CHADK ITS NOT A REAL GOOD IDEA TO FISH LK WA. WITH ALL THE BOATS IN 86 WHEN WE HAD A SEASON WE WERE TROLLING OFF SEWARD PARK AND A COUPLE OF GUYS IN A CANOE TROLLED RIGHT BEHIND US CUTTING IN TOO CLOSE THEY HOOK OUR DOWNRIGGER CABLE I BROUHT THE BALL UP AND ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE CANOE THOUGHT HE HAD A FISH AT THE SAME TIME I UNHOOKED HIM FROM THE CABLE AND OVER THEY WENT I HAD TO GIGGLE A LITTLE THEN PULLED THEM FROM THE LAKE AND TOOK THEM BACK TO SHORE. THEY LOST ALL THERE GEAR TROLLING MOTOR AND BATTERY IN THE LAKE. SO IF YOU DESIDE TO GO DONT CUT BEHIND PEOPLE!!!!