It's spring again and the big bad boys of the resevoirs are getting highly active. Spring sure is a change of the typical mack fishing. You never really know what their moods will be and what lure choice will work. But one thing is for sure, your odds of hooking a Chrome fatty are in your favor. And they can be caught in as little as 20 feet of water which makes it easy for the less "geared" anglers. And can even be caught from shore.

Last year at this same time i hooked up with my biggest yet, 16.6lbs (avatar) on a 6" crankbait, and yesterday bagged a 13lber in the exact same spot on a #6 Vibrax. (BOTH Caught and Released) By no means monsters but better than little planter rainbow.

April and May can be very very good if your willing to search. We found them a bit spread out but finally pinpointed a small area and fished it hard. We put alot of time on the water yesterday and only boated 4 fish and lost a few others including one that just would not come up. But those 4 fish weighed over 30lbs(all released). Not bad for an 85 degree day, clear skys and with no one in sight. The only bad part of the trip was we got totally sunburned but who cares, just war paint.

If you got the time, you GOTTA give it a try.

FFF - (catchecus fatmackinus)

So, the macks are bitin' again? Cool!

Hey triple F, could you share some names of those reservoirs? I know Chelan can be awesome, but anything a little closer to Seattle?

Well there's a few. Up north is Watcom lake and few other deep small lakes near it though i can't remember the names. Then there is a Bear lake i believe down south in cowlitz county. Another hike in lake up north called Isabel, ask Zen leecher, he knows alot about it. And the three lakes up on snoqualmie. And i even heard that Cushman and St. Clair are rumored to have them. (in the post LAKE TROUT)

I also looked up some stuff on the net and found that lots of lakes north were planted in the 60's so look around there could be some forgotten lakes. And the best lake i have ever fished was brought to my attention because of a small one lined sentence in a magazine that said there was a rumor they were there. And they were, and no one fishes for them. We usually have it all to ourselves. Talk about a gold mine.

FFF

Thanks triple F.

If you can find an old Stan Jones book for fishing in WA... in the back it lists types of fish in the lakes. That would do for a starter. Just remember that the plants may have died out over the years... or some lakes might not exist anymore.

Isabel is good one for backpackers. Uneducated lakers in there.