Escape Sandy Creek Shootout and BFF

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Friday morning, we left the creek and set down in 300' knowing the inside would be a mess after the blow Wednesday.  We found a small break in 385' that was holding a ton of fish.  We pounded kings and steelhead all morning.  It was mostly a meat bite for us.  Spoons only took skips and small steelhead.  Riggers parked at 100, 110 and 135, mag divers out 265 and 335, 500 and 550 coppers did most of the damage.  We 6 kings over 18 including two over 20.  At the weigh in for Big Fish Friday, our 21.57lb king was one place out of the money.  

 

Saturday morning, we left the creek and headed to our weigh points from Friday.  When I set the probe rigger, temp had come up 25' overnight.  We adjusted our spread and started taking kings right off the bat.  The bite was slower than Friday and the size was way down.  Riggers at 80, 90 and 120, Mag divers at 250 and 265, 400, 450 and 500 coppers did the damage.  At weigh in, our box came up short of the money and we landed in 13th place.  This is only the fourth time in 17 years we didn't place in the top ten.  Congrats to Blue Collar Sports for their win, and Always Something for their LOC winning lake trout that was part of their 2nd place box.  Here is what worked for us:

 

Custom painted echip with a Hawks Tackle Electric funeral meat rig

Green UV E chip with an Atommik UV Grinch Meat rig

Hawks Tackle Snowflake paddle with a Hawks Tackle Snowflake meat rig.

Green Dot E chip with a Lances 2 Face Atommik meat Rig

Custom Painted Live Wire E chip with a UV Jaxson Atommik meat rig

 

Hawks Tackle Anxiety mag

Hawks tackle UV Carbon  Mag

Hawks Tackle Electric Funeral Mag

Hawks Tackle Snowflake Mag

Stinger Stingray NBK