Sean, thanks for answering my question about Tye Lake. Your TU fishing derby sounds like a lot of fun, especially for the kids. I liked your " bowl of Cheerios" analogy. Good luck! Bob Martin > I've been involved with the Sky Valley Chapter of TU for the last couple > of years on this (though they've been doing it for 3 or more years, I > believe), and it's part of their annual kids fishing derby. The lake is > in the city of Monroe - it's a man-made lake south of the AM/PM on > Freylands. The TU team puts nets along the South end of the lake and > fill 'em with trout (including triploids to 15lbs!) They start the > kid's derby about 8:30 on the 25th of April, and it goes until 1:30 or > so. Then they pull the nets up, releasing what fish haven't yet been > caught out into the main part of the lake. For $10, you can enter the > ADULT derby (the kid's derby is free to all kids), and they have prizes > for the 3-4 biggest fish caught by a given time (usually about 4PM or > so). > > It's a hoot! The place looks like a bowl of Cherrios, as all the > floattubbers come out to play (you can have electric motors only). It's > a great place to take the kids, both for the derby and after. >
> I'd invite all to come out on the 25th for the derby. Contact me > offline if you want to help out. It's a good way to give back to the > community (I live in Sultan, so I'm partial to the east side Hwy 2), and > it's great fun to see little kids with HUGE fish on the end of their > poles. > > Sean > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 10:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tye Lake? > > > The WDFW bulletin that names the lakes stocked with triploid trout for > the 2004 season lists a Tye Lake in Snohomish County. I've fished the > area for over fifty years now and I've never heard of a Tye Lake in > Snohomish County. There's a tiny Tye Lake ( 3 surface acres ) in the > alpine country NW of Stevens Pass, but that's in King County, and is the > source of the Tye River. Also, there's no mention of a Tye Lake in > Snohomish County in any of the fishing guides I have. Does anyone know > about this lake? Thanks! Bob Martin > >
