After repairing some damage to our beach boardwalk that resulted from the last large storm, Dave and I had intended to fish Pass Lake for the afternoon, but the parking lot is closed temporarily because of a sinkhole. Check the park website before you head that way to fish.

Not wanting to cancel fishing altogether, we headed south to Lone Lake. There was a steady breeze all afternoon and just one other angler, but that didn't seem to bother the fish. In three hours Dave caught more than a half dozen fish, and I caught four. We were trolling streamers in white, yellow, and chartreuse. The fish I caught weren't terribly long (17"), but they were nice and heavy and generally beautiful. Dave caught the largest fish at 19".

Gianna Holle sent me a message that WDFW stocked Cranberry Lake with 500 one-pound fish on November 4. That could be an alternative to Pass Lake while the parking lot is closed.