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06/08/2014
56° - 60°
Trolling
Kokanee
Corn
Pink
Cloudy
Dodger
Morning
06/09/2014
3
1223

Thanks to Mark the Kokanee_Slayer I came home with 4 very nice kokanee from American Lake June 8th.
It was an overcast morning with the promise of clearing later in the afternoon. The lake had a small chop on the surface but the breeze wasn’t too bad for steering the boat. We had our lines in the water before 5am. It was at least a half hour before Mark got his first fish in although he had a driveby almost as quick as he got his line in the water. He was using his usual set up of Rocky Mountain squids with the Bahama Mama dodger. I used, to start, Pink splatter combo.
Glen, Cami (F24) and Perry(Bay Wolf) launched just before we did and had 2 in the boat before Mark got his in. I changed up to the Wannafish A Lure mini Squiddy Thang Pink along with a Dick Nite Chartreuse Hothead dodger after they said that they were using a Squiddy Thang Pink.
If I am not driving the boat I pay less attention as to when and where I get fish or bites. I got 4 kokanee at different places after Mark got his. I got my first 2 at 42 feet on the cable. The other 2 I had brought it up to 35. Mark had said he saw a school at 37 feet on his Hummingbird, so I raised it up and I got a hit that was a nice kokanee. I think we got all our fish by 7-7:30am then it was just dead. Everyone, up to 9am that we asked, had done about as good as us. 2.5 to 3 fish per rod in the boat. I had to work so that is why we left before Mark got more fish. I released one rainbow.
I did try several set ups but just the one produced fish. Our boat had 100 percent hook up to in boat ratio.
I thank Mark for letting me catch the most fish!!
Also, the first one I got was the largest so far this year. It was close to 16.5 inches and 1.11 pounds.


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kokanee_slayer
6/9/2014 10:22:00 AM
Toni, As usual, it was great spending time with you out on the water. You did well and it was fun netting those American Lake Porkers for you.
Although It wasn't one of my better outings, I enjoyed the company, chatting with fellow anglers and a beautiful morning on the lake.
Hunter757
6/9/2014 11:56:00 AM
Nice job guys, it was nice talking to you.... Sunday was just not my day for koke's. Keep up there great reports.
Fish Dawg
6/10/2014 7:34:00 AM
Thanks for the report, Toni!
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