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I look every day for updates on this DEER hunting forum. Like reading how everyone is doing or seeing deer. Tonight I passed on a 6 point that was under my tree stand. But as I get older its fun figuring them out and their path to my spot.

Google about TILAPIA fish sold at stores. You wont buy it again I bet after reading what they are fed.

June Transition talk ..... I think people use June as an excuse for poor fishing. The lake is always in a transition and the old days of the thermocline holding all the fish are wrong in my opinion. Fish are deeper with clear water its colder down there. Not the magic 50's everyone looks for on the fish hawk. Fishing tactics are evolving. Seems like downrigger bites are less and less. More fish are caught on lures away from the boat with side presentations from what I can gather.

AND THEY LET PEOPLE SWIM THERE !

Lots of boats out this morning not any nets going in the water. 70 to 150ft had scattered bait.

80 to 125 feet bait and streakers looking at lures no hits. Trolled out to 225 feet blank screen between 125 to 225. Lots of Weeds and tree parts floating out there. Not one fish or release today but is was calm and sunny nice ride.

8am till 11:30am fished went to 325 and found clearer water out there 67 surface temp, not much on screen trolled all the way back into 100 feet. 55 deg 30 feet down. 2 steelhead and a skipper king and lost one.

Are they keeping levels low on purpose ? The ice is gone on Braddocks bay / salmon creek and the water is still the same as November levels. It doesn't seem like a normal spring run off.

They are not there like they used to be. The big rocks in front of braddocks get fished hard. Gobies changed things, we used to catch them trolling small crank baits. Big tube jigs seem to work better now. You will catch a 20 incher every once in a while then thats it. No small ones is a bad sign. If you use bait, use a drop shot rig keeping your hook 18 inch off bottom.

Fished infront of lighthouse point in 200 ft. Teenage King 82 down on a orange NK, and a 10 pound steelhead 40 down hit a white green spin doctor with a purple fly. The steelhead had a beat up tail from this spring still, but jumped good. There was a surface temp break i worked 48.6 to 45.4 deg F.

The boat is a key west center console from North Carolina, my friend the owner of the boat is a welder so the aluminum tubing and penn fishing reels made a good planer board system. The reels are attached with stainless hose clamps around the stainless tube. He put countersunk rod holders on the bow and the angle is perfect. The penn reels are spooled with 100lb test mono for the boards.

Fished at 6 am in 20 ft of water off the planer boards came 1 football brown trout, 1 rainbow 6lbs and a 16" atlantic salmon. Moved out to 70 ft and found the Lakers. We were not in the derby Had a few of these at the Black North to help our pain

10 am till 12:30 pm Got out late no fish in close, fished out to 90 ft. Marked fish from 65 ft to 80 ft of water 30 feet down had the most marks. No takers.