This afternoon, I thought that I would give Medical Lake in Spokane Co. another shot after a couple of fruitless tries earlier in the year. It turned out to be very productive!
I got 4 nice browns ranging from 16"-19" after fighting the wind for a couple of hours. I got them on a #10 Pheasant Bug with my quick sink line.
Now for the poachers, I got them on my Voicestream. You see, after kicking around the lake for a couple of hours, I found a feeding lane where the browns were laying. After catching and releasing 2 fish, I noticed that I was being watched from further out in the lake. Well "my friend" from the Ukraine who was observing the action, decided to paddle his K-Mart raft over to where I had been releasing fish and drop anchor. He, with his wife and boy pulled out the worms and spinning gear and proceeded to catch and keep fish (Medical Lake is a selective gear lake, no bait) So, since he rudely imposed himself on me, I decided to call it a day and head back to the ramp. A short ways down the lake, I reached for my cell and had a nice little chat with Officer Joe at the Medical Lake Police Dept. :p As I was loading my boat, I looked back over to "the spot" and Officer Joe had called them over on the shore. When I drove off I could see a raft coming back towards the boat launch. I saw Joe a few moments later in the park parking lot and he told me he contacted the WDFW and they were checking into it. He also told me that he would be meeting them at the launch when they arrived.
So if you can, guys & gals....pop a poacher!