HiTechKoke
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I fished the big Kokanee Power Shasta Classic Team Trout / Salmon derby last weekend with my good friend TopFuelKokanee and we had a blast. The lake is was about 6 feet from full and something we have not seen in years so that made it a new lake with lots more ground to cover. We did some pre-fishing on Friday and found the fish seemed pretty scattered so we covered a lot of ground. The Salmon (ones that were biting) were generally in the 35 to 100 foot range and the trout were in that top 20 feet as would be expected as the water temp was generally 55 feet at the surface. There were 200+ people in the derby and roughly 90 teams entered with lots of familiar faces.
Setups that produced for us in the Salmon dept were mainly hoochies and a limited amount of bait. For the trout the lures we got most of our fish on were spoons and humdingers.
We covered a lot of ground from the Dam, Dry Creek, The BackBones and the I-5 bridge. It was just a matter of being in the right spot at the right time.
The dilemma from a derby view was whether to go for the bigger Kings that were easily in the 2+ lb class or good 2lb trout which seemed to be few and far between except those that were on the Pitt arm on Saturday. We decided to concentrate on Salmon if they were going to bite and then switch to trout when the salmon bite was done. In the end we managed to place 19th overall in this competitive field for a small payout and got lucky enough to collect the Big Salmon check on Saturday with a 3.54 King. As usual we were up to our video hijinx and just having a good time at one of our favorite lakes. Here's some pics and a couple of amateur YouTube videos we put together.
Here's the videos... two parts since we shot too much for just one...we think we have a new sponsor.... or maybe not!
Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VIESPUQ0So
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i3p-Y8ATA
And a few photos....
You have to start with a sunrise...
And then it was time for a fish... a typical rainbow for the trip...in the 1lb class but the goal was 2lbrs of course.
And a typical King in the 17 to 19 inch class around 2lbs.
And Another one....in that same class...
and another post below with a few more photos....
Setups that produced for us in the Salmon dept were mainly hoochies and a limited amount of bait. For the trout the lures we got most of our fish on were spoons and humdingers.
We covered a lot of ground from the Dam, Dry Creek, The BackBones and the I-5 bridge. It was just a matter of being in the right spot at the right time.
The dilemma from a derby view was whether to go for the bigger Kings that were easily in the 2+ lb class or good 2lb trout which seemed to be few and far between except those that were on the Pitt arm on Saturday. We decided to concentrate on Salmon if they were going to bite and then switch to trout when the salmon bite was done. In the end we managed to place 19th overall in this competitive field for a small payout and got lucky enough to collect the Big Salmon check on Saturday with a 3.54 King. As usual we were up to our video hijinx and just having a good time at one of our favorite lakes. Here's some pics and a couple of amateur YouTube videos we put together.
Here's the videos... two parts since we shot too much for just one...we think we have a new sponsor.... or maybe not!
Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VIESPUQ0So
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i3p-Y8ATA
And a few photos....
You have to start with a sunrise...
And then it was time for a fish... a typical rainbow for the trip...in the 1lb class but the goal was 2lbrs of course.
And a typical King in the 17 to 19 inch class around 2lbs.
And Another one....in that same class...
and another post below with a few more photos....
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