07-15-2008, 03:56 AM
[:/]400 miles from the gorge is way to many. That has to be one of the best fisheries around for big rainbows,macks and kokes.A few days of fishing I got tired of just catching fish so the next day I wanted to try to catch 5 kokes,5 Rainbow and 5 macks before noon. I started fishing at 5:30am by 6:30 had 5 kokes (caught and released),by7:45 I had 7 Rainbows (C&R)so I had lots of time catch my macks but I only caught 2 macks and I also caught 3 Burbots (Ling)so I counted them. I had caught one a few day before and guy cooked it up,he called it pore mans lobster. The name fits. It is really good.I caught those Burbott in 65'-110' of water jigging a tube with sucker meat. I lost 4 more that morning.
Kokes and Rainbows average 3lbs, a couple 4lbs+ fish were caught every day. Fished a 4/0 dodger with a small spoon down about 30'-50' in deep water(70'-110') caught big kokes (3-4lbs) all morning long. I averaged 5 fish an hour with 2 rods every morning. I would take the dodger off and fish 10'-20' of water using the downrigger to keep the small lure 5' off the bottom to hammer the Rainbows.
[pirate] The big Macks stayed away from me again or I stayed away from them (more likely). Maybe Im just saving my luck for that 50lber. Aint we all. Maybe next year. Can't find my pic's on the computer so I may so them later.
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Kokes and Rainbows average 3lbs, a couple 4lbs+ fish were caught every day. Fished a 4/0 dodger with a small spoon down about 30'-50' in deep water(70'-110') caught big kokes (3-4lbs) all morning long. I averaged 5 fish an hour with 2 rods every morning. I would take the dodger off and fish 10'-20' of water using the downrigger to keep the small lure 5' off the bottom to hammer the Rainbows.
[pirate] The big Macks stayed away from me again or I stayed away from them (more likely). Maybe Im just saving my luck for that 50lber. Aint we all. Maybe next year. Can't find my pic's on the computer so I may so them later.
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