Russell 9-2-11

[LongLine]

Fishing Report

LongLine

Launched early again, was 1st at the launch. Launch light still out. A couple fish swirling in the river. Small swells out of the east. Starlit night. No one on the piers. Cruised around a bit then headed out to 85 FOW to set up. About 5:30, a little wind out of the south.

This pic about 1 1/2 hr after the 1st lure in the water. (shoreline pics didn’t come out)

Worked basically 95-135 FOW back down & around to Russell. Lot of bait in the 100 Ft range. Everything on the bottom though. This is about as high as anything i saw.

Temp basically with 95 ft of cable out. Definitely cooler off Russell than the Genny at that depth. Anyways, ran into a 6 Lb rainbow at 85 over 105FOW on a Wonderbrd dodger w/ Opti fly, up close & personal.

But the highlight was finally catching a decent salmon off of Russell, especially on my new “snoopy†rod. (8'6 HeartLands)

No way a contender but a fun fish on 10 Lb line. Now that's the way to hook a fish! He’d definitely seen some warm water. Hit a Wonderbrd NK over 115ft with 110 ft of cable out. Downspeed on both about 2.5.

Pulled lines at 10. About a dozen trailers in the lot. Water has gone down a bit in the river, but still no problem to launch/retrieve.

Luck to all,

Tom B.

(LongLine)