American Lake 10/10/11

[mtom938]

Went back out to American this morning for my final outing before work commitments take over once again. This time JBLM opened the gate on time, allowing me to get on the water by 7:30. I was paddling out towards the South end of the island when I started marking a lot of fish 30-40' down. I decided to deploy the same rig as yesterday (see photo) and had a fish on within 20 seconds after starting the troll. Today the south end of the island had all the action I needed, limiting out and off the water by 9:30. A very peaceful day with only three other boats on the water that I could see.

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[Kokanee-Toni]

Good news

Those fish look bright.

 

[mtom938]

Hi KT

Yep, all beautiful chrome and all males. Snouts only slightly hooked. Does this mean the spawn is late?

 

[TrollNFisher]

Nice Fish101goodpost101

 

[Kokanee-Toni]

Hi KT

Yep, all beautiful chrome and all males. Snouts only slightly hooked. Does this mean the spawn is late?

I do not know. I got one, on Saturday, with a long snout but the meat was orange and not the normal red. Whereas a long snout on Thursday had the red meat.

This is the first full season I have fished for kokanee.

 

[Winterun]

Very Nice!!!

That spinner rig looks familiar!!!

Winterun

 

[Rogerdodger]

Nice fish!! i am pretty new to Kokanee fishing and have only fished American Lake a few times, always NORTH of the big island and with some success trolling the standard setup. Is it unusual to catch lots of kokes south of that island?

 

[mtom938]

Nice fish!! i am pretty new to Kokanee fishing and have only fished American Lake a few times, always NORTH of the big island and with some success trolling the standard setup. Is it unusual to catch lots of kokes south of that island?

Well Roger, on Sunday and Monday combined the South end out produced the North by a total factor of 6 to 2. My Humminbird 597 was marking tons of fish to the South, and the North was a desert. I paddled straight across to the Army complex where I see a lot of people trolling. Nothing. I went back to the South end and before long was heading for shore with a limit.

Oh, and I forgot to mention this. When I got back in I stopped to chat with a couple Army guys in a canoe who were casting worms on bobbers around the TFD/LPD boathouse. They asked how I did and when I told them about the limit of Kokes, one guy asked if I could help him ID a fish he just caught. I paddled closer and when he held it up I nearly fell into the damn water....a 27 inch rainbow....HUGE.....he took it on that worm rig near one of the adjacent docks (we're talking about 15 feet of water here)....I should have took a picture of this monster.....but I was in shock!

DAYUM!