Had a great day out on the lake. My buddy who fishes with me decided to make a run to Cabelas since I was the only one to catch a laker on Thursday. So I decided to hit it by my-self and my best pal Gus. What a nice change it was. No pressure to perform, with that in mind I made a point to learn some things. I hit the trench Shortly after the sun woke up, and dropped the first line in out from the blue roofs heading west. As soon as I marked a fish at the bottom I GPS'ed it. by then I had # 2 rod in. I then made a slow wide turn and headed back for the same spot. (Kind of like fishing for kokenee) Sure enough there he was at the bottom, and as I passed, "BAM" Fish On!! So I really focused working the diffrent depth levels and found the average depth that I was marking the fish at and then tried to hold that depth as I contoured the trench. Then I came to realize where I had GPS'ed that fish there was a really nice steep ledge there and turned and started fishing up it and then turning and going back down it. Really focused on hammering it from all angals. As the day progressed, the fish seemed to move deeper. Ended up with two more fish. As I was really looking/watching the bottom and learning the ledge of the trench I came across an enormis school of Koks, From 40' deep clear down to 180' deep, solid arches. It was truley a sight to see. I cant wait till the water warms up, I might throw in a kok rod and try next week to see if they hit anything. What the heck, out of all thoughs thousands of fish one little booger should hit. Just to see the size and health of them. Out of the last 3 years I have never seen the koks like this, this early and this low in the basin. We could be in for a bruser of a silver fishery this year with last year being a fizzle. Had a great day and learned a lot, and cant wait to hit again next week. Not a bad way to burn half the day. Hoefully this was a learning curve and not just the fish being egar to bite. We'll see next trip. When you find um, hammer um from all directions. They will bite!
Till Next time, Be safe out there.