Was rough start this morning. Headed out early. Was back in the driveway for emergency boat repairs. Ugh! So got the boat fixed by noon and headed back down. Day would have been a 4 if the boat ran and I could of fished the full day I wanted to. Started trolling around the south buoy at 1 moving north. First fish in 20 minutes. Nice little hatchery coho. Was 15 inches, so really nice I thought. Next fish at about 2. Another hatchery coho. About 14 inches. Last fish was a nice 16 inch cutthroat. Had three others to the boat. Don't know how they popped off, but they did. Sharp hooks, so you got me. Some days you win and some days you don't win quite as well. Had six other strikes I saw and maybe a few more I missed since the hooks came back bare a couple times during bait check. Beautiful day out though. Minus the frustration of a boat not running right. All fixed now though so I'm ready for the morning. Dick Nites worked well with a little piece of night crawler on the hook. Solid gold didn't seem to do anything. Most strikes on a green and white one and split silver gold one. Number 40 Lurh Jensen dodger with 18 inches of leader to the Dick Nite. Fished at 15 feet in 80 to 90 feet of water. Trolled at about 1.7 mph. Got to put that lure way behind the boat though! Probably 70 or 80 feet at least. No real secrets. Doing what everyone else is doing I suppose other than a Dick Nite because I have them. Don't need to spend money on the other stuff since they still seem to work. My buddy drove by about 1:45 . He was out looking for smallies. Been there since about 8:30. Said he got one dink. So I think I picked the right target species. Hopefully get a couple limits tomorrow of cutthroat and load the smoker up.


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