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Where’d you hear that rumor? They have used tiger muskies successfully in a few Idaho high lakes with overpopulated brookie populations and we’re actively trying to set up an experiment with the WDFW to evaluate their use here in Washington.
No northern division, though there was back in the 1930s for a short time. Everything is based out of north Seattle these days and we cover most of the Cascades.
Hi Ken,
They did have increased limits on a handful of brookie lakes, but they had no effect on the populations. Because they weren’t doing any good they dropped them for pamphlet simplification. There just aren’t enough people who want to go in and catch that many fish in these really high population lakes to have an effect.
I switched the email on on your old user name. Let me know if you still have trouble.
Thanks a lot. I’ll keep tweaking things slowly so hopefully we’ll get steady improvement. In the mean time, we’re working on the new improved survey form.
@brownster145 wrote:
BTW, Brian- when is the lake survey page going to be back up and working?
We’re doing some major upgrades to the underlying database. It should be back up before the new year.
I caught it about a month ago. What an amazing film. He did amazing work. He’d take a piece or wood and transform it into a beautiful spoon or intricate hinge or perfect board with simple primitive tools. I highly recommend watching this, too.
There were a couple shots I wondered about. He filmed himself the whole time, but a couple times there were tracking shots of him. I was wondering if he had a pilot, or someone visiting take those, or if he rigged up some way he could make the camera pan while he walked by.
The forum is slowly coming back together. The text of the old posts are all back online, but still need some fixing. No pictures, yet.
Thanks for putting up with this transition,
Brian
“The high lakes are all frozen, of course, so there really aren't any hike to opportunities, but there are lots of places to fish. I've heard that Cady Lake has been producing well the past couple weeks. Cady is near Hood Canal out of Belfair. It is fly fishing and c&r only. You might try some of the lakes eas of Lk Sammamish like Beaver or Alice. Rumor has it Beaver just got a load of brood stock.^^^^PS, thanks to Pete for this info.”
Originally posted by gonefishin
i always figured big waters brought big fish.That’s a great point. The smallest lakes often produce the largest fish. Most of the food in a lake in concentrated in the parts of the lake that are less than 10 feet deep. A large deep lake with seep shores can have very little area under 10 feet deep. In that lake there isn’t much food and the fish won’t grow large. But a small lake might all be less than 10 feet deep. That lake will be a bug factory and produce large fish. But because the lake is small it must be stocked with low numbers of fish and that makes the fishery vulnerable to being fished out.
The WDFW listed are suggested lakes and the list is not meant to be anything close to all stocked lakes. The lakes were chosen for that list because they were lakes that could handle increased pressure because they were listed on the internet. You won’t find any off trail lakes on that list (I don’t think), for instance. In fact, you’ll often find better fishing at lake that are not on that list, but often those lakes are too fragile to direct people to. You have to get out maps and go find ’em.
Melakwa Lake does have fish, and is regularly stocked. Otter and Big Heart have fish, too.
There is not a complete list of high lakes that have been stocked. The high lake fishery and lake shorelines can be extremely fragile. It is felt that the best way to reduce impacts at specific lakes is to not direct people there. Exploring lakes I know nothing about is one of my favorite things to do.
“I haven't been all the way up to the old cabin site, but I think it is gone now. Mossback may be able to supply some more information.^^^^[Edited on 9-16-2004 by Brian Curtis]”
Beautiful shots. The first unnamed lake you ran into above the Deception Lakes is called Butterfly Lake. The lake shown in the top photo above is called Clear Lake.
“On the Rooster Tails you have to cut the hook off, then replace it with an open-eyed siwash hook. You have to put the hook on then crimp the open eye closed. Alternatively, you can used a closed-eye siwash hook and a split ring. To cut the hook off you can use wire cutters. You can cut the other two hooks off a treble with the wire cutters, but that doesn't work as well as replacing the treble with a single hook.^^^^[Edited on 8-9-2004 by Brian Curtis]^^^^[Edited on 8-9-2004 by Brian Curtis]”
“I've never been to Malachite, so It is high on my list. 🙂 It should be worth your while, I would imagine.”
“That is beautiful country. You'll definitely want to get all the way into Big Heart. Don't waste any time at Trout, get into the high country where the scenery and fishing are better. Big Heart is tough to fish as it is bounded by cliffs. It has lots of fish, but a raft really helps. You should be able to fish Copper and Little Heart without any trouble.”
