Tried Meridian this evening. On the water at 5 PM and had 2 hours to try my luck. 20 minutes in I had 2 hits on two poles. One down 10 feet and the other flatlining with a small egg back 50 ft. Used pink on both with one a Kokanee killer and the other a wedding ring both tipped with shoe peg corn. I could only work one pole of the first 2 hits, got it to within 15 feet and he jumps and spits. The second didn't pull the release (that's why I went for the flatline pole). When I popped the line it fought for a dozen cranks and then was gone. Reset both lines and half an hour later another hit on the flatline. Landed it and it was a keeper. One more hit of the downrigger. It was a good fighter but as soon as it hit the surface it was gone. Nice drive by for the short amount of time I had to "stress relieve".

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