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A quick trip to Lake Samish on Sunday proved to be productive. We were in the water by 7:00 and fishing just out in front of the WDFG boat ramp we had our first fish on by 7:05. At that point it was just my son and I (the rest of the gang was planning to meet us later in the morning) so in anticipation of a few hours of C&R we didn’t use any bait or sent and were running my custom tied wedding band spinners and mini squid setups. We were running a variety of dodgers and swing blades followed by the mini squids or spinners. I kept the leaders short, 8” for mini squids and about 12-14” on the spinner set-ups. Although we were running a surface line all the early action was at 28-40’ running 50’ behind the downrigger clip. We never established a solid color preference but it did seem that a hammered brass spinner blade and orange or red had the edge. The water temperature varied between 61 and 63 degrees and there was not a defined thermocline. Although we did vary our trolling speed, 1.3-1.4 mph was the most productive.
We worked the area in front the boat ramp until it was time to head up to the park and pick up the rest of the troops. After a quick pit stop we set up and started trolling at the northwest corner of the small lake with the same gear we had been running earlier except we were using a variety bait to tip the hooks. Although we tried a number of different scented Shoepeg corns and my cured shrimp, the fish preferred maggots. We fished the smaller lake for an hour or so catching smaller kokanee and then moved back to the main lake where the average fish was much larger.
Before leaving the smaller lake we did whiteness a very unusual occurrence. Just coming out of a flurry of fish catching activity our attention had been focused on the back of the boat. Hearing a strange noise we turned and looked to see what it was and off to our starboard bow about 100 feet there was a hole in the water. It appeared to be about 3’ wide and maybe 12’ long and was slowly moving in an arc. It was like somebody had pulled the plug and the water was starting to whirlpool. The phenomena lasted only a couple minutes and then the surface of the lake returned to normal. We were the only boat in the area so it wasn’t a boat wake, just a strange hole in the otherwise calm surface.
By the time we got set up and were trolling again in the main lake the earlier hot bite had died off but we were still consistently getting bit. We fished the main lake for only an hour or so longer and then headed for the ramp. We were doing a family barbeque later that afternoon so our fishing window had closed. It was a good day of both fishing and catching and I think that we went home with 10 fat Lake Samish kokanee.
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