New to fishing plus a kid

[Flymph]

Its pretty common for saltwater spinning reels not to have bails. Original spin reels didn't either. They really don't serve that big of a purpose.

Nothing your finger shouldn't already be doing... but I don't fish to work hard!

 

[EPS]

OP, if you want to fish Riffe lake for Kokanee just let me know, if your kid gets bored on my boat then they have taken all the fish out of the lake....

I told him about you and that he could probably ask you about some fishing info also.

 

[EPS]

So are you getting ready .
It's almost time for them to start stocking the lakes around here.

 

[EPS]

Actually they did stock a few on the east side already.

 

[Flymph]

They put broodstock in some of the local ponds along the coastal mountains back in January. They're starting regular stocking this week! Already caught a 5lb bass and a couple dinks, so it's time to hit the water whenever the weather permits!

 

[EPS]

Me and @Melmelhunter went to Cranberry lake a week or two ago for a few hours.
They haven't stocked it for awhile.
But she got one.
LOL PROBABLY the last fish in the lake.
They should be stocking it sometime this month.

 

[EPS]

And I just ordered about hundred bucks worth of wedding rings .
Lol different colors.
For trolling .
Trout and Kokanee.
Going to go up to Baker lake this year.

 

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[bbbass]

Brownlee/Richland or the Columbia are about the only viable choices for the eastside right now. Most ponds don't open for another 1 1/2 months and the streams are another month past that.

 

[EPS]

Just wondering if the OP has got out fishing yet or if he has plans.

 

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And I just ordered about hundred bucks worth of wedding rings .
Lol different colors.
For trolling .
Trout and Kokanee.
Going to go up to Baker lake this year.

That looks like a great lake.
Open to the sea for natural sockeye spawning ?

There is a way to make those "Worm Trollers" up.
With the 2 hook rig you can use a whole night crawler.
The secret is using a 20# Dacron nail knot on the mono. (Cortland Micron flyline backing)
That's your adjustable "stopper" for either the upper hook in a two hook rig or a spinner blade.
Use plastic or folded clevises for the spinner blades.

A two-hook crawler rig with a pegged Corky is murder on Summer Steelhead.
Sometimes they can't resist a full, threaded nightcrawler.
Imagine one of those trout gobble bites only on steroids.

The downside is that it's a PITA to make up the rigs and thread the crawlers.
They last many casts though.