Wife and I launched at Keller around 10:00 for a fishing/sightseeing day. I had hoped to go down towards Swawilla, but there was so much debris in the water it wasn't safe to throttle up. I've never seen it so bad, with everything from sticks to large logs all over the water. We trolled up the lake instead, hoping it would be less messy above the San Poil, and it was much better. Trolled from 5 to 25 feet deep with leaded lines and downriggers, as well as flat-lined Rapalas. The small rainbows were biting, and we kept two that wouldn't have survived being released, and released one beautiful native that was probably around 3 pounds. Most of the bites were in the Hanson Harbor area in less than 50 feet of water. Pink hoochie and chartreuse hoochie with blades, orange Rapala, and Muddler Minnow all had hits. No kokanee found, and no concentrations of larger rainbows either. But any day of fishing is a good day.

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