Alright, alright, I confess. I've been fishing too and not reporting
it (hangdog look!)
Thought I was rather clever in finding a back road into Lake Fontal
last week only to find found that it's about as fished out as any
other drive-in lake within an hour of Seattle. Caught and released 8
gullable rainbows and brookies on dry flies, none over 9 inches.
Met pair of guys in a rubber raft fishing power bait who complained
the lake wasn't nearly as good as a couple years ago 'before it got
all fished out.' Did see a terrific 'splat' as a much larger fish
inhaled a mayfly as I was changing flies. He was quite shy otherwise
and ignored my best efforts to arrange an introduction.
Kent Lufkin
>OK Wes, I will give in and cough up the info:
>My partner and I ran out to Sandy Point (N. of Bellingham) Sunday, fishing
>for the coho returning to the Lummi Tribe hatchery in the Lagoon behind Pt.
>Francis.
>Pretty slow going. The crab larvae have apparently matured to the point of
>dropping down to the bottom as we saw none of the surface action of past
>weeks, and the fish are shifting over to candlefish, as we landed a couple
>football shaped 16" coho stuffed with same. Also picked up a couple dungies
>in a pot we soaked while fishing.
>On the way back, my 20+ year old Mariner 115 let me down for the first time.
>We hobbled home on the Honda kicker. The inside of the distributor cap
>looked like a cherry bomb had gone off in there. Would your believe the
>rotor comes attached to a shaft, just that unit costing $300?? Pretty
>expensive crab!
>Moore later,
>Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wes Neuenschwander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 7:07 AM
> To: Richard Embry; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Observation
>
> Yeah, I've been pondering that myself. I guess unless some
>condition
> of secrecy (which is certainly is understandable; hey,
>nobody ever said
> we had to share all our secrets) has been imposed, I think
>it's a
> common courtesy to post a little feedback on a
>recommendation that's
> been made by another list member.
>
> There also seems a lessening of volume on fishing reports in
>general -
> or is that just my imagination? It could be that there just
>isn't much
> action right now, though that seems a little unlikely given
>that this is
> typically prime time for many fisheries. If that's the case
>though, I for
> one would welcome even "bad fishing" reports. Misery loves
>company,
> of course, and it's sometimes as helpful to know where not
>to go as
> where to go.
>
> -Wes
>
>
> Date forwarded: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:58:16 -0700
> From: "Richard Embry"
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> To: "Washington Flyfishers"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Observation
> Date sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:52:50 -0700
> Forwarded by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> > Just an observation: numerous members request info and
>recommendations on
> > places to fish, but it seems like reports related to those
>recommended
> > places don't seem to make it on to the List. Whether the
>fisherpersons are
> > skunked or they slay, the reports would be handy for other
>List members.
> >
> > Again, just an observation . . .
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> Wes Neuenschwander
> Seattle, WA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
