Russell 6-16-12

[LongLine]

Fishing Report

LongLine

Launched out the river at sun-up. River surface low 70’s F.

Didn’t see the sun again until 10:00 or so, then it got bright. Heavy overcast to the west moved to the east. Slight south wind (& I mean slight) initially then switched from the East. (Very slight – just enough to show the temp breaks). Headed towards Russell & put in around 95 FOW. Trolled around & out to 240 FOW then back in. Surface generally 65F. 60F down 15 ft. 54F generally down 60-65. A few fleas but nothing troublesome on 12# test.

Anyways, only marked 4 fish the whole time out & couldn’t find any bait pods. However, started out with two quick releases but no one home. Then when the sun came out, ended up with 3 in the boat. 1 natural King a little over 12, a Stlhd under 10 & 1 Laker probably 3-4. All 3 clean fish - no scars.

King at 70 over 140, Stlhd at 50 over 100 & Laker at 65 over 115. Blk, Purp, & Grn combo spoons did the damage, all 30-40 behind the weight.

Interestingly, all three came when the lures fluttered downward. i.e King when stopped to blow out the engine, Stlhd on a sharp inside turn & Laker when lure popped from release.

Haven’t been out in 3 weeks so it felt great to be back out there. Beautiful day on the water. Off around 11:30. Maybe 10 trailers in the lot.

Luck to all,

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[W.W.IV.]

Nice fish, I never marked any fish this morning but had good action. .