Fishstix

The bite has improved and the lake seems to be setting up. Caught many fish including browns.When we got off the water Sunday about 11am the east wind was kicking up. That will probably change things around again. BTW I had the 1st place King on Fri. but I see its down to 3rd already. Hope it hangs in there. No set color pattern . The best fish came out of temp.Lots of radio chatter about the one that got away.....

Oh Ok the little ones did look kinda bored. BTW they been catching some pretty good perch in the marina. Last weekend the bass guys we talked to didnt do much.

We been saying that all yr. Did manage a few fish this weekend . Biggest suprise was a laker in 70fow on a dodger fly. Caught a 18lb salmon on a stinger *ghost* spoon in about 150fow 90 down. The good ole RR grape dot watermellon did a bow about 5lbs. We went north south east and west. Not much happening. Did hear of a 9lb brown caught so maybe they will start showing up.

RR Let me know if a 28lb laker is gonna be big enough.

Aug 2nd is my anniversary.So Ill have to get my priorites straight. Ill try a get a crew together HMMMM Wildman and Cosighner would be a good start . Should be easy pickins this Yr. BTW Stinger ,its gotta be 5 oclock somewhere.

1000ft spool of wire. I use Mason brand.. Theres probably other stuff out there just as good. I was looking over my Berts rodholders and they are looking questionable after only a few years.Getting a little side slop. Wire hits are vicious. Its sometimes hard to get the rods out of the rodholders when the fish is running.

I like the looks of the "Purple Taffey" Im going to have to find a couple. Im down to my last "purple glow pirate"

Get black or clear ones. I like the transparent snubbers. when you tie up your leaders {between dipsey and lure] be sure its not so long you cant net the fish. Buy the strongest rodholders you can find. Flush mount are best. Keep the wire tight. I like to spool mine out on the lake. At trolling speed let the line out with a 1lb weight then spool it back on the reel. 1000 ft is a lot of cranking but its easier than trying to get out a birdnest. Check to end of the wire daily for burrs and cut it off and retie regularly. Keep the wire out of the prop.it makes it kinky and hard to tie. Lots more to add here but I cant think of any more.

Thanks for the report. Ill be out there tomorrow afternoon sometime. It seems things havent changed much.Ill be looking forward to your reports.We did 8 kings last Sat. Only one in the teenage range. Sunday was about the same except for a rainbow that broke a sampo swivel. Best spoon was a September spoon.We also picked up a nice laker off the top.....on a penna dolphin. This has been a tough yr at Hughes.But the fish will come sooner or later.There are some big rainbows there you just have to put your time in to find one.

My propwash rigger is awalys the best one. Looks like a rainbow killing machine to me. As far as netting Well you gatta catch em first. Probably needs all those engines to push the gas tank around.

If were going to talk about good fishing we gotta talk about last yr... Ran 8 rods all day Sat , 1 fish . Sunday fished 1/2 day, 6 fish all dinks. Still no brn.trout. Good temp. even worked some baitpiles. Holy Mackerel had a good day Sat had one king 20lbs maybe he can post a good report. Hes a member now.

Last I heard global warming was going to trigger another ice age.Good news for the hard water guys. Thanks Ray. BTW I went with a fixed bracket to mount the motor. Then bought a kicker motor with power tilt. I had one of those springup push down latch finger pinchers on the last boat.If anyones having trouble convincing the wife tell her its a safety thing. you would not want to get caught in the middle of the lake with a dead motor.

