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 2008  FISH SMART — HAVE FUN!!!!

June 14, 2008

 

Finally got back onto the lake after not fishing the past couple of week.  I had not missed much.  The lake has been messed up the last several weeks with east winds blowing cold water (50 degrees) on to the south shore and the warm water (58 degrees) spreading out over the whole lake.  These temperatures lake wide scatter the fish and bait over the whole surface of the lake and as a result the consistent fishing disappeared.

 

Fishing in June can be difficult, usually to increase our odds we leave the dock at 5 am instead of 6 am or fish the final hours of the evening.  When Bob called wanting to fish Saturday I figured we would get an early start then Bob told me he had a morning commitment and could be at the boat at the crack of noon. Then he told me we would only be fishing until 6 pm. because some of the guys had plans for the evening.  Recap in fisherman’s terms, we are going fishing in the middle of the day starting when most fishermen finish and finishing when the good evening fishing begins, during the worse fishing week of the season—oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the report I had from three other charter boats who were fishing the morning was: as of 10:30 am  no fish for one, one fish for one and two fish for the other.  I consulted with Capt. Dave, who I procured to help me, I figured it better if the two best fisherman worked together.  We decided that the thing to do was run 15 miles east toward The Devil’s Nose where Lake Trout often gather on the sandy bottom in the early summer.

We arrived at the fishing grounds a little after 1pm.  Capt. Dave set the first line with a yellow lake troll and a purple peanut behind it.  Dave was putting the second line down when the first rod popped and Ron boated a nice 9 pound Laker.  We circled that area working from 70 fow  (feet of water) to 120 fow.  The yellow troll proved to be the hot ticket for some nice big lake trout.  We were trolling at a very slow speed, between 1.5 and 2 mph, at this speed the normal spoons we use do not have enough action.  I rigged a dodger/flutter rig and put it out on the 300’ copper.  This rigged proved effective for a small king, boated by Bob and a very nice coho salmon.  By the end of our time each member of the 6 person crew had boated a fish, 4 lakers, one coho and Bob’s small king!!  A very good afternoon of fishing and a fun time. 

Hot lures:

Dodger flutter on 300’ copper

Yellow Troll/ Purple peanut on the bottom

Green troll/bumble bee spinner on the bottom