Just another fine day on the lake today. When we first got out and set up, downriggers set at 40', it only took about 2 minutes before we got our first fish on. While that was being reeled in, another fish hit the other line. We kept one, released the other. 10 miutes later we had another double hook up! Colder, cloudy day to start and a bit windy but the fish were really hitting. It was a lot of fun. Like a firedrill...catch a fish, get the rod reset, the other pole gets a hit. Get that fish in and the first pole get a hit again. It was super fun for a few hours then things died off for a while, I think we were a little too far off the mark. 90% of the fish we caught today were probably inside of a 300 yard radius on the lake.

Our tactic that we used was to troll through this "hot" area then catch fish or not, pull up the lines, turn the boat around and reset the lines.
It got rid of a lot of wasted time troling around in a big circle to get back to the hot spot.

Folks write on here about letting the lures out about 125' or so, we have been letting them back at least a 100 yards or more before connecting to the downrigger. Today I tried through the same spot with a shorter line to downrigger and pretty much most of the time the long line got the hit....more testing is needed to confirm this! Only problem is the fish are on the line a lot longer and that could be why we were loosing a bunch of fish. But, I always say..."Better to have had a fish on and lost it than to never have had a fish on at all!"

We lost a lot of fisn today, I was checking hooks, sharpening them, putting on different ones, the fish were just hitting very soft and light. Weather?? Not sure.

Final fish count...lost count for a day total in the hectic confusion of the hot morning bite. If I was to guess?...20 or so brought into the net, 10 kept, 5 lost and at least 8 on for a few seconds before they got off.

We were using gods tooth spoons today, tipped with a tiny piece of worm, trolled around 1.5mph. Didn't try anything else.

All in all, a good day on the lake full of lots of fun.