Browns in the spring

[vinny]

Would like to go after some browns around the Sotus Bay area. Can anyone give some advice on when and where to go?

 

[Sk8man]

Depending on where you launch from and how early in the Spring you go...the info will vary.  Sometimes after ice out (varies year to year) there are some nice browns in or near the Bay itself but often you can just start trolling going out of the channel and hang a left or right and hug the shoreline with boards and sticks run real close to the shoreline in just a few feet of water. It helps a bit to know the terrain to avoid major hang ups (and bent prop) on submerged boulders and abandoned dock pilings etc. Light lines 10 or12lb test sometimes run with 8 lb fluoro leaders - combos of spoons and sticks. Work the color line in and out of the outer edge of it. Wherever the sun heats up the water faster or where there is a pronounced color break in the water and near the mouth of streams (e.g. in front of Maxwell Creek ?) is likely where they will be.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Sk8man

[vinny]

Thanks Sk8man, thinking about going around late April / early May out of Bay Bridge Sports shop.

[Sk8man]

You may want to look around in the bay on your way out to the lake once you get north aways....it is very grassy/shallow that far south by the launch. Hopefully we will have ice out by then 

[vinny]

Yeah, hope the ice is out by then... Thanks Sk8man.

[Backlash33r]

You could also go out of warrens marina, which is closer to the channel. Hopefully ice will be gone by then.... Getting itchy myself to get out there.

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[reelintense]

At that time of the year you can also use the Coast Guard launch right at the channel and piers.  Best bet (IMHO) is to turn left (west) out of the chute and troll the 8-10 fow from the beach, past the lighthouse, all the way to Maxwell Creek and then circle there for awhile.  Evil eyes, cleos and stick baits work best.  If you have boards (planers) thats the best.

[vinny]

Thanks for the reply's Backlash33r and reelintense, sounds like some good info. Not sure what to make of the ice conditions, not sure of a good time to go, still thinking around the beginning of May, but not so sure this year...

[LakerTaker85]

You may also run into 20# lakers! Haha we landed a bunch of hogs like this over the past years

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[Scunz]

Thanks for the info.  We were out there the last weekend in April last year.....cold, clear and calm with a full moon.....and dead slow bite.

 

Looks like maybe wait until early May to come out?

[LakerTaker85]

We start in April but it all depends on weather

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