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Spokane County, WA

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07/10/2011
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Rainbow Trout
Power Bait
Green
Hook & Bait
Morning
07/10/2011
5
1946

a HUGE thank you to papamike for stearing me in the right direction on this lake. I took my 6yr son again promising better fishing than last time. We had rented a boat again from Klink's but this time borrowed my dad's trolling motor (it is an ancient Eska inherited from my grandfather)...I probably row faster than this things max speed. We trolled from the resort along the south side of the lake, lost 3 lurers in the shallows cause Im stupid and didnt think it was as shallow as it was. Anyways, got over to....yep.....the infamous Tree 11 and it was already a little crowed when I got there at 8am. I think there was about 5 other boats in the area when we arrived. We hung back a little more east...about 75 yards, from the tree, and about 30 yards from shore (or so, Im a bad judge of distance).

I switched my son to a powerbait setup using a couple split shot sinkers about 1 foot above a size 10 swivel connected to a size14 brass treble hook w/leader (pre-lined eagle claw brand). Earlier in the year I let him pick out some powerbait which was the orange & green multicolored kind in the nugget variety. I tried casting and retrieving a black & white needle fish which I got a couple bumps on but no hook ups. My son caught the first fish, a nice 10" rainbow. Seeing that, and hearing other people talk of using powerbait, I switched to powerbait myself using the same hook setup. I instead went on Papamike's report and used corn scented powerbait. It wasnt 2 minutes before I hooked a 16" rainbow that gave really good fight. My son then, caught another rainbow at about 8". It slowed for a touch so my song switched to the corn powerbiat and caught another 10" rainbow. We got crowed in a little bit by someone in a inflatable pontoon, and other people were arriving as well but overall most people were respectful and kept a good distance between each other.

Overall I limited out with my last fish being a 15" rainbow (the one with clipped fins in the photo) and my son had gotten bored and stopped fishing after catching his 3rd fish. Course I didnt know he didnt want to fish anymore until his pole tip was bobbing indicating a fish to which he said "I dont want to reel it in, Im done fishing".... I was like WHAT?!?....good thing I have the two pole endorsement and reeled his pole in (counted it toward my limit too). So we have 8 fish in about 3 hours. Not a bad day at all. I told family that my son had stopped fishing because he didnt want to make his ole man sad by outfishing me again for the 2nd time in a row ;)

**NOTE: Please someone refresh my memory and tell me keeping fish with clipped fins is ok because they are hatchery raised fish that are just clipped for research purposes??? lol.


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Why2Fish
7/10/2011 9:17:00 PM
No problem. That is not a "clipped" fish, just the left-overs from an injury earlier in life. Tail fins are not the fin of choice for clipping. Its sort of like tagging a deer by cutting off an ankle,,,,,,,,,,makes it hard to get around.
The Quadfather
7/10/2011 9:52:00 PM
Nice looking fish Craig. Good times with your son. Did you ever find someone to make it into that lake you wanted to hike? Or maybe do it by yourself?
'OL GREY DOG
7/11/2011 7:00:00 AM
wtg ...nice look'n sack
papamike
7/11/2011 9:29:00 AM
Looks like a good day. that area is almost always busy, so I rarely fish there, but it does produce. Im glad you found it ok.
ruthven78
7/11/2011 9:52:00 AM
yeah I didnt mind it being crowded, what I do mine is when someone changes position to crowd in next to you because you are catching more fish than anyone else. And then they start casting right where you are. But it was ok, that person still didnt catch any while we still were and they eventually left, motoring right over where we were fishing...I wanted to ask him "umad?"
CraigMcElroy
7/21/2011 6:29:00 AM
When tree 11 is crowded I often go straight across the lake from there by the "Y" shaped tree with the rope swing hanging from it. That spot always seems to produce just as well for me, especially in the afternoon when they aren't biting as well. The water must be cooler or something because they seem to bite for me all day long there.
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