Lake Meridian/Lake Sawyer

[fishbone]

Good evening. I'm new to the sight here, and relatively new to kokanee fishing (I had success at American Lake last year). Kokanee fishing has been a great way to introduce my kids to fishing. I am wondering if anyone has any experience fishing for Kokes on either Lake Meridian (Kent) or Lake Sawyer (Black Diamnond). Any advice or knowledge would be most appreciative. Thanks in advance.

 

[Rikker99]

I think Meridian has land-locked silvers, not kokanee. They can be caught in the deeper sections of the lake. Sawyer is mostly shallow and is a better bet for spiny rays than trout - no kokanee to my knowledge. There are a lot of options in south King county for kid fishing - keep snooping and you will find something that works. RP

 

[SculpinKing]

You inspired me to seek out the 2009 stocking plans (since we're typically catching 3yr old fish, this seems to be the stock we'd be catching, correct?). In 2009 Lake Sawyer was stocked with 65,000 Kokanee (279 acres or 232 fish per acre) and Meridian got 40,000 (150 acres or 266 fish per acre).

This concentration is slightly lower than American lake which got 353,559 (1162 acres or 304 fish per acre) and doesn't take into account any environmental factors that could decrease size or numbers (low food amount, more predation, etc.) but would indicate to me that the fishing should be at least worth checking out.

Washingtonlakes.com has many reports from Meridian. A quick skimming reveals that people caught pretty good numbers, but the fish were small. I cannot find any reports from Lake Sawyer, so that could either mean that people have decided it's north worth the effort or that the fishing is so good that they don't want to spill the beans. Probably somewhere in between I'd imagine

I'd suggest giving Sawyer a try and let us know how you do. You might also try talking to folks in local tackle shops and see if they've heard anything about Sawyer. If you go, be sure to report back, preferably with photos.

edit: I can't find any info on Meridian containing landlocked Silvers/Coho.

Also, in case anyone wants to look up the stocking numbers from 2009 from other lakes, they can be found here: http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00792/wdfw00792.pdf

 

[kokanee_slayer]

Just for clarification. Merwin does have Koks.

 

[BobW]

I think he was talking about Meridian not Merwin.

 

[eenakoK]

Its my understanding that Meridian has Kokanee, Riffe outside of mossyrock has Land locked Silvers..

 

[Kokanee Kid]

fishbone
Good evening. I'm new to the sight here, and relatively new to kokanee fishing (I had success at American Lake last year). Kokanee fishing has been a great way to introduce my kids to fishing. I am wondering if anyone has any experience fishing for Kokes on either Lake Meridian (Kent) or Lake Sawyer (Black Diamnond). Any advice or knowledge would be most appreciative. Thanks in advance.

I fished meridian a bit about three years ago. Lot's of kokes that are small to average size. Easy limits was the norm when I fished there. Most of our fishing was on the boat ramp side about halfway down the lake. And most of that area was inside the markers to middle of the lake. We did well with lot's of doubbles. 4/0 dodger and weddingrings in red,pink,and orange with dna scented corn. thumbsup

I think the fish in sawyer is stocked to feed the bass, I could be wrong tho.

 

[fishbone]

Thank you all for your assistance. I did well the few times I went to American, but is good to know there are other options (if not quite as good) a bit closer to home.