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Old 06-08-2019, 12:45 PM   #2
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I can give you my opinion...The month of June is by far the slowest month for salmon fishing. Reason being the water temps stay pretty much the same throughout the water column and the fish are much harder to target / locate.

Once a definitive thermocline sets up sometime in July, the bait fish and salmon will be in this narrow band of water and are much easier to target. My best fishing month for salmon by far is August and always has been.

If your fishing for lake trout your best bet is simply to drag live bait on the bottom or lures just off. Even in June lakers are pretty easy to catch as there is an abundance of them in the lake.

If your targeting rainbows... I usually find them in the very early morning hours rising and feeding on hatches. Once the sun is up, the they tend to go down into the salmon waters and feed in a similar fashion on smelt and other similar bait fish.

Just my thoughts....

Good luck!

Dan
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