downriggeral
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Took fellow Wa Laker Hewesfisher out to Loon for some kokanee action. He had never fished at night for them so this was a whole new experience for him.
We met at the launch around 7:30 PM, launched and headed to the South end of the lake to the usual spot. (I have an X in the bottom of the boat I line up on an X in the bottom of the lake) Works for me anyway. Got all the gear set up and ready to go before dark. Showed HF how to bait up the glow hook with three or four maggots and a piece of shoepeg corn dyed pink with a secret sauce added. Now for the wait for the fish to start biting. First hit tickle,tickle...rats missed em, wait he's back for more; missed him again. Good teacher I am! Oh no he snitched my corn too!! Re-bait and try again. Finally got one to show HF how it was done. Now it's his turn to try hooking one of the silver "ghosts". Was that a bite......or the boat bouncing in the waves from the last water skier to leave the lake?????? Oh the extra bounce is a bite......but, but how do you hook em? With a snap of the wrist HF. He keeps trying and finally hooks his first ever Loon Lake night kokanee....yahoo! Pic is of the elusive silver ghost Phil got.
Nephew parked close to us and wasn't doing too well. He had caught a limit with his daughter a few days earlier; but alas tonight was not going as well. Hey uncle got any more of that corn? He pitched a container to us and we shared some of the magic corn with him and Dan who was with him. He started catching fish as soon as he made the change.
Hewesfisher continued to hone his skills (he's a quick study) and we caught our Friday limit of twenty by midnight. Went to work on Saturday's limit.....it was slow going and we finally ended with 16 out of the 20 when the fish quit biting around 1:30AM. None on the sonar so they must have returned to the deep cold water they like so much.
What a great night getting to know HF and share stories of Lake Roosevelt and fish in general. Had a nice boat ride back to the launch under the stars in the cool of the night. Thanks for sharing a fun night of fishing Hewesfisher
Alan
We met at the launch around 7:30 PM, launched and headed to the South end of the lake to the usual spot. (I have an X in the bottom of the boat I line up on an X in the bottom of the lake) Works for me anyway. Got all the gear set up and ready to go before dark. Showed HF how to bait up the glow hook with three or four maggots and a piece of shoepeg corn dyed pink with a secret sauce added. Now for the wait for the fish to start biting. First hit tickle,tickle...rats missed em, wait he's back for more; missed him again. Good teacher I am! Oh no he snitched my corn too!! Re-bait and try again. Finally got one to show HF how it was done. Now it's his turn to try hooking one of the silver "ghosts". Was that a bite......or the boat bouncing in the waves from the last water skier to leave the lake?????? Oh the extra bounce is a bite......but, but how do you hook em? With a snap of the wrist HF. He keeps trying and finally hooks his first ever Loon Lake night kokanee....yahoo! Pic is of the elusive silver ghost Phil got.
Nephew parked close to us and wasn't doing too well. He had caught a limit with his daughter a few days earlier; but alas tonight was not going as well. Hey uncle got any more of that corn? He pitched a container to us and we shared some of the magic corn with him and Dan who was with him. He started catching fish as soon as he made the change.
Hewesfisher continued to hone his skills (he's a quick study) and we caught our Friday limit of twenty by midnight. Went to work on Saturday's limit.....it was slow going and we finally ended with 16 out of the 20 when the fish quit biting around 1:30AM. None on the sonar so they must have returned to the deep cold water they like so much.
What a great night getting to know HF and share stories of Lake Roosevelt and fish in general. Had a nice boat ride back to the launch under the stars in the cool of the night. Thanks for sharing a fun night of fishing Hewesfisher
Alan
