This was my 1st trip to Deep lake this year. I started fishing for Kokanee on this great little lake last summer with not much success. This year is off to a better start. Fished the afternoon of the 23rd with my wife and caught 9 kokes and a rainbow in 3 hours. We were trolling white and red bladed wedding rings behind flashlites and slingblade dodgers tipped with Pautzkies fire corn. The sling blade was a little better performer. I trolled 2/3 of the way up the lake from the landing favoring the east side from numbers 4 - 6 on the cliff face. One fish was landed on a flat line with 1/2 Oz lead. The rest were caught 25' to 35' on the wire. All kokes were 8 to 10 inches. Be careful on the ramp. It's just as slippery as last year.

---