Hi everyone,

I am trying to get back into lake fishing. I have been mainly salt water, and big river fishing for the last 6 years.

I am patching up my dinky row boat with a trolling moter. So right now I am trying to find places I can fish from shore. I don't mind hiking in, I fly fish (5 weight) and have a nice spinning set up. But my problem is I have no idea where to go, and what is biting where.

Can anyone throw me a line? (no pun intended) I would love to go out this week end.

-Corinne

You might consider sea run cutts in the salt. Any beach with lots of structure, i.e. big rocks, snags etc. Toss a muddler minnow or spruce fly. I sometimes toss as small Dick Night on a seven foot leader with my flyrod.

What general area do you live in?

Green Lake in Seattle, Lake Padden in Belllingham, Gissburg Ponds near Smokey Point have all been heavily stocked and offer excellent shore access.

Many other lowland lakes and high lakes offer the same thing. Two excellent sources:

"Washington State Fishing Guide" by Terry Sheely

"Washington Fishing" by Terry Rudnick

Both books have great "how to get there" instructions as well as access information.

Check the W.D.F.W. website to get the latest in lowland lake trout stocking under "What's New".

Good luck!

Well I see that you are in Granite Falls. Thats close to where I hang out in the summer time. You have oodles of skinny water to fish there. You have the S/F of the Stilly which is good,you have Canyon Creek,Sauk. And if the Mountain Loop Hiway was open you would be close to the N/Fork Sauk, Sloan Creek and a few others. But now that it is still closed you have to drive around to reach those latter waters.

You have Lakes Bosworth,Roesiger,Cassity,and if there is a little drive there are the Seven Lakes area.

I also fly fish and would have it no other way.

jim

Thanks for tips for my daughter. I saw this thread before she asked me and I had to think hard. It's been a boat family since they were toddlers.

I don't like the idea of her hiking in to remote alone. Those were my fav spots. She doesn't have her CW Permit yet. June 1st made a nice difference for opportunities.

Lk Bosworth is close and many other lakes although mostly edged with private properties and poor bank access so I better help restore that old lake boat.

Hey, Dave v...I like the salt bank fishing idea and will have some fun going to a couple spots with her. I laugh when I imagine she'll end up calling me to ask why I'm spending money on fuel and probably limit out before I do.

All fishing parents got to love when their kids grow up and can't stand to wait and just go fishing, tackle boat repairs on their own, work at learning what it takes independantly. Never in her life has she turned down fishing. Cool, it's in her blood and I couldn't be more proud.

She'll be bottom fishing the San Juans with me tomorrow and keeper sturgeon out of Deep River end of the month.

If anyone around Snohomish/Granite Falls wants to help her out, watch out for her when local bank fishing, I'd appreciate it. I'm rarely near home weekends. She a hoot, good people, seriously into fishing, and better at it than she realizes.

Fish On!

Oh BTW, Since I got the big fish chasing addiction some time ago...if a good person helps her on the local small water there'd be easy credit on bigger water with me.

Was thinking about this and another lake came to mind. Have you tried that little lake just before the Town. It has a dock and some shore access. And the last time I was by there I saw a few rises. As for the name of it,I don't know,but there is a small park on it.

Jim