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Pierce County, WA

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02/26/2013
Bottom Fishing From Shore
Rainbow Trout
Power Eggs
Yellow
Cloudy
Hook & Bait
Morning
02/26/2013
3
1706

It was not raining so I decided to head to the dock and fish for just a little bit. I decided to experiment today. I have been catching a lot of little fish lately so instead of using 2 power eggs I used 3, thinking it would be too big for the little guys to bite. I missed 4 bites and decided 3 was not the way to go. I was also using garlic scent. Reeled in and took a power egg off and switched to herring which I have been having really good luck with lately. Within 4 minutes I had a bite and this guy was feisty! I have been reeling in a lot of trout lately and this one fought the whole way to the net. It was nice to reel something in other than a log for once.
So I gave it a 3 because I missed enough bites to have a limit so kept me interested, I got a beautiful 16 inch rainbow, and the weather was amazing.
For people that read my post I was using the same setup (kinda) I switched to a 7ft leader, herring instead of garlic, and other then that I used 1 lemon lime power egg and 1 yellow power egg. I believe if I did not have 3 power eggs on I would have probably had another nice fish to go with this one.
Hope this inspires some more people to get out and fish American.
Good luck
Mike _____<(((><______


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Lou Smith
2/26/2013 1:14:00 PM
Nice bow Mike. I have trolled by the dock a couple of times looking for a guy with a leg brace! Thinking of trying tomorrow AM for any shallow water early kokes. Some should be out of hibernation by now?
Mike@Bills
2/26/2013 1:20:00 PM
The leg brace is off Lou, but I will be at the surgeon tomorrow to find out if I need surgery! I think you only come by on days when I am gone. I thought I saw you about a week ago. Small boat orange flag but it never came close enough to the dock to tell.
As soon as I can get in my boat Koke fishing is on. Hopefully the dr. has good news. I might go friday with a friend who has a bigger boat that I might be able to get into.
Let me know how you do Lou and hope to see you soon
eenakok
2/26/2013 2:51:00 PM
Nice work Mike! Good luck tomorrow
Mike@Bills
2/26/2013 3:36:00 PM
Thanks db. Cant wait to see you out on American!
kokanee_slayer
2/26/2013 5:59:00 PM
Great job Mike and good luck with the surgeon. I may be out there Friday.
Mike@Bills
2/26/2013 6:02:00 PM
I might also be out friday. Lets see how much its going to rain. I will look for you.
blazedog
2/26/2013 7:29:00 PM
Hey Mike, I enjoy your reports. Met the owner of Bills boat house Dave he told me about you. Looks like the fishing was good. Hope to get out and give it a try. I have never fished American Lake but want to learn as much as possible about Kokanee. Good luck with the surgeon hope all goes well.
Mike@Bills
2/26/2013 7:35:00 PM
After fishing American I never want to fish anywhere else. I have been fishing American for 10 years now. If you have any questions about kokes feel free to send me a message or stop by anytime. I hope my reports inspire people to get out and enjoy winter fishing. I have never done much of it before this year but will be doing it every year now, the trout are incredible this time of year. Good luck to all!
jd39
2/26/2013 8:13:00 PM
Good luck Mike! Hope all goes well, American is a great lake, will be fishing it soon!
Slacktime
2/26/2013 11:11:00 PM
Great report Mike I'm thinking of heading out there this Friday if weather holds.
rseas
2/27/2013 6:05:00 AM
Hey Mike congratulations on your recent AL success. Sorry to hear about your leg. I haven't been keeping up with the reports so didn't know you were having troubles. Drop me a PM when you have a chance.
1SG
2/27/2013 1:46:00 PM
Hey Mike hope your recovery goes well. I hope to be on the Lake Friday evening in my little 12ft. May be on Screaming Eagles battle boat on Saturday.
Mike@Bills
2/27/2013 3:47:00 PM
Rseas i will send you a personal mesage here soon.
1SG hope you do well on friday and saturday.
For everyone wondering they are going to do surgery on my knee but should be good by fishing season! I was hoping to catch some kokes this week but will probably have to wait now for another week now.
Hope to see lots of you out there and get to know lots of you!
Good luck everyone.
Mike@Bills
2/27/2013 3:48:00 PM
Thanks to everyone else for the encourment to get better!
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