I laid in bed at 5am debating whether I wanted to go fishing. I dreaded the fact that if I was out in my boat up to 3 hours again how much pain I would be in. But then I thought if I just stayed out 2 hours it might not be so bad. But if I didn’t get my limit I would still want to go toward that 3 hour mark. BUT won and said get your butt out of bed and only stay out 2 hour if you get your limit or not! I was ready to launch before 7am. I got to talking with the still fisherman in the green driftboat (sorry I forgot your name). He had got his limits on Thursday and Friday (?) but it had been harder than usual. So start time might have been a little after 7.

I actually got one in the first 5 minutes of trolling on the north side of the lake as I turned to go south. Then I circled around and lost a few. Caught some by the south side a little bit by the cove. Then headed toward the east end where dzfish was leaving with a friend and both of their limits. I went back and forth a bit there and had a few bites then started back towards where I was at the south side. That is where I picked up the rest of my fish for my limit in about 2 hours. All were very close to 11 inches. I got most of the fish at about 25 feet on the downrigger cable mainly in 60 foot of water. But I did try and had bites at 17 foot of cable in 45 feet of water. I started with a Dick Nite Dodgers Pink Splatter and a Watermelon with Wannafish A Lure Pretty in Pink that I am still trying out. After the first few fish I switched and used both Watermelon dodgers.
It was cloudy and I thought cold. I was cold! There was a slight breeze. The weather is suppose to change in the next few days but today is suppose to be in the low 70’s with some sun.


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I was fishing at 7:15am. But there was someone leaving as I came in and from talking with a guy on the lake he limited trolling.
It took an hour just to get the first bite. I tried many things. I also took temps. At 10 feet it was 64 degrees and at 29 feet it was 56 degrees. I started fishing deep after seeing that. So I hooked some rainbows that got off and the one that didn’t I kept. Then I found a sweet spot and picked up 3 kokanee one after the other. One set was almost a double. I got the deep one (fish) in and then lowered my stacked rod down to 26 feet. Before I could get the other fish out of the net my other rod had a fish on. Got that one in circled around and picked up one more. But that was it for fish in the boat. I had my first hit on the Dick Nite Watermelon dodger with a new Wannafish A Lure...Pretty in Pink variance. Then I switched out my other one for a Watermelon Dodger and a Pink Rainbow. Those 2 outfits are what I caught both the trout and kokanee on.
2 of the trout I hooked came in at the 26-29 feet level. Man was I disappointed. At one point I had a double on but lost both of them. So the best hooking was in the 8:30-9:30am range. All fish were caught at 26 or 29 feet. I only had 2 bite on the 16-19 level. It was windy when I got there but it calmed down while I was on the water and the shower came as I was getting off. I left by 10:30.


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There was a conspiracy to keep me awake last night. So I didn’t get up early like I was planning. At the launch I was met by the man who still fishes. He was there yesterday and said it took him 15 minutes to limit where it took me an hour and a half. Today he said it took him an hour and a half. It was slow.
I started fishing about 9am. I quit at 11:30 with only 2 fish. I tried several combinations. I did have 3 fish on close to the beginning of my endeavor but 2 got off by jumping. The 3rd one got away because some dummy laid the 2nd rod over the net. I did mention I was fishing alone?
The two I did get in were on 50/50 by Dick Nite with a well used Gilded Lily. The other came on a Dick Nite Watermelon dodger with a new color pink squid I was trying out.
It was sunny with a few clouds and much cooler than yesterday. The fish were in deeper water. The last one surprised me coming in at 16 foot of cable. The first one was at 22 feet of cable in the 60-70 deep area. I did slip a thermometer on the cable and at 20 foot was 58 degrees.


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I waited to see if I wanted to go fishing in the morning until morning. So I didn’t set an alarm, hadn’t uncovered, or hooked up the boat. My gear was in the explorer all set to go. I woke up about 7 and was on the lake fishing by 9am. I finished around 10:30am. It had rained during the night but my deck was starting to dry up. The predicted wind and thunder showers had not arrived yet.
I brought a jacket but my insulated boots were keeping me warm and there wasn’t any rain, I only used it for a short time. The clouds were blowing overhead fairly fast as I set out my gear of Dick Nite Dodgers in Pick Splatter and Watermelon with Wannafish A Lure’s Bloody Mary and Pink Splatter Squiddy thing. There wasn’t any wind on the lake.
Got my first hit at 20 feet down but didn’t get it in. Set the gear out again, waiting for the next hit. It was a bit of time before I had another on and in the boat. It came on the Watermelon dodger and Pink Splatter Squiddy at 22 feet. I dropped the stacker down 10 feet more to see if I could get another and nothing happened so I took off Bloody Mary and put another Pink Splatter Squiddy on the Pink Splatter dodger. Dropped them down and got one at 22 feet again. Dropped down the stacker and got another at 21 feet. Then I realized that I was only getting them at the one level so I started just fishing one rod between 21-26 feet. It took about 45 minutes to get the last 2 fish. The wind did come up and it made it a little hard to maneuver. I fished most of the time on the west end trolling north and south. I ventured out toward the middle for a short time. Finally got my last fish who managed to tangle everything up so I was glad it was done. The biggest koke was just under 12 inches.
I came home to no internet, no cable, and no phone. But I had electricity and hot water.
And my local library had internet service.


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I thought I was in for an easy day. I didn’t even put sunscreen on. I had hook-ups but could not get anything to the boat. Went all the way from one end of the lake to the other. Went past the still fishermen who arrived before me. They had one on as I swung by but it got off.
I headed back to the area I started off at. The west end and that is where I got them. I went back and forth and the Bloody Mary seemed to get more hits than the Pink Splatter Squiddy Thing. So I went to that on both rods with the same Dick Nite dodgers, Watermelon and Pink Splatter. Now I was trying to figure out why they were not committing to the hook and thought I am going to switch scents. I got at least the last 3 using Dick Nite’s DNA in Kokanee. I don’t know for sure if it was that or they just turned on. I got a double but lost the second one as I lifted it into the boat because I left the one in the net. It took about 2.5 hours to get my limit. I was there from about 6-8:30am. The fish I caught were in 36-50 foot of water and I got them at 17 to 21 feet down on the downrigger. They were 10-11 inches. Not a single rainbow today. The weather forecast said 84 for today. Did summer arrive before the 4th of July this year?


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