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03/23/2011
Trolling
Kokanee
Orange
Other
Afternoon
03/23/2011
4
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First time out in the boat this year and I forgot the life jacket. Drat. But that was it, or maybe pliers. Motor had issues idling. It took me about an hour of running to get it to where it would idle slow enough to fish. Then it took me about 2 hours get 5 kokanee out of the 6 bites I had. I got the last one as the motor kept dying. It was a beautiful sunny day to be out but not warm enough to take my sweatshirt off. The wind came up for a little while then died then came back. I was there from about 11am until 2:30pm. The rig in the photo is what I caught 4 of the fish on, Used a downrigger but only about 11 foot down. In 60-80 foot of water.


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kevinb
3/23/2011 11:37:00 PM
Great first outing,well done Toni
blufin loui
3/24/2011 12:18:00 AM
WOW Toni, that's a great looking catch. Even with the challenges you were having, you slayed em. How do you like those "sickle" hooks and what size hook ya using. Thanks for the pics and report.
mav186
3/24/2011 5:46:00 AM
Winner, Winner...Chicken Dinner!! Nice pics too!
Toni
3/24/2011 7:10:00 AM
Mav186 were you following me? I stopped at Popeye and got there $4,99 chicken special last night. Thank you Kevin. blufin loui those sickles are SHARP! They were size 6. As you see they worked. I got 4 fish out of 5 bites with that out fit.
snake7676
3/24/2011 5:07:00 PM
WOW ! nice job thanks for the report !
tracker44
3/24/2011 5:40:00 PM
Nice catch Toni do you run the spoon ahead of the wedding ring?
Toni
3/24/2011 6:00:00 PM
@tracker44 yes the spoon is ahead of the hooks.
G-Man
3/26/2011 12:49:00 PM
Alright, kokanee season looks to be officially underway! Thanks for the report.
kokanee_slayer
3/27/2011 5:56:00 PM
Awesome Toni !!!! After my outing yesterday, I think I may need a little schooling.
Toni
3/27/2011 6:29:00 PM
No, I think the weather had something to do with it. I went on a nice day and the day after wasn't to bad either. Saturday and Sunday have had quite a bit of rain. So your going out on Saturday may have been affected by Sunday's weather.
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