They put another 8000 fish in Greenlake yesterday, but I found out last evening that every fish I was catching in the dump area was small and dark, so I fished the NE corner (opposite side of lake) this morning hoping for the better, bigger, brighter steelie smolts.

The first couple landed were the dark small ones, so I threw them back, then landed a nice bright steelie. The next two were dark & small, but the barb tore up their gill so I had to keep them. I then pinched the barbs on my rooster tail, Dick Nite & home made jig that I was using.

Caught 2 more on the rooster tail then it stopped spinning properly so I switched to a wee Dick Nite (silver). Very successful w/this but had to play them a lot harder to land them w/out the hook popping off. My home-made jig was the best lure today - as long as my rhythm was going right, I was hooking fish every time they were in the area - and being selective of the ones I wanted.

Got my limit by 10:30 and that was after tossing back 8-10 I didn't want (WAY easier & less collateral damage w/the barbless hooks!).

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