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Well got invited to fish with Sickbayer so we made our plan to head up at dark O thirty to Baker Lake for the elusive Sockeye Salmon. I woke up the day before to get ready to go and make the 3 hr trip and pick Sickbayer up along the way. I arrived at his house at 1:20 am and hooked up his boat to my truck and we were off and running to the hills.
Got to the lake at Swiftcreek campground just after 3 am and were excited to find the fish. Got all settle in and ran the boat up the lake to the noisy creek area and dropped our lines. Trolled around and started to mark a ton of fish but none willing or interested in our offerings. We kept the speed around 1 mph and kept the faith going......and going and going. Around 8:30 am we saw the first fish caught at the upper center of the lake. A few minutes later we saw another one same spot. We were kicking our own asses trying to figure out what we were doing wrong. Only good thing those two fish were the only fish we saw caught so did not beat our self's up to bad.
We stayed till about 1:30 pm and headed in with not one fish or drive by nada zip zilch. Now Sickbayer has a very nice boat and set up pretty dang good for fishing, I had never fished from a sled and it was pretty cool. Great guy to fish with and conversations were fantastic. Can't wait to fish again with you mate!!
Baker lake beat us today but there always next time. The weather was perfect overcast with some sun in the afternoon. The boat traffic was way less the then the weekend but still a lot of boats on the water, with everyone going where's the fish???? I can't wait till the end of the month to try again for four days. No pics as I forgot my phone in the truck...but we all know what Baker looks like right.
Tight lines, Eric
Available Fishing Guide:
Website: Northwest Fishing Expeditions