Dawn in the East(Nantahala Lake)

[Dr. Oc]

Sorry I'll miss you. I'll post any results from our trip. Your input hopefully will have me on a few. In the past I've caught most of my fish around 1.4-1.6 mph, but my 2 biggest at 1.8 mph. I've noticed that you tended to troll a little slower. What speed have you found them to be responsive to this summer? Thanks again for your input. Have a safe trip.

 

[rgarbar]

Sorry I'll miss you. I'll post any results from our trip. Your input hopefully will have me on a few. In the past I've caught most of my fish around 1.4-1.6 mph, but my 2 biggest at 1.8 mph. I've noticed that you tended to troll a little slower. What speed have you found them to be responsive to this summer? Thanks again for your input. Have a safe trip.

I do tend to troll slower than most at Nantahala. I have no GPS so I have no idea how fast i am going. I do have one of those trolling plates on my motor which really can slow my boat down. Hope to ad GPS/sonar combo for the next season. Think I will give faster trolling a try on slow days.

 

[rgarbar]

Dog Days of Summer

Sorry to beat a dead horse but after a week of family reunion deep in Yankee territory NJ I had to get some solitude on Nantahala. The fishing was typically slow and the fish were deep. The two I caught were at 61' and 66' down, the fringe range of my light duty downriggers. The fish were caught at the deep end of the Rocky Branch abyss(forestry side). Marked a lot fish 65' to 90' down from the abyss to the dam. The lake basin was hot. My sacorocrackerjack was popped out like a bedspring doing all that deep water downrigger crankinglaugh hyst. If you plan to fish for kokanee bring some heavy cannonballs and have plenty of cable on the spool. Took one on a pink hootchie and one on a chartreuse hootchie.

 

[trollmonkey]

Nice Ron,I hope to get out in two weeks. We have a new Grandson Ronan James born 7/22.Man I am going to need a bigger boat. Good to see Doc Oc getting into some fish.