Decided it was time to start targeting this year's crop. Coordinated with my fishing buddy and the date was a go.

We pulled away from the dock at 7am and headed downstream. Decided to work the shore across from Lincoln and it turned out to be a good way to start. Within the first half hour I put three in the cooler including a chunky 16" native 'bow. We continued our troll north and when we stopped getting hits turned around and trolled back the opposite direction. Soon after, I iced my 4th 'bow, so suggested my buddy take the next rod that went off, but they were quiet all the way back to where we started.

We decided it was time to move, so I motored downstream to one of my favorite spots. Was a good decision as we iced another 3 nice rainbow in about 15 minutes including my 5th which was best for the day a 2lbs, 12oz 19" native.

My buddy finally finished out his limit right at 11am. We switched to kokanee specific gear and trolled for another hour enjoying a leisurely lunch and the beautiful day before heading back for the ramp. Boat stowed and on the road by 1:15.

Surface temps are still a bit too warm IMO and ranged from 66.8° when we launched to 67.3° by the time we stowed gear. Even so, we picked them off with leaded line out 155' and long lined mono 195' back. The two biggest came off Rip'n Minnow plugs, one off a perch pattern (largest of the day) and the other off a black pearl pattern. The rest came off Kekeda perch pattern flies tipped with a chunk of crawler on the leaded line rigs. We had no joy for kokes.

Trolling speed ranged from 1.8 - 2.6mph with most success coming from speeds between 2.3 - 2.6mph.