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11/15/2011 8:50:00 AMnvan
11/15/2011 9:55:00 AMCDR
11/15/2011 11:31:00 AMDannyP
11/15/2011 2:45:00 PMcharlie h.
11/15/2011 6:31:00 PMCharlie H.
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Day 2 of our weekend trip to Roosevelt. After a slow day on Saturday, we decided to change location and try for better results.
We made a run to Whitestone to fish the area near the 25 mile marker. As with the day before, it was slow. I picked up one 2lb, 15oz 'bow there then nothing more. I decided it was time to move so we headed back to Sterling Point. This turned out to be a good decision, as I nailed another sub 3lb 'bow, followed by a 3lb, 6oz 'bow that took me almost 15 minutes to get to the net. Every time it got close to the boat, it would make a run and pull 30' or more as it did so.
Two of the 'bows were caught on an orange/black Frisky Jenny fly called "Trick or Treat" so I switched out the perch pattern fly on the second leaded line outfit to the same. Not 10 minutes later, Debbie pulled in a nice native 'bow.
By this time, the winds had really picked up, and I was fighting some rough water and challenging boat control. We decided it was time to head for the launch, and good thing we did. I have never seen such rough water at Roosevelt, and there were white capped waves inside the marina at Seven Bays!
Before literally being blown off the lake, we were trolling leaded line rigs out 150' and mono rigs out 195' with flies on the lead line and plugs on the mono. All but one fish was caught on a fly, but it was the biggest of the weekend and it was caught on a Rip'n Minnow. As with the day prior, flies were tipped with worm, trolling speed was slower at 2.5 - 2.8mph, and water surface temp was still 57.6°.
All the 'bows caught over the weekend were real fighters. so despite the short days and lighter creels, we had better quality fish that gave a nice fight getting to the net. That's why we like fishing Roosevelt this time of year! :-)
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