Last year on opening day at Baker we had 8 in the box by 6:30 in the morning, but there were far more fish in the lake when it opened last year due to the later date.

Last Saturday I got to the lake at 10:30 (slept in after my buddies canceled to go fish for Kings on the Sky), got a camp site on the far side of the lake and then started fishing. Had three by 1:30

My first hookup last Sat was a double, it was a bit of a scramble to land both by myself, not pretty, but it worked.

Then I got a text from my daughter saying her car broke down in Olympia and she needed a ride home. I put the boat back on the trailer and headed for Olympia, picked her up and got home at midnight. Woke up at 2:30 AM and headed back to the lake with a couple other guys, we were met by instant hookups (lost), wind, rain, lightning, thunder, fog, more fish, then called it a day early. The thunder was loud and close, you couldn't see the lightning easily due to the rain and cloud cover.

I will be back there this evening, the forecast looks like more rain and thunder, should be a nice night. Lots of bear sign near camp too, last year other campers near us saw the bear but we didn’t.



Sockeye tend to be willing biters.