Greetings all! I feel like I haven't posted in forever! I've been so busy in N. Idaho I haven't fished E. Wash even though I live here!
I had the pleasure of fishing Loon Lake today, one of my favorites in E. Washington and it did not disappoint at all. I was out way late. I didn't get on the water until almost noon. It didn't seem to make one bit of difference though. I was getting strikes left and right, especially at the southern end of the lake. It didn't seem to matter what I put on either. I had an all silver wedding ring on my downrigger rod and a little pink squidy on my lead core rod. I tipped the squid with some corn I had cured up about a week prior and had some worm on the wedding ring. All the fish I caught were pretty shallow. I only downrigged to 22' and was fishing just two colors of lead core. I fished for only 3.5 hours as I had dinner plans with the wife.. I easily had 20 hookups. I put 8 fish in the boat. I could have had the limit without a problem but I was shaking off the 6-7 inchers and keeping the 9-10 inchers. Another hour and I would have had it no problem.
I thought maybe I'd stumble into some of the larger rainbows I had heard were out there but never hooked one of them. Great day for me and my little fishing buddy!
I had the pleasure of fishing Loon Lake today, one of my favorites in E. Washington and it did not disappoint at all. I was out way late. I didn't get on the water until almost noon. It didn't seem to make one bit of difference though. I was getting strikes left and right, especially at the southern end of the lake. It didn't seem to matter what I put on either. I had an all silver wedding ring on my downrigger rod and a little pink squidy on my lead core rod. I tipped the squid with some corn I had cured up about a week prior and had some worm on the wedding ring. All the fish I caught were pretty shallow. I only downrigged to 22' and was fishing just two colors of lead core. I fished for only 3.5 hours as I had dinner plans with the wife.. I easily had 20 hookups. I put 8 fish in the boat. I could have had the limit without a problem but I was shaking off the 6-7 inchers and keeping the 9-10 inchers. Another hour and I would have had it no problem.
I thought maybe I'd stumble into some of the larger rainbows I had heard were out there but never hooked one of them. Great day for me and my little fishing buddy!
