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By: DjButler
Posted: 5/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After spending time with my mother I had the rest of the day free... hmm what to do. Loaded up Gator bait headed on down to the lake. Green wiggle hoochie had me 2 / 6 on kokes and a ton of drive bys....
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/9/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/9/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My theme this year is fish a new lake that has Kokes and dont stop until you get one! Well it paid off. I fished bright and early (not so bright this morning) and used the same setup, green wiggle hoo...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/4/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try out a different lake today so I drove on down to Mapely Valley to fish Wilderness Lake. I was on the water and line wet at 7:15am. My target species was kokanee but they seemed to be no...
By: DjButler
Posted: 5/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing is Slow and rough out at Meridian. I tried everything I had. Not sure if the fish are just way deeper because of the warm weather but all I could seem to hook were these tiny cookie cutter kok...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/25/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
What a great morning of fishing! Could have had my first limit of Kokes today but I ended up keeping a rainbow towards the end. I was using bait and that would have been my limit even if I let it go. ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/19/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/19/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up this morning at 5:15 on the dot. Got to the lake around 6:20 and was on the water at 6:35 after pumping up "Gator Bait". There were a few other boats on the water already. The water was like g...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/13/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Finally Finally Finally.. Landed my first koke EVER!! I was on the water at 11:15 trolling on the north shoreline in 35 feet of water. Surface temp hit 60 so I flatlined my Luhr Jensen dodger and gree...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/11/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Not gonna lie I left the lake a little bitter and angry. I have been puttin in a lot of work trying to LAND my first koke ever. I flatlined a watermelon dick night dodger with the green kokabow lure. ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/7/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
My search for kokanee is very pathetic so far. So I decided to start my day going for rainbows this morning after catching some decent fish a few days ago. Same set up, same speed, but NO bites. Had a...
By: DjButler
Posted: 4/2/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/2/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Had some free time this afternoon so I headed out to Meridian to try for some kokes. Fished for 2 hours using hoochies with smile blades, dick nite dodgers, sling blades, to no avail. Tried all differ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
With this beautiful weather I just couldnt pass up a evening of fishing. I decided to pack up the pontoon after work and head on down to Beaver lake. My set up was a fish look alike sling blade with t...
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/22/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to try Merdian out for the first time this weekend to target kokanee. Fish were rising everywhere so I brought out the flat lining gear which was a UV Sling blade and a red kokabow lure. Start...
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/17/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After Discussing a few trolling tactics with SalmonBarry I decided to give Angle lake another go in attempts to master trolling without a downrigger. Work got slow so I had plenty of time to fish so I...
By: DjButler
Posted: 3/15/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Angle lake this morning in search of Kokanee. More importantly I wanted to test my new Classic Accessories Pontoon boat with the trolling motor. Trolling was a success (minus catching kokanee)....
By: DjButler
Posted: 12/30/2013
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report is for Saturday and today.
Saturday: I went out to my favorite spot to try my luck for Cutthroat trout, C&R of course. Havnt been fishing much since October. No luck, nor were there any s...
By: DjButler
Posted: 11/4/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for an hour before heading in to work. Lots of bright fish pushing in, the run is picking up again. Landed myself a chrome hatchery hen. Blessed day it was!
By: DjButler
Posted: 11/2/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Day 2 of fishing, same spot, same setup. The wind was ripping out there and I almost turned around to go home but the splashes in the river pursaded me to stay. I thought it was going to be extremely ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 11/1/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
first day back on the water since I returned from sunshine Arizona. Did my usual Friday Fishing in Monroe. Went to my new spot with some nice deep holes. The good news is there are plenty fish to be c...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/20/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Let me first explain that I rated this post a 5 simply because it was an amazing adventure.
I found a new stretch of water out in the sticks. It took a good 20-25 min to hike into. There were a few...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/18/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/18/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the river around 8:00am and fished until noon. Not to much action goin on but I did manage to land one and lose one the first 20 min of my arrival. A little rain would be nice as the holes are ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/16/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hot hot hot action. I was Catching and releasing all day due to my freezer being completely packed now with coho. Of course I fished my hole again but a little further up than the normal spot and the ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to take a break from the river scene and do some peaceful trout fishing. Bottom floating PE was my go to method. Got my limit in an hour. 5 nice jumbo trout averaging 1-2 pounds and 18 inches....
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/14/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
WOW is all I can say. Long story short.. I had 20 min to fish meaning 10 min to hike to the hole and catch something and head back to the car. Had a family event to attend to so I was in a rush and "H...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/12/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
hit up the Thomas Eddy this morning. No signs of silvers at all. Just lots and lots and lots of half dead humpies. I actually saw a family keeping them haha. Anyways, ill head back to the sky for now ...
By: DjButler
Posted: 10/11/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished my little hole again this morning. So far out of the 3 days I have been there I have yet to come out empty handed. Hooked a blush buck right away that got himself wrapped up around a branch. An...