Great Job! Try using a steel wire leader, even if your using light line the leader will protect the line from their razor sharp teeth. All they have to do is just brush the line to break you off and it's usually the first 8" of line they get..

I was using a steel leader, they broke me off at the lure (didn't have them hooked well), I noticed that the main hook and the trailer that I was using wasn't too sharp and did not have a hook sharpener on the boat, but I will fix that issue, thanks for the advice.

Great report and nice job,really excellent fish you got there. The family and I are heading over there soon,hoping for similar
results. Thanks for the report and pics

Thanks Kevinb, also, forgot to mention the water level is going down fast, about a foot and a half in one week! We went into Davis creek on fathers day, the outlying grassy area's were flooded, water was clear, last night the water was stained coffee color, stinky and about a foot and a half lower. I know this by that darn metal fence post I nailed last week with the bottom of my boat, almost knocked me out of the boat! I think most fish are moving out towards the grassy area's off the main part of the river, ran out of daylight to check out the sloughs north of Cusick...

Great pics! That's a beautiful backdrop with the nice fish and glassy water. Nice job! You've got me daydreaming at work....

Thanks again for the information,we'll be out here very soon. Maybe we'll see you around the bend.
Take care and congrats again on those gorgeous fish. Kevin

wow, once again you seen to find then no matter where ya go, i few weeks past you offered me an open seat in your boat, well i was hoping that offer still might stand>? I am itching to learn more and be put on some nice fish to see how my skills are. Anyhow, shoot me an e-mail if it still stands>? t-webbs@hotmail.com. Thanks, stay safe out there.

Bazzdude, the offer is still there, check your e-mail.

iliv2fish- I see your Bass posts everywhere i look & always enjoy them. That's a great Pend Oreille River LM. I used to fish it every weekend when i was a teenager. On the Newport side of Rat & Kelly islands there are a lot of pilings by the railroad tracks that rarely get fished. The pilings around Usk usually get pounded, but thankfully there's hundreds of em' & nobody could possibly hit em' all. My biggest LM ever came out of the Pend Oreille, she was just over 8 lbs caught her under a ski dock in 2 feet of water, thought i was wrapped in the anchor rope that was attached to a five gallon bucket of concrete. but when i saw a green/white flash & knew i'd hooked a nice one, what a blast!! I'll never forget that fish. P.S. Keep Up The Great Posts. > My posts are usually under Pat Perez. He's my partner & always seems to beat me to posting reports. - William Krels

Thanks William, if the fish new I was a Japanese guy that like's sushi they wouldn't be jumping in my boat! :)

Oops! I better retract that statement for the C&R police, I only eat trout!