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04/21/2014
41° - 45°
Trolling
Kokanee
Corn
Gold
Mostly Sunny
Dodger
Morning
04/21/2014
4
1544

Well 4:30am comes very quick if you go to bed at 11:30pm. But I had kokanee fever and had to get out and get some more of those footballs from American Lake. I was on the water and starting to fish by 6am. I don’t have lights on my little boat so I didn’t get out there as early as others.
I chose a new Dick Nite dodger to try. Brass Chartreuse Tractor Tread UV Dodger. I thought it accentuated the Gilded Lily quite well. So did a couple of kokanee. The other was Dick Nite Chrome Clown Scale UV Dodger and again it had the Gilded Lily on and 1 Cutthroat liked it as well as a kokanee.
I found out today because I lost it, that the kokanee are heavy enough that being out of the water can tear the hooks out of its mouth. I tried to lift and slide the fish into the net and watched them come away from the mouth. I caught all of them in the first hour. 3 kokanee, 1 cutthroat, 1 lost kokanee, and 2 drive bys. I found that my battery is only good for 3 hours of trolling now. I left about 9-9:30.
I caught them around 24 feet down and up. One took it out of my hand before I had it in the clip.
It was nice saying hi to all those out there! You know who you are.


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blurock
4/21/2014 5:55:00 PM
Nice work Toni! That chartreuse tractor really does compliment your Gilded Lilly lure!
Salmonslammin14
4/21/2014 6:36:00 PM
Looks like you had more fun than I did at work that's for sure!
Salmonslammin14
4/21/2014 6:38:00 PM
Looks like you had more fun than I did at work that's for sure!
salmonbarry
4/21/2014 8:53:00 PM
You're on fire Toni!! American seems to be off to much better start then last year for sure.
dzfish
4/22/2014 12:27:00 AM
Hi Toni- Nice seeing you out there today. Nice fish you got there. I had to put in a little more time than you, I left with 1 koke, and 3 nice rb's. Looks like I should have changed up my presentation a lot earlier. Good Job!!
Fish Dawg
4/22/2014 6:12:00 AM
Nice haul, Toni! You've got 'em dialed-in.
MotoBoat
4/23/2014 8:48:00 AM
Is the gilded lilly made with plastic or metal beads? If metal, is the increased weight of the gilded lilly noticeable? Does the extra weight flatten the side to side motion of the dodger?
Toni
4/23/2014 9:48:00 AM
MotoBoat. They are Mack's stack beads. Plastic. I also use lures with glass beads which weigh more and there isn't any noticeable change in action. I don't argue with the fish. I just try to get them to take it.
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