Made the long drive from Olympia to Conconully and it was worth it! We fished Thursday afternoon and landed 9. Friday we fished the morning then took a 2 hr break and fished the afternoon catching our limit of 10. Saturday morning we got a late start and caught 4 more. We would probably have caught limits all 3 days but we counted released rainbows against our totals as we were using bait (shoepeg corn soaked in bloody tuna gel and oil(. Chartreuse was a popular color. Melissa hand ties the wedding rings we use.

Fish were caught in 30-40 ft depths on the downriggers. We only ran 2 poles to keep from tangling long lines on tight turns. It's a narrow lake. The brief periods we fished at shallow depths caught nothing but rainbows we were trying to avoid.

These fish are big and feisty. Almost all that were hooked raced to the surface to put on aerial displays. We lost a few but had good success landing most by just being patient. There was little doubt when a koke was on versus a stocked trout, most ripped the downrigger clip off themselves.

Awesome little gem of a lake for kokanee this year. We had to hunt a bit to find them but seemed to hook up a fish about every 20-30 minutes.

Saturday the parade of boats, tubers, jet skis and holiday craziness likely affected the bite.

We stayed at Shady Pines in a cabin. Nothing fancy but adequate and the staff was nice.

I was almost reluctant to share this report because I'm not sure how much pressure this lake can handle. For those of you who can make it over there 16-18 inch fatties are the norm.

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