Jere,
If you have a method to catch sockeye without a downrigger, let me know.
Also does this method require a dodger or not?
Thanx
Mike Santangelo
-----Original Message-----
From: jcrosby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lake Washington Sockeye Season: Not Really a "Fly" Thing?
This is not a fly show what-so-ever. You need a downrigger or 6-8 oz of
lead and a flasher. It is one of the crowded fisheries that I do not mind.
Everyone trolls slow and from this anglers standpt., is a fun fishery. You
can carry on conversations with others as to what depth they spot fish and
what they are using. The hassle is at the ramps. They are crowded and time
consuming waiting to put in. I feel that it is a responsible, harvestable
fishery. They monitor the catch and insure escapement. This could have
been an annual, summer event had not it, once again, gotten into the
political arena. They were going to allocate funds to build spawning
channels off of the Cedar River and it never happened for one reason or
another. The sockeye need protection from the floods that we have, and the
channels would have provided that. Anyone interested in finding out how to
catch these very delicious critters without the aid of downriggers, let me
know. I was going to write a "how to" at one time while living on Mercer
Island and participating in those first ever sockeye seasons. Your fishing
at a depth of 60-80 ft. down. Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark MacIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:42 PM
Subject: Lake Washington Sockeye Season: Not Really a "Fly" Thing?
> Dear Fisheads:
>
> Took an early morning trip to the Locks this morning and was really
> inspired. Hopefully, the families with small children didn't notice my
> facial tics and rod-arm spasms that I worked hard at controlling....
>
> Am I correct in assuming that since the upcoming 4th of July sockeye
> "circus" is limited to Lake Washington, south of the 520 bridge, and the
> sockeye are -- at that point -- in 50-75 ft. of water, that this really
> isn't a fly thing? Would it be a waste of time(and/or illegal!) to work
> a "Red-hackled Whatever" with a San Juan Worm dropper on a Teeny 500
> over in the Shilshole vicinity?
>
> It's been many years since I've seen a fish and actually imagined it on
> my barbeque! If you haven't been over to the locks recently, or have
> out-of-town friends/family visiting, you're missing a cool show. The
> fish ladder is stacked.....
>
> Mark MacIntyre
>
>
