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Pierce County, WA

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05/09/2017
71° - 75°
Downriggers
Kokanee
Corn
Gold
Sunny
Dodger
Morning
56° - 60°
05/09/2017
2
1848

I got to the lake bout 7am but didn’t start fishing until just before 8. I tried to get my big motor to start but it refused.
The kicker did its job and I trolled for around 3 hours stopping at 11am. The sun was hot today…even if it only got to mid 70’s it was hot on my back! The water temp was 58-59.
End result was 1 trout, 1 kokanee in the boat. Scented corn on the hooks of Wannafish A Lure Orange and Gold attached to a Dick Nite Orange/copper tractor tread Dodger. The trout came on a Arrowflash Gold dodger with a prototype lure. Several other strikes. There were several schools that looked like kokanee but they were… Great footage on video to see.


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Jekbate
5/10/2017 12:16:05 PM
Thanks for the video(s). Interesting how many fish are interested, but just won't commit. Gives me some confidence the fish might just be there, oh so close, when I am trying for them. I often think I must be fishing where they aint! Steve
Toni
5/10/2017 1:24:08 PM
Thank you. If you are watching where you are going one may have nipped your bait away. So check it often.
smokey34
5/13/2017 1:14:54 PM
Toni - Much as I love your videos, gotta think that camera is scaring some of those larger Koks away. They seem to stop short of the lure a lot. Are you trolling a non-camera rig in tandem as well We were off the lake in 2 hrs this AM.
Toni
5/13/2017 3:40:41 PM
Yes, smokey34 I have wondered if it turns away fish. Yes, I have had one with non camera in the past. I think I had about the same percentage of caught, camera vs. no camera. Enough that I bought another camera to use on both lines. Both cameras have attracted attention of a few kokes that came right up to the camera. I now have tape (like on dodgers) on both cameras. This seems to help.
When I said scented corn I meant it. I think they got a whiff of it and it was too strong...until later. When I made it it was strong but I thought oh well.
I would really like to read your report smokey34 for 5-13-17.
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