King County:

Angle Lake
Rainbow 3,000 3.00 Puyallup Mar 11

Morton Lake
Rainbow 8,600 3.00 Puyallup Mar 10

Pierce County:

American Lake
Rainbow 2,500 3.00 Puyallup Mar 11

Bonney Lake
Rainbow 1,000 3.00 Puyallup Mar 11

Wapato Lake
Rainbow 1,000 3.00 Puyallup Mar 10

Waughop Lake
Rainbow 1,000 3.00 Puyallup Mar 11

I use to get real excited for the trout opener,but every year I lose more interest. This year I got into steelhead,and now that's all I think about. Summer will roll around,and I'll be chasing salmon.The trout will just have to wait.

I agree with you HBP, Besides the few trips we will make to mar-don, the trout will have to wait. This summer is salmon and steelhead.

I use the stocking reports to target the bigger triploids. They aren't as fun as catching a big steelhead, but on an ultralight rod, they will help pass the time.

There great for kids but I don't get excited about stockers anymore. Not when theres bass, salmon, and steelhead to be caught. Dang, I even have more fun perch fishing.

I could never understand why people seem to chase the hatchery truck. Why not just swipe a net and scoop out a few as they come right out of the tank? Boy, I sure want to catch a limit of mushy, ignorant 9 inch trout that don't know what to eat in the 'wild' and are so hungry they'd bite on a piece of hot dog! Sign me up! Not.

Geeeez! I am glad I won't see any of you guys out there fishing for these fish. I don't understand how people can be so "down" on a fishing oppurtunity. But then again, you guys probably don't like to fish for chum salmon either because there are too many of them.

What are you going to do? Fish for steelhead in a blown out river??

Easy,
I didn't say I'll never fish for trout again. I said they'll have to wait. Most steelhead in my area is closed right now anyways. But most of puget sound is open for BM.

Carl

I agree with you its nice to have the chance to fish were they are stocked.

I take my daughter and she has a blast as I do also watching and catching.

Thanks for the post.

Carl,

Are you the guy I saw mentioned as contributing for the local triploid releases?

Saw that somewhere and thought it was you.

Ya, Bill, that was me contributing my $ to the CTEP, Cooperative Trout Enhancement Program.

CTEP

hey Carl, thnx for the post. I still do the trout thing since my family enjoy it. I understand bigger is better since I do a lot of salmon and steelhead, but I just enjoy fishing PERIOD!!!! <img border="0" alt="[Goldfish]" title="" src="graemlins/goldfish.gif" /> Well gota have my coffee and head down to the show........ maybe spend some money??!!

Robert

I love to give some of the lakes a good going over a couple times a year for those little trout

Are these lakes that have been planted, all open now?

Yes, they are all year round lakes.

hey easy, stockers are for kids

Ya so, what is your point? I take kids with me fishing and they love it.

I like to tke kids out w/ me too, Carl. Unfortunately, most of them are in their 40's!!

We headed out to a local area kids only lake today that was just stocked with 2000 3 per pound fish. Hooked one, but saw a project in the making. I wonder if the WDFW would let my hours of blasting cormorants count towards my AHE hours? (I wish) There were over 50 cormorants on this little 10 acre lake doing much better than we were.

If the fish are bigger do those birds still eat them or do they leave the bigger fish alone.

Don't know for sure. Depends on the size of the lake and size of the fish. I am sure there is some sort of commorant buffet in the beggining. <img border="0" alt="[Goldfish]" title="" src="graemlins/goldfish.gif" />

It has been documented that a double crested cormorant can swallow catfish as large as 2#. Given that the cats typcially lock their spines that would be some mouth full.

Tight lines
Smalma

Fished American today. Darn birds must have got them all because we sure did not see any.

I'm headed to both rosinger and flowing tomorrow for some cnr trout fishing. Like many of you I prefer steelhead and salmon fishing. I want to scout it out and bring my nephews this w/e . I want to make sure they get hooked on fishing!

Stray Cat:

How about a report. And does anyone have any info on morton lake. I have lived here all my life and never heard of it??

Morton is out on the east hill of Kent. It is a nice little lake. Last time I was there you could use gas motors on the lake too.

Thanks Easy Limits. I suspect you already knew there is a guide service in Alaska called Easy Limits. In fact he's a friend of mine. He's a great fisherman, but sometimes, when the skunk is on the boat, he wishes he hadn't called himself Easy Limits.

Really? I am crushed! I thought I had the domain on that name.

just playin on the stockers are for kids easy, hit spencer lake trolling with spoons and vibraxes and everything else in my trout box on sunday and got skunked, I just not to good at catching stockers. caught a good buzz at the bar on the lake thou

hi all iam having trouble figuring out what lakes are opened year round the regs says if the lake your what to fish isnt listed in the special list it it falls in the general fishing rules but isnt the genaral rules last satureday in april to oct 31? but the two lakes iam looking for isnt listed anywhere.

If the lake you are looking for is not listed in the Regs than it is open year round.

HEY CARL, anything you do to improve fishing enhancement is commendable, and appreciated, thanks for the hard work.. you ever try kokanne fishing on meridian lake?

Yes, I have. Meridian is one of my local favorites. Lots of nice 'bows in there too.