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Fished Saturday evening (4/26 from about 1700 to about 2000) in hopes of attracting a kokanee to fill out my limit for the day.
Ran an assortment of gear including the orange/gold sling blade and tequila sunrise wiggle hoochie combo that produced for me at Park Lake that morning. Also ran Green Thang and Orange Thang from Wannafishalure with this sling blade. Also used copper FST as dodger with red spin-n-glo and some pink combos. No kokes bit but had plenty of fun catching and releasing a number of RBT for my effort. All of these combos got bit except Green Thang (but it didn't get a very long run).
Ran surface gear and also dropped down into schools mid water and near bottom. No takers on the down rigger gear. All biters were on the surface gear.
If you're familiar with the lake, there are numbers marked on the steep canyon walls. Most fish were hooked between number 2 and number 6. All trout hooked were first year fish and were a bit larger than the ones I caught at Park Lake. Looked like a strain from a different hatchery based on the coloring/markings of these fish.
It was a bit windy for most of the evening and I thought I might also get rained on but the showers passed over the next ridge (many were just virga anyway). For the first time in my life I saw the beginnings of a water spout (a little spooky). Large gust came down the canyon and got bottled up where it narrows. The wind picked-up 50-100 gallons of water easy-as-you-please and started to spin it up. Fortunately, it took about 2-3 turns then splashed back into the lake. Good thing too as I was trolling only about 100 yards downwind.
A good evening to be out on the lake even if the kokes were less than cooperative.
Tight Lines All!
Fish Dawg
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