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Slick roads and fog this morning as we headed for Seven Bays. Roads actually got better as we got closer to the lake. I was with friend Ron in his 22' Hewes along with Scott and my brother in law Dan. My brother in law had a serious back surgery and this was the first time he had been out since mid November....he REALLY wanted to go.

The water was rough and the wind was raw but it was not raining...yet. No fish the first couple of passes down by Sterling and we had on all of the tried and true tackle. The water temp was a very cool 36 degrees, wouldn't want to fall in for sure!! Moved on down river and found some willing fish. We caught them on Scott's orange and yellow custom flies along with some coming on an orange bellied jointed Rapala. I switched to the Perch Kekeda and the race was on......it was the winner today with most and biggest at 18" or so. The Rapala scored the second biggest. As always these fish are fat and feisty. They were liking 1.8 to 2.2 mph and were in the top 15'.

The bite stopped around noon and we had 15 fish in the boat so we headed back to Seven Bays trolling. Decided to pick up the pace to 2.5 plus and suddenly we had a triple....yahooooo! Picked up another single that made 19 and we only needed one more for the limit and thought we were going home without it. We picked a spot to call it quits about 5 minutes up river from where we were and Ron said he would drive and get the last fish hooked up since it was his. That's exactly what happened and Ron got to catch the last fish in the rain.

The rain turned to snow by the time we got back to the launch. Fun trip home as I got to sleep while Ron drove. Brother Dan was all smiles, he had a great time getting out. Life is good catching fish with family and friends. We are truly blessed to have lake Roosevelt in our back yard.

Tight lines - Alan

hewesfisher

1/18/2015 7:22:00 AM

Very nice Alan. Sounds like you all had a great day, and some nice fish too! You are sooo right, we ARE blessed to have such fine fishery in Lake Roosevelt. Thanks for the report. ;-)

afk

1/18/2015 7:55:00 AM

Sounds like you had a hand in putting together a good trip. I think hydro therapy was exactly what Dan needed! It is so great to be able to hitch a ride,share the driving,share the expenses and share a good time. Thanks for the report.

Kekedatackleco

1/18/2015 4:07:00 PM

Amen to that Alan. Great report. I love hearing these stories of friends and family getting together to catch fish, catching fish is a bonus. I can imagine the excitement on that triple. Awesome!

fishbig

1/19/2015 10:52:00 PM

Im assuming by your report you had 4 people in the boat but with 15 fish already in the boat and getting a triple you had to many rods out to finish the last limit. Its my understanding that once you have caught your limit you are done fishing. A person can only fish 2 rods so you might not want to post illegal activities.?????

downriggeral

1/20/2015 8:10:00 AM

fishbig......really? Count em up four in the boat all two rod licenses. At no point even with four in the boat do we run more than five rods...too many tangles otherwise. No rules broken; period! Lets see; four in the boat with four fish each that's 16 and we had 15....all rods in. If you really want to get technical lake Roosevelt also has a separate limit on Kokanee. No rule says you can't fish for them after your trout limit that I am aware of. Also Rapalas catch walleye. You get the drift. All of that said we run two rods to catch the last fish ; the hottest two for the day. We have been checked on the water numerous times by WDFW and no violations have ever occurred.

hewesfisher

1/20/2015 9:27:00 AM

Nicely done Alan, you must have the patience of Job. I wouldn't have been so nice, matter of fact, I'd have just deleted his ignorant comment. ;-)

buc

1/20/2015 6:14:00 PM

Bigfish - Bigger Idiot!!!!!

downriggeral

1/20/2015 7:56:00 PM

A teaching moment...........maybe?????

buc

1/23/2015 11:46:00 AM

You can't teach know it all's cause they know it all? Great job on your fishing trip!!!!!

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