With the current state of affairs on the tidal salmon fishery, I decided to take the kids out to the lake and use the riggers in fresh water. We were at the launch by 9:30 and surprisingly there were only a couple of guys in the lineup. Quick launch and plenty of trailer parking at that time. Dropped the line in 35 and 45 and started trolling north of the launch towards the campground and the creek mouth. Had one Kokanee on the deeper line, wedding band tipped with cured shrimp on a dogger. Second hit was on the shallow line, willow leaf and small red plug tipped with meat. Water temp was 12 degrees at the warmest point. Then trolled across the lake by the pilings. Marked a few suspended fish in 60’ of water. Anchored for lunch and dropped a wedding band with shrimp on the downrigger 25’ while having our lunch. That brought us the 3rd fish!!
We didn’t mark any schools of fish. Also, fish that we caught were fairly small.
Our experience with retrieving the boat was quite different. The usual sh*tshoe at the launch and people fighting with each other on the parking spots.
If we don’t cross the street for some ling fishing, I’ll try to hit the lake on the long weekend for an early morning troll. Will report later.
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