Got the raft in the water at 12:15 on the west side. I trolled a silver hammered sepps dodger and a silver/gold/copper flashers with red beads (sepps) and a orange/gold Macks wedding ring tipped both hooks with fire corn... I put 1/2Oz of weight.on the line and let out 200 ft of line.. I varied my trolling speed and direction.I did this for an hour with one tap and one grab headshake, and let go, then nothing for a while... I could see trout surfacing all around so I took my dodger off and changed my flashers to a micro Ul flasher, I used the same wedding.ring and Tipped it with orange pautzki eggs, I started catching rainbow trout consistently. I released all the trout I caught,. I,went home without any koks.. Still Havnt broken the Ice with them yet..never caught one. I know silver lake isn't known for it's koks, but I can't fish.bigger lakes in my raft I'll get blown all over..any tips about gear would be great (no downriggers).I'd love to learn how to catch them..

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