boats can handle “any” fishing location.

He gets bored if we go more than 5 minutes without hooking a fish, however.

So my question is: what fishery, at it’s peak, is the “fastest” in the northwest!?

(We’re probably talking Silver Lake in Cowlitz county for bluegill/crappie/perch in late May (catch and release 100/day), or Columbia River shad in mid-June…but I want to hear what you pros out there have to say!)

Thanks!