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Hit the water with my brother in law at 6:00 A.M. We didn't land our first fish until 8:30. I guessed we should of slept late and had breakfast instead!
![]() Headed back to camp and had a great breakfast that my wonderful wife cooked up. Ran a few errands and headed back out in the afternoon. We caught four lakers largest one was 20", 1 rainbow at 17" and a good size bass. All fish were returned to the lake unharmed. Fish were very color and lure picky yesterday and copper was definitely the color of the day for us. All salmon and the rainbow were caught off the planers and all lakers were caught off the downriggers which I thought was interesting. I hope you all had a chance to get out on the water as it was a great day for fishing, boating, whatever, as the sun was shining and water was as calm as I have ever seen it. Dan |
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Hit alton bay this am and got a big SKUNK
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Welcome to the forum Scott.
Wish you better luck next time. |
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Went out this afternoon with my wife for a couple hours from 2:00 - 4:00 P.M. Caught 3 salmon and one laker all in the 17" - 19" range. Hitting the same color and lure as yesterday 15' down.
Absolutely beautiful out there today! Dan |
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The days always look better when you're catching fish!
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We went out Saturday afternoon and tried everything from 15' - 25', long lines and down riggers. We got skunked. It was a beautiful afternoon in the boat with my wife along so the day was still a win.
Sunday AM. Had a nice fish on the lead at four colors and lost it at the boat. Another small Salmon on the lead, then that was it for us. Later in the afternoon I got a 21" Salmon at 33' in Meredith! What gives with the depth range anyway? |
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![]() I also did not try any flies this weekend and probably should have. Chris Chapman of Chappy's Guide tied some beautiful custom heron flies for me that I have been meaning to try out, see below. These are a modified wood duck heron fly with black and orange marabou tail. The orange was my idea since orange seems to be a big color on the lake. Hopefully I'll get to try them this weekend. Anyway, the time spent on the water fishing is always enjoyable whether they are biting or not, especially when the sun is shining and the lake is calm like this past weekend!! Tight lines! Dan |
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Thanks Dan,
I would say that my catch this year has been two to one on the fly. I always use a spoon on one side, and a fly on the other. I have never fished with live bait. Maybe I will try a little more variety with colors as it seems by reading most reports that is the biggest variable in catch or no catch. I really hate to change the lure as I have a terrible time seeing the line to tie. Your right though, it was a beautiful weekend to be out on the water regardless of the bite!! Last edited by Broken Glass; 05-07-2012 at 04:39 PM. |
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Was out on Sunday, didn't start fishing till around little past noon time, but had stuff to do in the AM. Copper was definitely the color, what was interesting is I'm always using topguns and prefer anything with orange. Nothing hit it, all the fish were caught on copper with a purple/white combo gun. Landed two very nice and big salmon. One at 20" the other big and fat one at 23". Water temp was reporting between 48 and 51 degrees by the transducer, trolling about 3.5 colors of lead core with a 6 lb fluorocarbon leader.
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Oh a few other observations from Sunday, as the day progressed the wind died down and the skies cleared nicely. I did notice that the fish that I did see on the finder were suspended about 30 feet in the water column right on the edges of any underwater structure, IE significant depth changes. Flat water and a high sun angle probably drove them a little deeper than you'd normally expect this time of year. Trolling perpendicular to versus along the edges of seemed to be the trigger. Both were caught as I was passing over back into the deeper water versus on the other side as I was approaching. I like to fish areas were I'm seeing a variation of 40+ feet the harder the variation the better, and nothing shallower than about 25'.
I agree with you Dan I'm a HUGE fan of orange and I have a box half full of silver guns that are bright orange with back dots as they have always been never fail for me. Sunday they were having none of that but like you I was being stubborn with one pole not changing that out. I should have swapped over to my second favorite, the ladybug, copper with a shading of red w/ black dots on one side. |
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Great observations Maxum! Thanks for posting!
I agree with you on finding hard changing bottom structure, the harder the better. Then figuring out which side to fish on, across or approach it from. That's all part of the science and what makes it fun at least for me. Are you using the Navionics maps?? That what I use and absolutely love it!! Hope your enjoying your new place on lake!! Dan |
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Not enjoying the new place just yet... still in the acquisition phase, but crossing my fingers in a few weeks I'll be moving in. Can't wait! ![]() |
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