Started picking up fish in the late AM and then the Wind come up about noon and never quit. We beached the boat after fighting the wind and relaxed in the warm sunshine as the rollers and whitecaps gently lapped at our toes for a couple of hours. Seen several people try to manuever in the wind give it up. We were gonna wait it out. About 2:00 PM decided to head to Split Rocks in the boat for calmer waters, we hoped. Gently cruising fast enough to not take on breakers over the bow, we made it up-wind and turned around so the wind was at our backs heading North. Wind pushed us about 2.6 - 2.9 and had some monsterous hits on crawlers but couldn't connect. I assume these were big Rainbows. Got back to the Kokanee schools about 4:00 PM and started picking up fish on both DR's and long line. Wind was really beating us up, but we were stubborn and tried keeping our footing. Got our limits by 7:00 but it was boat combat fishing against mother nature at it's finest. All fish were nice and fat, running between 14" to 19". Persistance paid off, but it was good to get my feet on dry land that didn't have 2 foot swells!

hanapaa808

4/24/2010 1:45:00 PM

is palmer always that windy? im thinking about taking a trip out there soon. its a long drive for me and i hope to get lucky and not have to deal with that kind of wind. any pics?

Why2Fish

4/25/2010 3:30:00 PM

Palmer is often windy in the spring,but will calm down soon.

lowvw

4/26/2010 7:21:00 AM

Plan on winds every afternoon. My parents live across the valley and we usually fish there when i visit and i have yet to fish a full day because of the wind. Great fishing, but plan on wind. You can run down the valley a mile or two and fish spectacle and there is one more lake in that chain...They usually are sheltered a little more than palmer.

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