Brown Trout Frenzy!

The fish have moved shallower in the past few days(55-65 feet of water). The kings were not with the program, but the browns were going crazy! Dodgers and flies were the key, but spoons also will work. Plastic dodgers have been outproducing the medal ones. The Kings are out deeper, but still not gathering as they will in a few days. This stable wind/weather will do the trick! There are some kings outside the harbor in the mornings.

Go Deep!

The fish have followed the cold water out and down to 100 feet, down at least 80 feet. The best action is 100 to 120 feet of water, down 80 feet to the bottom with dodgers and flies.

Fat Cohos!

The Kings were down deeper(50-70 feet), but I like to eat and catch Cohos! This means going out beyond 100 feet, but fishing the 30-40 foot down range. Big orange dodgers with green flies works well! Find one and there will be blood on your deck if you focus on these tasty fish, they never like to be alone.

Grand Slam!!

We caught all five species this morning! After the big North blow on Sunday the water was lime green all the way out to the 70 foot range. This pushed our fish out deeper, to beyond 80 feet. Spoons down 40 -75 were taking most of our fish, but as you get out to 125 to 140 foot, the action came shallower(top 30 feet). This pulled the perch out to 65 feet of water also.

Skamania Mania!

The big storm the other day sucked in the cold water into 40 feet of water! Half way down the temperature is 49 degrees! The bait and the salmon are hanging out together and the bait is losing. The Summer run Stealhead are also in there chowing down making them easy prey. Orange spoons are working the best for the Skamanias.

Alaska or Chicago?

The bait is still in 40-45 feet of water, so the salmon need to go there to eat. During flat or sunny conditions they move out to deeper water(60-130 feet). The trick is ti keep moving out until the insanity begins and then turn to stay in that level as long as possible. Spoons are still working, both small and magnums. Play around with colors and sizes as well as depths until a pattern develops.

Guess who won the battle...

The fish are biting outside of 80 feet, best action 90-110 feet down 40-65 feet with spoons. My lead core lines are
working well as well as the dipsy divers. Purple spoons during cloudy conditions is a sure bet.