This a pretty late report and a combo to boot but I had trouble getting my photos downloaded and they aren't all that great anyway.
Last Friday my friend Ron came over from Helena to buy a travel trailer and some peaches and somehow we managed to fit a day of fishing on the Spokane Arm mainly looking for Walleye. We didn't do all that well, I got one nice 15" eye and Ron got some small ones that weren't keepers so that was good enough to make my day pretty good right there. We got 4 nice small mouth but that was it. The wind was going back and forth like someone sweeping the sidewalk and kind of convinced me I need a bow mount electric motor. Not sure how to make that happen on my 16ft SeaRunner with a covered bow but I need to look into it.
During the week of August the 8th the wife and I and my son and his family did a houseboat rental vacation out of Seven Bays. We ran down to below Lincoln and got a really nice spot to tie up on the reservation side and all in all had a really relaxing four day stay. I had the Tin Guppy along and ran down river several miles and tried to find some Kokanee on a couple of mornings. Even being right on the water I had trouble getting the mattress off my back and getting an early start. The first morning I got my lines down around 7:30 and I think within about 20 minutes had a Kokanee on at 50ft. He fought well and I was pretty proud of myself for boating him solo. About 10 minutes after landing him I got a decent 15" inch Rainbow and thought this is going to be my morning. Well it was, a nice Koke and a RB are a good morning. The Koke was only 19" but weighed in at over 4 lbs, just a "chunk". Caught some other rainbow up near the house boat but that was about it. Did manage to leave a downrigger ball on a point down below what I believe may be called the Goat Farm area. Happened so quick I never had a chance. Although the fishing was not great is was still a pretty awesome week.

---