Launched out of Hunters. Went north a few miles and fished along the eastern shore. Pulled Kekeda flies (Orange, Perch) on lead line, long lined various plugs (flicker shad, rapalas, wiggle warts), and also fished various Old Goat OG1's 2.44's. I have read a lot about the success that people have been having with the old goat's and I have since bought more than my wife would approve of. Needless to say today was the day of the old goat OG1 2.44" orange perch pattern with a very small piece of worm for scent. Started with one rod and ended up with 2 pulling that same pattern on 3 colors of lead with 50' of 10lb flouro leader. As I said before I pulled various other things and to end the day I had zero bites on all other lures and ended up catching and keeping 4, losing another 3, 2 of which were studs right at the boat, and releasing one wild on that orange perch pattern. Glad to have a boat. I was getting tired of getting skunked from the shore. Looking forward to the winter.

hewesfisher

11/12/2020 7:46:42 AM

Good job! Sometimes you'll empty your tackle box until you find what they want. Out of curiosity, how fast were you trolling?

fishinlegend

11/13/2020 12:05:08 PM

According to my GPS. which is not exactly accurate as far as I can tell, I was running 1.8 to 2.2. The other thing that I thought was a little different was that I only got one hit going against the wind and had all others while I was trolling with the wind.

hewesfisher

11/14/2020 7:02:22 AM

The hint is in the difference you noted, trolling with the wind increases speed. ;-) When using Kekedas or similar trolling flies, kick the speed up to at least 2.5mph. See my most recent report, 3 days in a row, we nailed them at 3mph and more. With lead core, I use 50' of 6lb fluorocarbon leader, tie a small snap swivel to the leader, clip the fly to snap swivel, and add a piece of crawler - nothing else.

fishinlegend

11/15/2020 4:10:00 PM

So no flashers or dodgers? Part-Time said the same thing but it looks like he has a smile blade in front of his fly. Appreciate all of the intel.

hewesfisher

11/16/2020 6:44:25 AM

Nothing else, literally. ;-)

oldgoatlures

11/13/2020 12:08:11 PM

Appreciate the report and your putting the Orange perch OG1 to work! Thank you!

strikezone

11/13/2020 9:28:28 PM

Way ta go with the Old Goats. They work wonderfully. I use them almost every time I go out fishing on lakes here in western Wa. But I have had great success using them on the east side too at Sprague, Rock. and Roosevelt. Donn of Old Goats has really got a winner there. I usually troll at 1.6-1.7 mph. with a leaded line and anywhere between 34 to 50 feet of leader. Setback varies, but usually 155-180 feet. Denny

Part-Time

11/14/2020 8:27:43 AM

Nice report, glad you had a fun day. Next time out start with the same setups and crank the speed up to 2.8 to 3.2, then watch those Kekedas work.

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