Sandy Creek - at last !

[dmontesano]

Fishing Report

Don Montesano / Judith Ann II (Miss Grumpy):

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):06/18/10

Time on Water:6am

Weather/Temp:Beautiful

Wind Speed/Direction:hardly a breeze

Waves: <1/2 foot

Surface Temp: 60

Location:5 miles north of Wautoma shoal

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 7

Total Boated:4

Species Breakdown:2 Steelhead, 1 Juvy king and 1 skipper king

Hot Lure: variety of NKs green/silver, black/white ladder back, green flies

Trolling Speed: varied from 2.5-3.5

Down Speed:2.0

Boat Depth: 190-240

Lure Depth: 20 - 145

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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At last ! Been a long dry spell for the JA II. 0 for 7 fishing west of Sandy. This AM I decided to go east. We headed out of Sandy on a N/NE course toward the tight contour just north of Wautoma shoals. Didn't find anything there so we continued north and the humminbird came alive at 190 to 200 fow with most marks between 100 and 160 down. Sent my pro troll rigger down to 155 and found 52-55 degrees. Set my second rigger to 145 with stackers 20ft above the ball. after a couple of non productive releases and a little adjustment of the release tension we had a good strike on a fly at 135 down, boated a 8-9 lb Steely. Short time later while resetting the starboard rigger we had a strike at just 20ft while I was trying to set the stacker. That was the second steely, a fiesty 5-6 pounder. We ended the day in 235 fow picking up a juvenile king about 10 lbs and a skipper king 12-14 inches. About 4 hours of active fishing was really fun at last.