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07/18/2011
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Mackinaw
None
Green
Jig
Noon
07/25/2011
3
622

After kokanee fishing we switched over to lake trout fishing for a bit to try for a big one. We fished Mack Bar for about an hour before going in for lunch and playing in the water. Megan caught a nice 7 pounder. Laura was just learning to use jigs. I told her to put her thumb on the spool when she set the hook but forgot to tell her to then remove it. She hooked a fish that doubled the pole over, pulled her to the side of the boat and about took the pole out of her hands before the line broke, right where I tie the flourocarbon on to the end of the Proline... I bet it was a big one... Oh, well!

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Duckhammer
7/26/2011 8:45:00 AM
Ahhh The one that got away!
afk
7/26/2011 5:57:00 PM
May I ask what types & size jigs you used? Thanks Andy
TomD
7/26/2011 7:56:00 PM
I like Zingers in 2oz or above, but Outdoor Emporium was out of them this year, so we also used a similar jig with a fixed tie on the line that looked like a small rainbow trout... I forget the name, sorry! You can see a picture of a zinger in a macks mouth on my later post...
afk
7/28/2011 5:32:00 AM
Thank you TomD. I'm not set up for the downrigger fishery. This gives me hope. Thanks again Andy
TomD
7/28/2011 7:01:00 AM
We put shrimp or shrimp salt, or special mix (shrimp/anise) smelly jelly on the jigs before we drop them down... I run Proline on the reels with about 10' of flourocarbon on the end... Hope that helps!
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