Labor Day at Fair Haven

[greenhornet73]

Today was a picture perfect day on the water.  My 15 y/o daughter took me up on my offer to bring anyone out with me so I was shocked.  We dropped our lines in at 6:30am at the 29 line and trolled north east.  Had a steady pick of steelhead and skippy’s for a few hours until we took our first major of the year.  She took the downrigger rod after it popped and I knew right away it was going to be a battle.  She handled it perfectly while I coached her through it.  I don’t have a fish hawk so just read the DR cables and guessed on the thermocline.  There was definitely a significant down current but took shots in both directions.  All hits were taken between 80-90’ down over 550-650 fow.  Only 2 rods took all the shots, my DR mupped with Green Hornet spoons and a dipsey on wire out 205-225’ with a chinook diver, 2 face spinny, and white 2 face spoon.  Nice 25” steelhead was the runner-up for biggest fish to hit the deck.  Thank you to all for your detailed reports, they certainly helped me dial in a program pretty quickly.

Edited September 1, 2025 by greenhornet73

[Dipsey]

Great report! Big smiles! Good job Dad.

[paige386]

Nice work, always great when the kids catch fish!