Nice group that has fished with us for a couple of years in a row. Missed a few Lake Trout early and we were sitting with a really bad batting average at 8:45 am (Left the dock at 7:00). Only one Lake Trout in the box for Five Bites. Caught a couple of juveniles that did not make the 20 inch keeper range. So I heard about Kings being caught out a little deeper. West we decided to go. We were rewarded with the biggest King of the year so far. A 18-19 pounder – not quite a 20 pounder but close. Real nice Fish. Also, one Laker tipped the scale at 17 pounds. Big fish just not a lot of them for us today. Caught 6 sent 2 back to Momma to get a few more meals to reach the legal length. Fished early in 95-103 foot of water and went West to 160. Marks were good on the graph around 120-135. Sorry everyone (Jason) no pictures – Yeah I know what your thinking. Will try to get pics next time. Enjoy your day!
The forecast was right, 3-5 foot waves (with a few that
might be a little bigger) came up as the morning progressed
to finish out our 4th of July holiday weekend fishing. Even
though it was a bit rough, our fishermen today were tough and fished through it.
With the waves, fishing was tough. You have to think it must
be hard for fish to bite a lure that is continually being jerked
up and down from the waves right?
Picked up 3 fish to take home, but still was worth being on
the water for the morning. Isn’t it always better than sitting
on land?
A beautiful morning sunrise started us off today on our way to 7 fish between 80-100 feet of water. The surface temperatures are finally starting to warm up (in the low 70s) and a theromocline is finally showing up down about 35 feet down. Stabilizing temperatures are starting to keep the fish more consistent and in shallower water.
Most fish came on dodgers and spin-n-glo’s right down near the bottom. All but one fish today were Lake Trout (the other was a nice 12lb steelhead).
Starting to mark bait fish suspended in the water column down about 50 feet. This bodes well for upcoming fishing trips!
Another trip tomorrow morning when we will go catch some more.
The holiday weekend began a little early for a few customers who got to come out and were rewarded with a few nice fish for the morning.
Two Lake Trout, two Steelhead, and we had to throw back one Lake Trout that was a little too small but we are confident will be back next year a little bigger.
Fished 80-100 feet of water, but weren’t marking fish as well as we hoped.
Caught 5 Lake Trout, let the 6th go, and paired it up with a single steelhead – a real nice one twelve pounds or so.
Water is still pretty cold but the forecast looks calmer and with temperatures on the forecast warmer, we are hoping surface temps will break the 70s and start to develop thermoclines that will make the bait fish set up in the next week.