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18 - Lake Roosevelt South End to Spokane Confluence Report
Washington

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01/18/2011
Trolling
Rainbow Trout
All Day
01/19/2011
3
861

Fished just north and south of seven bays marina trolling within 100 yards of the shore from 9:30 to 3. Bites were steady but not frequent like the other 2 times I have been here. Not as many larger fish. Probably hooked about a dozen or so. 5 were 18 plus, none were over 10 inches. 2 of the large ones got off, possibly because I was using a barbless fly (gonna tie up some on barbed tiemcos or gamakatsus next time). Seemed like circling around and repeatedly going over spots where I got bit was the ticket. Directional changes didn't seem to matter.

Unlike before, there was no interest in trolled crankbaits on mono line. Got a few taps early on, then nothing for the rest of the day kept switching but nothing seemed to work: small floating raps, shad raps, tail dancers, husky jerks.

Everything was caught on 3-4 colors of leadcore, 60 feet 4 lb mono with a dark olive wooly bugger. Water temp was about 36, trolling speed was 2-2.5. There was some small debris in the water, but clarity seemed good.


Comments

bjw444mar
1/20/2011 6:45:00 AM
not a bad day, what do you guess to be the depth that you were fishing at with that much lead core and a 60' leader? I have never fished with lead core before so I'm not very familiar with it.

Bjw444mar
rwl
1/20/2011 5:41:00 PM
I think it was 20' deep. With that amount same setup and 3-4 colors, I'll bump bottom on 15-20' deep outcrops at rock lake. I've only started using it, I usually troll crankbaits only, but figured it was a good winter method. It has definitely been paying off this winter, I'll keep trying it in the spring and see how it goes.
bjw444mar
1/22/2011 11:13:00 AM
one more question, do you use anything in front of the wooly bugger or just the wooly bugger
rwl
1/24/2011 12:20:00 PM
Nothing in front of the wooly bugger, but I do apply scent
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