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Pierce County, WA

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05/03/2016
Trolling
Rainbow Trout
Other
Pink
Mostly Sunny
Other
Morning
05/03/2016
4
1136

Arrived at the launch with my two sons just a bit after 6:00 a.m. and was trolling twenty minute later west of Silcox along the VA hospital. All three of us have two rod endorsements, but I ran just one, 20' down and 30' - 35' back of the ball with a small dodger, and wedding band tipped with a single pink maggot. The other downrigger had a similar set up - and the boys had topwater covered with wedding band spinners and crawler tips. We were hoping for some kokanee (aren't we all) - but RB trout were all over the place, all running 10" - 13" or so. We put 13 of them in the box by 10:00 - and lost at least that many as we were bringing them toward the boat. All in all a great day with my boys - lots of laughs, and a few fish to top off the morning.


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tyeee
5/3/2016 3:25:00 PM
Thanks for the info. I'll follow your tips the next tme I go. How deep of water were you in? Did you use Gulp maggots?
Onmygame
5/3/2016 4:04:00 PM
We were fishing 20' down the wire on the downriggers, and the boys were using little to no weight on the top - quite a ways back from the boat. Gulp maggots in pink on wedding bands behind dodgers on the downriggers, and worms on wedding band spinners on top. 4 of the 13 came from the downriggers, the rest on long lines.
Stricoli
5/5/2016 1:31:00 PM
I had a similar experience on American! Though, I feel most of the laughs had were at my expense. Couldn't keep those bows off the line long enough to hook up any kokes.

They say a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work. But really, who's ever had a bad day fishing???
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