Another day out at Omak Lake. Surface temp held at 61 degrees. Was an overcast day with the sun peaking through the clouds at times. Was a constant wind that gave a few white caps in the bigger areas of the lake but nothing too bad.

Well it was pretty much a repeat of the last time out at the lake. Had 12-16" fish hitting 4" spoons. Also same as last time the 16" was a fatty. Some healthy looking fish in there. Had some hits and misses. Lost what felt like a good fish, I'm guessing 3lbs but you never know. Sometimes those little guys have a lot of fight in them. Hook came out about 30 feet from the boat. I reeled in the line the told my Dad he needs to sharpen his hooks, tisk tisk.

So I'm thinking I need to rethink things, so any feedback is welcomed. Here's what I've been doing. Trolling 30ish feet from shore, lines back 100-125 feet. Downriggers typically set 15-25 feet. We're still learning some of the areas so we don't want to get hung up but we've been staying in roughly 25-30 feet of water. We did drop down to 50 a few times in some deeper areas where we spotted some fish but no biters. Trolling speeds vary on what lure we're running, typically slowest is 1.2, fastest is 2.2.

So my next thought is since we're always getting smaller fish. Is if we need to go out another 20 feet, and drop the downriggers another 20 feet or so. Any thoughts/feedback?