Had another fun day at Omak Lake. Weather started off pretty calm for an overcast day. Surface temp stayed at 63 the whole day. Launched around 7am, fished until about 1:30. Wind picked up there towards the end and of course, after we load up the sun comes out, wind dies down. Hah.

So we trolled around the mission bay mostly. Worked the mouth of it and some submerged rocks. Had 6 fish to the boat and lost around that many as well. All fish ranging from 12" to 16".

3 fish were on a 4" chartreuse king fisher spoon, 1 on the same except in blue. Had bites on rushin wobblers and lost a few on both blue and green. Also had fish consistently biting an old wedding ring styled lure, flasher with a red bead which we trolled behind flashers. 2 were brought to the boat, several bites. Several fish got off early on this lure so we swapped the hook on it, made all the difference.

90% of the hookups were in the 17-25 depth range and trolled behind 80+ feet. Only fish that took something higher was at 15' near the mouth of the bay, I was maybe out 25 feet from the rocks for that one. Seemed anything trolled closer then 80 feet didn't produce fish today so I kept it at 90-100. Varied speeds from 1.6 to 2.4 mph, seemed best today was in the 1.7-2.2 range.

Big thanks to Quadfather for some downrigger tips, made a massive difference. Also made the experience as a whole much more enjoyable having proper hookups.

Sorry for no pictures, they just didn't turn out this time around, sadface for me.

The Quadfather

10/6/2011 7:47:00 PM

Glad to hear that you got into more fish this time out. (-: That is interesting that the fish were in the 12-16" range. We have always seen bigger fish come out of there. At least you put fish in the boat.

mwdehaan

10/6/2011 10:25:00 PM

Yea, little guys were aggressive on the large spoons today. I haven't seen 12" trout take 4" spoons that often there before. Course we never know the sizes of the fish we lost either. Just glad to get out, catch some fish, gain some more experience with the gear and the lake. Someday I'll get a biggin.

Lundegard

10/8/2011 7:33:00 AM

I've never fished Omak, but on other lakes, e.g. Rufus, Banks, Roosevelt.....we often let out over 200' of line. And it makes all the difference. Don't be afraid.......

mwdehaan

10/8/2011 11:33:00 AM

Thanks Lundegard, I'll definitely try that. Do you usually do that if you're fishing in 30-40 feet of water or less? I've been hearing about techniques people use for trolling in shallower water and this being one of the ways where the fish will "forget" that a boat passed by, by the time the lure arrives and they won't be so spooked.

Lundegard

10/9/2011 5:59:00 PM

"Long-lining" usually works better over deeper water. In shallower water like you mention, I run planer boards, especially when there is no wind and/or the water is clear. The whole point is, and it sounds like you get it.......get the bait farther from the boat.

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