So I talked my buddy Kevin into joining me to give Baker lake a shot. He's been telling me for years that sockeye won't bite anything and the only way to get them is by flossing.. okay snagging them, I have seen the baker sockeye bite and hoped he would get to see for himself. We launched at Shannon creek campground at 5:30 am, and man what a sunrise too bad I forgot my camera. We fished down lake from Noisey Creek with the downriggers , 00 dodgers and it was a small pink hoochie that brought in our only fish. At 7 am Kevin's fishing rod started dancing and he was all over it, he horsed it in to the net in less than 30 seconds I think, awesome. Nice fish around 5-6 pounds and still bright, at 46 feet on the downrigger and a picture perfect upper lip hookset that left no doubt about whether these sockeye will attack. About a half hour later with my downrigger at 46 feet I saw my rod dip down and got bit of a thrill for 2 seconds then reeled in a 7 foot tree branch , oh well wasn't my day , that was the only time my line released itself from the downrigger all day. We called it a day at around noon. I was surprised that my fish finder was saying that the water was 68 degrees I expected it to be colder not from experience but because of the mountainous location. Good times!

Dave

8/14/2010 7:08:00 AM

My buddy, his father in law, and I went 2 weeks ago and caught 6. We had 5 in the boat by 8:00 that morning and worked until 10:30 for the final fish of our sixth fish. The next day we went back however the weather was changing and the barometer was off which can affect the bite. We only managed 2. A week before the 6 fish trip, we fished the evening bite and only took 1. Bottom line is lots of fish were caught by many so they definitely bite and all of the 9 fish we caught were hooked inside the mouth. I think the flossing theory with these fish in a lake setting is not accurate. There is no “current” in Baker Lake and I doubt anyone is using 4 or 5 foot leaders which is often the case when flossing occurs in a river. As you know, flossing happens when the line is flowing in the current (downstream) and the line enters the fishes open mouth, ultimately flossing the gum line to the end of the leader to the spoon and hooking the fish on the outside of the mouth or gill plate. So, you are right, they do bite and it has nothing to do with flossing in my opinion. Thanks for your report. I was curious to know if they were still biting.

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