Sandy Creek, 6/27 and 6/28

[Gator]

Wow, the current are ripping! Both Saturday and Sunday saw what appeared to be a strong surface current running from West to East; bottom line was that it took about 10 minutes to troll from Wautoma to Lighthouse and an hour to get back!

We tried to keep downspeed consistent in either direction, but still ended up with a one way troll. Most of the fish came traveling East (with the current), maybe because of the blowback on the riggers or the coppers lifting up with the "ludicrus" speed we were traveling...

The tally was steel, steel, steel (7 for 9 today), with a few small kings thrown in. Purple seemed to work as well as anything, with a couple hits on Orange Crush and NBKs. The Copper out 200-250 in 90-120 fow took most of the hits.

Still not much bait showing on the screen, and the water temps were ~65F on the surface with ~57F 60' down. No real defined vertical breaks and the scum breaks on the surface didn't seem to hold temp breaks, just lots of crap.

Lots of marks deep that we couldn't get to go; maybe lakers? Maybe kings? Hopefully we'll get a chance to find out this week.

Gator

[Silver Fox]

We tried as far as 160' down and couldn't get them to go either. I still had 42 degrees down 120'ish. See ya guys next weekend.

[Shane Muckey]

That's some cold water for this time of year. Supposed to be cold all week with T-Storms! Unbelievable! Good job on the Steelhead!