I hopped aboard Kokanee_Slayers boat at 5:40 am. We started fishing round 6am. He got the first kokanee then I got one. First kokanee of the year for me!!! Thank you Jesus! We ended about 7:30am with 2 kokanee each and I got a large trout. My gear was Bahama mammas with a Wannafish A Lure mini Bloody Mary and a new Pink Splatter Squiddy Thing. We quit at 7:30 am in order to go back to Russell’s Landing and let me hop onto Kokonuts boat and to pick up the Wounded Veterans for the Wounded Veterans Fishing Program. Kelli went with us. We got one hit and it stuck. I was so excited ‘cause it was big. This was Kelli’s first kokanee. She kept reeling and reeling and it wasn’t coming in. I had to tighten the drag because this was a heavy fish. I was amazed. She got it to the boat and it was netted! AWESOME. We stopped just before noon to get back for the picnic. That fish was caught on a Dick Nite Pink Splatter dodger with a new Wannafish A Lure Pink Splatter Squiddy Thing. We did use bait of shoe peg corn and maggots. It was partly cloudy with either no wind or a slight breeze. Water temp was 53 degrees and our average speed for trolling was 1.2 mph. Prefishing in the morning I was 65 pulls back flat lining. The big one was about 40 feet down at 40 pulls.

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