Fishing - Blue Lake Eastern Washington

If you are looking for a new place to camp and fish try Blue Lake in Eastern Washington.

My cousin and I have stayed there a number of times and have always had a great time. The camping area is always packed in the summer months with lots of interesting people.
The trout fishing in the lake is very robust. One time we were trolling the shoreline near the highway just outside the drop off and four times we had double hookups which was really exciting. Then as we approached a point where we saw six or so bank fisherman that were trying their luck, we had the fifth double hookup, two 14" rainbows!
This was not pleasing to the bank fisherman who began to yell at us and a couple of them began to throw rocks at us. Then one of them cast out a large lead weight which landed in the boat next to me. I grabbed his line, cut the weight off and we waved good-bye and motored off.
We didn't think we had done anything wrong as we were well outside where they were casting out to, but they took offense to us both catching "their" fish. So lesson learned, stay out of range and share the lake.

Story by Tommy Headley

Possibly a World Record Fish

I just came across this news article and was so in aw of the size of this fish I just had to share. This man will surely have the best fish story to share with his friends and family for many years. Since it is not every day that you see one this big, it is good that he is donating it to a museum but it sure would have made a lot of fish and chips!

May 13, 2013

Record Fish: German Angler Lands 103-Pound Cod, Could Break World Record - 0

  

by Alex Robinson

Michael Eisele of Kiel Germany caught this enormous 103-pound cod while fishing off the coast of Norway. If the catch is approved by the International Game Fish Association, it will break the current world record (which has stood for 44 years) by about 5 pounds.

 Eisele battled the fish for half an hour before two of his friends finally helped him haul it into the boat, according to the Daily Mail. The cod measured more than 5 feet in length.

According to the Daily Mail: "I saw two red dots on the sonar-screen and it looked like a big one. So I concentrated from that moment on. It felt like ground contact. I took it very slowly and carefully. It took me more than half an hour to get the fish up. When we saw the fish my knees was starting shaking. It was so big … It was an indescribable feeling. It was fish of a lifetime."

Eisele is donating the cod to the Norwegian Fisheries Museum in Bergen which will mount and display the fish.