{"id":2390,"date":"2012-06-21T19:08:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T03:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2013-04-10T12:38:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T20:38:58","slug":"kayak-fishing-at-goose-lake-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/kayak-fishing-at-goose-lake-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayak Fishing at Goose Lake, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The snow has finally melted and the roads are clear to the high country lakes in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest<\/a>. Hoping the fish would be hungry after a long winter, we headed out past Trout Lake, WA<\/a> and into the hills for the first time in 2012. The snow was gone, but the rain was not. The roads were wet and full of water-filled chuckholes. Hard to believe in a few weeks, these roads will be nothing but rocks and dust.<\/p>\n

\"Washington<\/a><\/p>\n

The clouds were hanging low over Goose Lake<\/a> and it was damp, dark and gray.<\/p>\n

\"Goose<\/a><\/p>\n

Wet weather is not big news around here. Suited up in GoreTex and out on the lake. I rained off and on for most of the day. Most of the precipitation was drizzle and light showers, with an occasional heavier shower, no need for sunscreen today.<\/p>\n

\"Rainy<\/a><\/p>\n

Storms moved in and out over the lake all day. It would get windy, then a rainstorm would blow over the surrounding mountain peaks. Between storm cells, it was nearly dead calm.<\/p>\n

\"Calm<\/a><\/p>\n

The fish were not biting as hard as they usually do here, but the fish that were caught were mostly Eastern Brook Trout<\/a>, German Browns<\/a>, triploid Rainbows<\/a> and an occasional cutthroat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Goose<\/a><\/p>\n