Today we wrapped up our 2012 season on Baker Lake. JoAnn and I fished with my son Matt and his GF Veronica. They are visiting from Montana where they go to school there.

We got up at 2:30am and arrived, boat in water by 5:30am. Hey, it’s salmon fishing kids! We had lines in the on the Noisy Creek side of the lake. I was surprised that while yesterday the fleet was far away, today it seemed everyone was fishing this area that we had success at. I guess word really does get around.

The usual rigs were in play. We ran four rods (no need to add another two just to make things more difficuft). It wouldn’t have matter anyway as every fish came off one rod, that deepest one. I rotated gear around so this rod had a variety of lures and dodgers, but none-the-less, it was the only rod that got bit all day. Weird.

Matt and Veronica each got two fish and we also let them net them, which made their day. Funny, they didn’t lose any fish today. We always manage to lose at least one or two…

Times and depths:

6:30 – Matt caught one at 43 ft
9:10 – Veronica caught one at 44 ft
10:10 – missed bite at 53 ft
10:45 – Matt caught one at 53 ft
11:30 – Veronica caught one at 53 ft

After 10am the three other rods were staggered at 48, 43, 38 feet deep. None saw any action. We did see a pretty good morning and mid-morning (9:30-10:30) bite.

In summary, I think we ended up catching around 26 fish in 6 trips, I’d have to go back and add it up. Our best day was 5 fish, our worst day (not counting evening fishing) was a skunk. We saw fish caught always, but never a red hot bite like last year, although there were some distinct bites. First thing AM, mid-morning, and late morning, with some 2-3 hour slowdowns not unusual.

I hope my reports have helped some of you catch more fish, or at least compelled you to keep trying. Now, I have some fish to process!

NOTE - the pocket marks on the fish are from laying on top of ice.

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