They wrote a number of people citations for fishing North Silver before the
general season opened. I guess they thought that Silver and North Silver
were one and the same.
Dell
Dell & Marie Coppock
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Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:35 PM
Subject: Aeneas Lake Report
> Hey gents, just got back today from my trip back home. I ended up fishing
> Aeneas, Hess and Wannacut Lakes. Here is a summary:
>
> Aeneas- Great fish and incredibly hard fighters. With the barbless hook
> requirement, you loose at least half the ones you hook (in a boat anyway.
I
> think I would have had better luck in the tube. The fish like to run
right
> at you and if there is any breeze pushing you towards the fish, the hooks
> comes right out.) The average fish is about 16 inches and a healthy 1.5
> pounds. Don't be fooled by the size, these guys will run you into your
> backing no problem. We encountered several in the 18-20 inch range and my
> niece landed a 20 and 22 incher as her first fish she ever caught. Talk
> about becoming spoiled right away. Her Dad later caught a standard 10
inch
> planter at another lake and she says "Dad, that fish is so small."
Thought I
> was going to die laughing.
>
> The crowd at Aeneas was moderate. The busiest I have seen it in recent
years
> but everyone was a good sport. On a side note, the rules have been
changed
> from 5 fish to only 1 this year. I saw a gentleman with two fish on a
> stringer today, one being a nice 4 pounder. When I inquired about his
> awareness of the rules, he stated the Game Warden told him the one fish
limit
> wasn't going into effect until Monday. I thought he was just blowing
smoke
> but didn't pursue it. On the way home, I noticed several people tossing
bait
> into North Silver. I stopped to talk to them for a bit and the lady told
me
> the same story. She knows the game warden in the Spokane Region and he
told
> her that the fly fishing only rule wasn't going into effect until Monday.
> Anyone else experience this? Is the the DFW way of dealing with the
opening
> weekend crowds? Instead of enforcing the rules they are letting Joe
weekend
> warrior get his limit the one weekend he goes out to fish and then they
will
> do enforcement when they aren't so busy? I thought it was interesting and
> somewhat aggravating that the fly clubs worked so hard to get these rule
> changes and the DFW doesn't enforce them on the weekend of the most
potential
> violations. Okay, I am getting off my soap box now.
>
> We were going to fish Blue Lake but the lake is the lowest I have ever
seen
> it. There were also about 200 fisherman there. Obviously all the state
mags
> and newspapers talking about the quality of this lake is having an effect.
> Two years ago, you saw maybe 25 boats on opening morning. As a native of
> the County, I am sad to see the overuse of Chopaka as people travel from
all
> over for a crack at a trophy trout and I no longer fish it. I am afraid
Blue
> is headed to a worse fate because it is so easy to get to. (Okay, I am on
my
> soap box again. I had a really fun trip......really!!!!!)
>
> Wannacut is a mountain lake that I had never fished before. It was very
> scenic and some nice fish reside in it. We had no trouble getting into a
> bunch of fish in the hour we fished it. Nothing like the other lakes size
> wise, but it would be a fun place to camp with the kids etc.
>
> Hess- Hess Lake is right before the big canyon on the way to Conconully.
It
> used to hold large trout and my biggest fish as a kid came out of it.
Well
> it is back to the days of old again. Lots of 1.5-6 pound fish in there,
or
> at least that is what I hear. I got blown off the lake the night I tried
to
> fish it and they were keying on the adult midges. Couldn't even get a
crack
> at them with a dry line due to the wind and the fish weren't interested in
a
> bugger.
>
> Hope you guys had a good opener too.
>
> Mike
> Spangle, WA
>
>
