Tried to squeeze in a quick 2 hour trip in the morning. Met an extremely nice gentleman at the launch and we chatted for a bit and he explained what's been working for him. In our separate boats, we ran up to the weather buoy and he started fishing the surface. He had a lot of action in that 7:00-7:30 window. He was so nice to try to help me out and even let me borrow a setup. Unfortunately for me, this was at 7:30 and the surface bite died. I tried it for 45 mins and handed the rod back to him.
At this point we went our separate ways.

I was starting to run out of time and headed to the shoreline just east of the buoy. Right before I was going to call it, BUMP BUMP BUMP!
I gotta say, I was super surprised. Man! Some of these Cutts really fight! roughly 17" and 1lb 10oz in the boat, I headed home! So difficult to leave after hitting a fish but that's what happens when you try to squeeze in a trip!

Caught it down at 40' with a RMT 5.5" Dodger and God's tooth 50/50 tipped with a nightcrawler. This combo has been killing it for me the last month on Stevens for Kokanee and proved worthy to be used on other lakes too.

Great Morning!

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