Let me start with the specs.21ft fiberglass boat ,walkaround cuddy. Dont know the weight but Arima is the manufacturer. A 115 Yamaha 4 stroke motor and a 8 hp Yamaha kicker motor. Both motors have seperate hr.meters. 10hrs on main motor and 66hrs on kicker motor since last fillup. They both pull gas out of the same tank. I squeezed in 25 gallons of gas. Thats 3hrs fishing per gallon. I dont know how many hrs per gallon the 115 uses but before I installed the kicker it seemed like I was filling up every other weekend. I dont open the 115 up like I used to I just get er up on plane and level er off. I do use synthetic oil in both engines,supposed to help also. Before I bought my kicker I did a lot of resurch , found out you dont really need a high horsepower kicker. Your boat wont go fast unless you can get it up on plane.8hp was probably more than I needed but it was the lowest hp unit that had power tilt and trim. So I think 3hrs per gallon is pretty darn good for a boat that size. Still expensive but keeps the cost down in the working mans range. Anyone else have anything to compare?

Glad to finally read a decient brown report. Hope they head our way.Nice report thanks. Summer LOC kicks in tomorrow. It would be nice to see ole fishstix on the board. It would be double nice to see a brown win the summer LOC derby.Its very possibe . A little word of advice..Knock them in the head before you hold them up to show your buddies.......

Jay , I didnt make it up last weekend. Checked the weather and it didnt look good ,price of gas etc. Ill be up this weekend . Most everyone there runs 68 . but with the spring summer and fall LOC derbys going on the radio chatter isnt what it used to be. Most use cell phones.

Sure you got the right probe? Doesnt vibrate does it? Just change the batteries.

If you guys are up at Hughes this weekend. My camper is the 2nd one on the left up the first driveway. Stop by. Dont know how much fishing we will be doin But like to yack. I tried for those fish down 100ft last weekend. Couldnt turn em. Those fish stayed on the same waypoint tried about everything.

Nice report. Good to see a few Brns showing up. Where is Black Pond?

Nice to see a report like this with kids and pictures. Its what its all about. Hats off to FISHTAILS ,doin it right!

I am not familar with that particular model however anything that has the Furuno name on it is good stuff. Ive got a 667 depthfinder and a gp37 navigator GPS . Had em for years no problems..

Well let me start by patting myself on the back for a 4th place LOC fish. We discussed throwing it back ,pretty small for a LOC derby. But it just shows how tough the fishing has been. Did a little experiment this weekend ,ran 30lb andes off one side of the boat and 12lb big game off the other, Guess witch side took the most hits? If you guessed the 12lb test your wrong. No floro leaders either. Dropped a big rainbow , it broke the splitring between the hooks and spoon body. Big fish seem to find a weakspot. All and all the fishing has improved a little. Sat was 12hits 7 hookups 6 fish boated. mostly bows. Sunday morn was one Coho. Went down deep for kings but could not get em to go. The brn trout have yet to show up in any numbers. Still cold, clear ,water with not much bait..

Nice report Im usually a springtime spoon,plainer board type of guy. But if the brown bite stays like it is in our area . Ill have to change. Good job YT..

Saturday a lot of good boats got their arses kicked. We were 3 for 5 fishing 6am to 630 pm. The fish are there they just seem to be scattered all over the place.You just have to keep rideing till you find one.Put your time in,pay your dues. Sunday we got our west wind. Fished 1/2 day and were 5 for 9.Occasional 8ft wave mixed with 6ftrs had a lot to do with it. No biggies but things are going to change fast I just wish I didnt have to work every dam week.My next chance to fish will be next weekend, Gas and boat pooling were the major topics of discussion. BTW Kenny Devay has the strike vision camera on his boat. First time I had really paid attention to one. Great way to get your lure speed perfict. Not many boats around ,even less radio chatter.

How do tie for first you say . well you dont . You get 2nd for a fish that weighs the same as the first place fish. But tied for first sounds better. As many of you know the fishing is tough. Dropped a big brn also. Only advice I have is if you catch a fish on a certain spoon throw it away. It wont fire again. The bow came in 39 degree water......Just rideing around. FISHSTIX

Fished off a buddys boat Sat morn. 1 chromer. a little color, Good temp . Called a few guys Sunday and the fishings still quiet. Brns should be there in big numbers ,but their not, Not looking forward to spring derby. I think we need a strong westerly blow for a few days [all this week]