Reprinted from the Snoqualmie Valley Record

April 21, 1960

By Tut

Next Sunday morning, long before dawn, hundreds of thousands of Washington fishermen, their wives

and kids will be launching boats and crowding the banks

of the lowland lakes of the state. By all indication this

promises to be one of the best years in history for the

anglers. Hundreds of lakes throughout the state are loaded

with hungry trout.

The big catch on opening day will be east of

the Cascades, but many lakes on this side will produce

well. Being so close to Seattle makes competition pretty

tough, locally, especially for those boys who are

disappointed if they don’t get a “limit” the first morning. Still,

there are trout to be caught in our local waters if you can

elbow in somewhere on that first Big Day.

Such popular places as Pine, Beaver, Alice and

Echo will have every acre of water covered with boats

and, with the possible exception of Echo, most of the

trout taken will be of the hatchery-grown variety. And

those you can have, brother.

Echo should put out some good-sized cut-throat (probably to trollers with small spoons). Klause,

Bridges and Boyles will give up a few big cut-throat;

McCleod should still hold nice-sized Brookies and a few big

rainbow; Back and Mud will be well fished as we hear

that the gates will be open and these lakes, planted each

year, should produce trout.

Those who hike into King’s Lake might be

rewarded with some lunkers, and there should be a few trout

(of every variety you can name) left in Derry Lake.

Lake Marie holds some lunker cut-throat, but they are

often hard to take.

The real bonanza, of course, are those recently

rehabilitated lakes east of the “hump” especially in

Grant, Spokane, Lincoln and Okanagan counties. It’s a

long trip though, for one day’s fishing.

Warning to all fishermen: DON’T FISH ANY WATERS WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING YOUR

GAME PAMPHLET TO SEE IF THAT PARTICULAR PLACE IS LISTED IN LOWLAND LAKES.

Remember …

All other waters will be closed until a later date,

and that includes all pot-holes and beaver dams not so

listed. Don’t forget to buy that license well before next

Saturday night. Look your tackle over … you may need

a new guide on that rod, that reel should be cleaned

and oiled, and that old line probably needs replacing.

Just neglecting any one of these things can spoil your day.

If you want to escape the multitude and you

have the fishing fever, take a try at Lake Sammamish

which is open the year `round and, for the fish there, gets

a very small play. The cut-throats have been hitting

as well as some big bass, and there is plenty of water

to fish on.

Better yet, take your kids to the Trout Derby …

you have a lot of months of fishing left after next Sunday …

Good fishing, Sportsmen.