5-5-12 Genny

[LongLine]

Fishing Report

LongLine

Met my brother at the launch at 5:30 & headed out before the sun came up.

I was a little worried about the weather as the north wind was blowing waves right up the river but after we cleared the channel, it wasn’t bad. Maybe 2 ft’rs with an occasional 3 ft swell. Worked west, back then out. Started out with scattered clouds, then went clear & bright, then overcast, clear and back to cloudy again within 6 hrs….strange weather pattern. Quite nippy in the wind, especially if you got wet. Winds died a little as the day progressed. River temp low 60â€s, surface while trolling in the 45-47F range.

Had a board & wire diver out but only the rigg’rs worked today. Started out with this laker;

Then I let Bro' catch this one:

Then another king (13#)

Not big enough to enter but nice fish none the less. (Both naturals) All on short leads, in the top 15-20 ft of water. DW Dolphin, R&R Bloody Blk/Slvr & my home made $19 Fly. (The one that cost me $19 in mylar, beads & tubing before I made a decent one)

Where were we? Well as I said in other post, deeper than most but shallower than others…this guy was among the latter…

No we didn't have to go that deep.. the scow was coming out the river.

Actually, the Laker came in approx 35 FOW between river & Russell, Kings came approx 70-80 FOW off the river.

Only 6 cars in the lot. Guess there was a little excitment there this morning and the police closed it for a while.

Luck to all,

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[skipper19]

Hey nice job there Tom, so there are some kings over there now.....hmmmm, .....they went awol at The Oak.

Mark

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[Pike Hunter]

Thanks for the good post!