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HY 2 to Davenport was real nice but from Davenport to Ft Spokane was a little dicey in spots with ice. Started fishing at about 9AM and started trolling inside the confluence and continued out and then north along the shoreline for a while. Marked fish but very few bites. Then moved to the south side of the confluence and trolled down towards Seven Bays. Still very slow...too slow. Had a couple in the box. At about 1PM we found the fish and the bite was on (first picture tells it all). We were limited out by 2:30. Most fish were in the 14"-16" range with one nice carry over. We lost more than we netted, several right at the boat. Wind was pretty bad out of the North so would run up and troll back with the wind.

I was using a Chartreuse lure that I tied that looks a lot like a Macs Boogy Bait tipped with worm, a Chartreuse Arrow Flash Dodger and leaded line out 4 colors. My friend was using a red and orange tube fly (sorry no name and not able to get anymore) tipped with worm, a Rocky Mountain Orange Sockeye Bahama Signature Dodger and leaded line out about 3.5 colors. Not real sure color made a whole lot of difference. Speed was around 2mph (hard to control in strong winds).

If someone can tell me what they think all the chatter is on the second picture I would like to know. I am not new to fish finders so was a little confused. Water clarity was great and no debris in the water. We encountered this in one area only.

Kekedatackleco

12/6/2014 8:04:00 AM

Great job finding the fish. It's amazingly fun when that slow day turns into a frenzy when the fish are found. Your persistence paid off nicely. Thanks for the report. -Dave

YJ Guide Service

12/6/2014 9:02:00 AM

Could be the clouds of shrimp the trout are eating Ive seen it before..

G-Man

12/6/2014 4:25:00 PM

I would bet the second image is showing you a thermocline or a top current, not a bunch of fish. I turn off the fish ID on my sonar units as they really can't differentiate between structure, fish or a change in water density. Especially with a color unit, you are better off reading and deciphering the returns yourself. With your unit, I'd split screen between the down image and the side scan, it will take all the guess work out of what is below you.

Wormeater

12/6/2014 4:46:00 PM

G-Man, thank you for the ideas. Will try this next time.

downriggeral

12/6/2014 10:08:00 PM

Hi Wormeater - Nice job hanging in there until you found the fish. I have seen a "disturbance" like this on my Lowrance HD7. It appears different than yours because I do not run fish ID. The sonars sometimes think things are fish that are not so I would rather "interpret" the data myself. What I have found is I catch fish like crazy and they burp or poop daphnia, a very small green grain looking zooplankton. Wind and current will stack them in an area and turn on the feedbag for the fish. This is also the major food source for the kokanee.

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