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Headed out Friday evening in order to get an early start Saturday AM. We headed to White Rock and were fishing by 7:30. Fishing wasn't on fire but the bite was consistant. The only consistant producer for the day was an orange rapala 3 colors out at 3.0mph. It out fished all our lures. We kept 8 fish between the three of us. Most of the fish were first year fish with only a few at 17".

Sunday we headed for Split Rock and were not getting much action on anything until we fished over the deepest part of the channel. I guess that's where the big ones were hanging out. We kept almost 3 limits and a good majority of the fish were carry-overs 17-19". The orange rapala was not as hot Sunday but caught its fair share. After two days of fishing, the poor lure had seen better days. Green rippin minnow and perch rippin minnow were the hot lures. The few times we tried flies tipped with worms, we came up empty.

Lots of wild life over the two days. Big horn sheep by White Rock, lone coyote wandering the beach, and Bald Eagles everywhere you go on the river. It was a great trip and looking forward to my next. Good luck and tight lines.

downriggeral

11/11/2014 9:19:00 PM

nvan - Thanks for sharing. That is one thrashed and bashed Rap. Does extending the back hook help with short strikes?

nvan

11/12/2014 7:46:00 AM

The back hook has torn loose from the lure. It is not suppose to look like that.

hewesfisher

11/12/2014 8:57:00 AM

Nice report nvan and agree that Rapala has definitely seen better days! :-)

SnoKing

11/12/2014 11:28:00 AM

Thanks for the report! That has to be the good luck rap...keep it and nurse it back to health.

strikezone

11/12/2014 5:16:00 PM

Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated here. Sweet pictures. I was wondering if the orange Rapala was orange on top also? There are several different ones around here that have an orange belly along with some other color on top. I'm trying to find one that matches or is close. Thanks for any help for sure.

Denny

nvan

11/13/2014 9:22:00 AM

The Rapala is all orange and I found mine at White Elephant. Cabelas should have them too.

strikezone

11/13/2014 10:27:00 PM

nvan: Thanks for the help. I called Lou at Cooley Playland yesterday. He said he had an all orange one too that came in a couple sizes. I think it looks like it's about 2 3/4 inches long, but not sure. He said it was probably a size 7 and that he would put one aslde for me. I hope to head over that way to fish out of Fort Spokane next month. The weather will determine when we come. We have to make it over the pass with a camper on my truck and boat behind it from Longview. Don't want to drive on icy or snowy roads.

Denny

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