It was slow in the time I was there, from about 7 to 9am. I had several bites but nothing that I even say I lost. Just bites. I did get one lonely guy in. I tried many things but got this one on a Wannafish A Lure Squiddy Thang Yellow with Dick Nite’s Pink Splatter dodger.
Kokanee_Slayer was there and he had 4 by 7 but did not get his last one. Apparently it was good around sunrise for him. There was another drift boat on the lake this day but it wasn’t a still fisherman. Duane Inglin was trolling around for some to smoke up.


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The weather was so nice that I decided to hit Clear after work. I launched at 6:00 P/M and fished until 7:30. I landed two and lost one at the boat. Tried a variety of setups but my "Go-To" rig was the only thing they wanted to hit. Caught the fish between 27 and 35 ft on the wire and 27 pulls back. Beautiful evening on the water!!!

This report covers both Saturday and Sunday. Pulled a 2 person limit of 6 kokanee and 4 rainbows out on Saturday 6/1 and a 3 person limit of 9 kokanee and 6 rainbows out on Sunday 6/2. All fish hovered around 11” with some slightly bigger and smaller. The kokanee were higher quality for their size then the stocker bows, the kokanee had some good weight/girth, there were a few exceptions but the bows were mainly on the skinny side. Perhaps they haven’t figured out how to feed naturally yet and fatten up? Who knows, still fun to catch them and they’ll make good trout candy. DN dodgers and red wedding rings/silver blades caught all the fish when trolling. Worm on a hook took ~4-5 rainbows while we were looking for perch, which we struggled to find over the weekend. The style of DN dodger didn’t seem to matter as much as the red beaded wedding ring/silver blade. Fish were caught from 10’-30’ feet down on the wire with ~20-~25’ being the most consistent. Weather was great on Saturday all day and finally shaped up in the afternoon on Sunday. Fished from 7:30ish to 2:30ish Saturday and 10ish to 4ish on Sunday.
If downriggeral and hewesfisher read this, just want to say thanks to you guys. Back in December you guys gave me tips on how to create a flavorful brine for rainbow trout and they worked great when I tried it! I was about to stop retaining the stocker bows because frankly I thought they tasted like garbage and so there was no point. Tried out your tips and man it created sweet tasting smoked trout candy! Almost a sweet/spicy, teriyaki glazed smoked fish. I was shocked how good it tasted! I was convinced there was no use for those stockers. They were a hit with family and friends! So stockers will keep going in the cooler, thanks again!

With some helpful tips from TrollNFisher and Winterun, I made some minor adjustments and did much better that last weekend. I hit Clear after work on Friday the 31st and again on Sunday morning, June 2nd . Didn’t take me long get my limits both days. Fish were caught on Pink UV Hoochies behind Bahamama Dodgers 22 to 27 ft down on the wire, 27 pulls back at a trolling speed of 1.2 to 1.4

It is a rainy Memorial Day but I went fishing anyhow. When it stopped raining the wind came up and it was time for me to head in. I think that was about 10am.
I got there about 6:30am and the lot was filling up. I tied some flash and a stinger loop onto a size 8 streamer hook and tied that green spin and glo to it last night. Paired it up with Dick Nite’s Clown Dodger and I got my first kokanee in 5 minutes with it. Wow I thought it was going to be awesome but no, I had to work at it but that spin and glo brought 5 kokanee into the boat.
I stayed out about 3 hours and I got several bites but not like yesterday. Today I got the fish in the boat. I struggled for 2 hours to get fish 2-4 in the boat. I was finishing my third hour and the wind coming up and the Lord seemed to not be answering my cry for that 5 fish therefore I reeled in my line from the clip and lo and behold a kokanee was on it. Thank you Jesus! I have a limit!
All were caught between 11 and 21 feet on cable at varying depths and they liked garlic corn today.
Nice seeing you on the lake, racer!


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