Took my pontoon boat out on the mysterious Rock Lake! There is not a maintained boat ramp, meaning it's a good thing a buddy brought his four-wheel-drive pickup because my van would never have been able to launch the boat. A little elbow grease helped get my wheelchair onto the boat, and an hour after arriving we hit the water (9 AM)!
We trolled divers and downriggers to 70 feet, and I lost my first downrigger ball on one of the infamous shelves. Went from 90 feet to 20 feet immediately… The cost of fishing a strange lake.
Rainbow flatfish, trolling spoons, and even super baits were presented… We could barely keep the freshly planted steelhead off of our stuff. When a 10 inch fish bites a 4.5 inch lure, you know the population is too great! We did end up with a single 18 inch brown, probably weighed a couple of pounds. It's going to taste great!
Had one bite on the T 19 (gigantic flatfish, like 8 inches), but it was mostly a hit and run. Probably one of those 30 inchers closed mouth right at the end after realizing it was not a life fish it was striking. Next time!
