What a beautiful morning to fish. Mild temps and no wind. We started on the "Bar" before the sun was up. After two passes in about 90 minutes of wrork we had 4 fish including a 17.5 pound kicker. Then I made the mistake of staying there, justifying it by thinking I had just gotten 3 fish in 25 minutes. But, "The Bar" closes down once that sun gets between 1 and 2 fists above the horizon. I then headed out across the indeterninate flat downlake from "the Bar" We found fish in the potholes out thee that get to a bit over 215' deep. Three fish in rapid succession. Then a long loop where we lost 2 and finally got that 8th fish. Took pictures and as soon as I started cleaning fish, we got another nice solid 5+ pound fish. A special thanks to Justin and Erwin for coming out with me and sharing a very special morning.

We got bit on T-4 Flatfish in Purple Glow (that's what the big fish came on) and Luminous Chartreuse. We caught a number of fish on a big double whammy wedding ring set up with a giant smile blade from Mack's Lures baited with cured Laker belly. We used Pautzke's krill and Kokanee fuel to add even more scent to the strip baits. We also got 2 fish on narrow green glow Silver Horde Spoon. The fish on the Bar came from 115 to 135' deep. The "pothole" fish came in depths of 205 to 215.

Anton Jones - Darrell and Dad's Family Guide Service
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