2019-11-26 Fishing Reports

Fresh Water:

  1. BarryF: Fished Durrance Lake Friday, cold and dry and slow, and half dozen Rainbow.
  2. DaleS and BarryF: Fished Durrance Lake Monday, surface 46F, DaleS caught 8 from 10ft boat with electric motor,  initially full size Leeches getting a lot of hits but no hook set, think biting tail. Later switched tequila Booby-Eye, got hit every minute around 1:30, but no take hook. Floating line, then down-rigger but not deep, sinking line. Also landed on Doc-Spratley. Trolled fast to start and odd hits, slowed down with Booby-Eye and lots of bites.
  3. RyanA & BrianP: Prospect Lake, Ryan got 5, Brian scratch.
  4. SandyM & Lev: Boat fly fishing, battery failed. Lots strikes around midday, landed one. Sinking lines with Leech flies.
  5. BobC: Elk Lake, good strikes, lots of migratory birds.

Salt Water:

  1. TommyW, BrianP, JohnP: Nov 22 Sooke dropped Crab Traps at Sooke Rotary Pier, 1 legal Red Rock (with only 1 claw) after 3 hours, tried clamming & mussels at Ella Beach and Muir Creek Beach, none.