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08/30/2012
56° - 60°
Trolling
Kokanee
Corn
Pink
Cloudy
Dodger
Morning
66° - 70°
08/30/2012
4
1556

Praise the Lord, thank you Jesus. I went fishing at American Lake and was blessed! I didn’t get on the water until 7:20am. Why is it so hard to get up? There were only 2 rigs in the parking lot, a raft getting ready to launch and then a boat came in as I was launching. I start in 40 foot of water heading out toward the Veterans Hospital. Caught a few trout that got off at the boat. I think it was about 9:15am when the first kokanee hit. What a slab. I knew it was big...wow. I was panicked for a short time because it got into my other rod on the other downrigger. Then it released. I thought it came out of the clip but it broke my line and now my Dick Nite Copper Hot Orange Tractor Tread Dodger UV with the Pink Ice on it are at the bottom of the lake. So I stayed in the same area going back and forth. Got another one but not as big. Then a cutthroat and a rainbow. Then I thought I had better head back but I want to take the temperature of the lake. While I am fooling with the downrigger cable getting the thermometer on it to slide down the clip releases. I thought oh great. Then I reel in and it feels weird. I have something. Was it the long liners lake troll that went by? Wow, they are far away. No, I think this is a fish. Head shake, yep a fish. Where is the net. I got the net ready and see the flash of the side of the big fish! I got it in but it wasn’t as big as the first one. So I am done. 3 big kokanee, a rainbow, and a cutthroat. Not bad for getting up late.

I used our favorite for this year Dick Nite’s Pink Splatter Dodger with Wannafish A Lure’s Pink Splatter Squiddy Thing, with corn and pink gulp maggot. I was in 84 feet of water down on the wire at 38 feet. The temperature down there was 67 degrees. The sky was cloudy and when I first got to the lake there was a mist from the lake being warmer than the air. I stopped fishing at 10:15am.

The kokanee were so big I could not get them on the board I usually use for dispaly, with the trout. The big one 17 inches, 15.25, 14.5 inches and the trout: cutt 14, rainbow 13. I tried to weigh the big one but couldn’t get the scale to work. It was so wide that I couldn’t grip it around its body.

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obryan214
8/30/2012 3:38:00 PM
some nice kokes
G-Man
8/30/2012 4:36:00 PM
Those are the kind of kokes we expect to see caught out of American Lake. Good to see they still exist.
Lou Smith
8/30/2012 5:47:00 PM
Congratulations!!!! If I remember right, 17" should be your new best on American. Great catching!
afk
8/30/2012 6:25:00 PM
Now we're talkin'! Glad to see it. Thanks for the report.
Ezlivn89
8/30/2012 6:32:00 PM
Thats awesome, congrats, cool to see good size kok's
Ezlivn89
8/30/2012 6:32:00 PM
Thats awesome, congrats, cool to see good size kok's
knotabassturd
8/30/2012 7:30:00 PM
Wow, and I was thinking Mike C's Merwin koks were nice (actually they were too). Very healthy looking fish!
Toni
8/30/2012 9:31:00 PM
Thank you. They were very healthy fat koke's. 17 inches is my new record.
mtom938
8/31/2012 11:48:00 AM
Excellent!
salmonbarry
8/31/2012 6:12:00 PM
figures now that the salmon are in the sound that American heats up for kokes!! great job Toni and that is a hog of a koke!! may have to take the kids there on Monday morning as they wanted to hit the salt but I think this may be a better option
que
8/31/2012 8:24:00 PM
Awesome fish Toni. Haven't made a trip to american since february.
Looks like I have a dilemma this weekend.
Fish at PT Defiance or American Lake.
Toni
8/31/2012 9:00:00 PM
I know 2 people who went out today and didn't get any kokanee. You have to work for them.
Mike Carey
9/1/2012 3:01:00 PM
Excellent job Toni and congratulations on your personal best. We have one more kokanee trip planned and then its salmon and steel until spring.
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