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Holy Mackrel, salmon salmon salmon!! Is there anyone out there fishing for Pike and Bass anymore. Wow, you can certainly tell when the salmon bite is on. I sometimes wonder if you good folks on the west side of the state ever fish during the summer. Fall comes around and BAM! Nothing but salmon reports. I guess I'll have to come over and give them a try some day. Anyway -------- I fished Coeur d'Alene Lake with the Drumdog last Saturday. Yep, that's right, he put the golf clubs down long enough to come out for another fishing "Lesson". We worked over a couple of my favorite spots for most of the day. Ended up with 2 nice large mouth and 8 pike. He only got 2 of those fish mind you so he might have labeled the day as a 1 or a 2, instead of the 4 I gave it. Best fish of the day were a couple of 31"ers that went 8 and 8 1/2 pounds. All fish were successfully released to fight again another day. I can't really tell you what they were biting on, that's a secret, but I will tell you this. Those baits kept making a strange noise all day long. Ribit, Ribit, Ribit. Funny how a soft plastic bait can sound so real. Slow moved over the edges of the weed beds was the ticket, in about 3 to 5 feet of water. It's strange how these fish won't hit the faster moving baits but when they go after a slow moving bait they come a hundred miles an hour, even in 50 degree water. All pike and bass that day were caught on the same lure. Happy Fishing

Kfedka

10/27/2011 8:10:00 AM

Nice fish, thanks for the report!

YJ Guide Service

10/27/2011 11:12:00 AM

Nice report and glad your catching some fish. Hopefully I'll be out there this weekend, hunting has been getting in the way LOL...Good luck fishing everyone

ilv2fish

10/31/2011 11:29:00 AM

Great to see your sill slayin'em Mark! Took advantage of my Disable Veteran's pass that I finally rec'd from the department of Fish and Wildlife (free boat launches) and hit Lake Spokane on the 23rd for some scouting on the Pike, and guess what, I had a follow on my smallie lure, she was a good 30-32". Yes, I've only seen one (photo) post on a Pike this year from Lake Spokane (Long) so my curiousity was there to try and find them... I'll e-mail you with the location soon, and it's not where you might think they would be...

AJ's Dad

10/31/2011 8:41:00 PM

Jim, I would love to hear that location. I've always wanted to find the pike in Long Lake but I have never seen one there. Just heard about them. Happy Fishing

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