07-17-2010, 10:26 PM
I am kind of leery about making this post after seeing the comments piscispursuit got last week.
Arrived at Strawberry at 6:15 a.m. and began fishing using my standard RMT koke tackle. I was using two down riggers and two cheaters all morning long. Caught 50 fish by 12:15 p.m. fishing by myself. The bite this morning was phenomenal. I was working hard to keep two poles in the water all morning long. The bite began to slow at 11:30 a.m.
Out of the 50 nine were Kokes - see attached photo of four. The biggest was just under 20 inches and weighed 3# - 3 ounces. The next size was 2# 4 ounces and the smallest two were 1# 7 ounces. Caught a couple of others that went between 2 & 3 pounds had to throw them back.
Fished between 25 and 35 feet in depth. Had the cheater hooks running 5 feet above the main line. Hooked up with seven sets of doubles - my all time Strawberry high. The best colors today were pink - see attached photo. I used a pink RMT squid on a pink/silver crystal flash dodger on the main line and the fluorescent pink spoon as the cheater. This combo caught most of the doubles & was hot all a.m.
The biggest Cutt was 20-inches: caught a lot that were < 15-inches. Did not take photos of the small Cutts.
I missed a ton of other fish - wished I had a companion this morning. Son-in-law wanted to go; however, could not get up at 4:00 a.m.
Where I was fishing I could stand up in my boat and see schools of fish 10-15 feet deep. Schools would have hundreds of fish swimming. This is the first time I have ever seen this at Strawberry. It was interesting to see their reaction as I passed over head. They would not scatter at all, just go a little deeper.
As piscispursuit stated a week ago - Strawberry is fishing hot right now.
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Arrived at Strawberry at 6:15 a.m. and began fishing using my standard RMT koke tackle. I was using two down riggers and two cheaters all morning long. Caught 50 fish by 12:15 p.m. fishing by myself. The bite this morning was phenomenal. I was working hard to keep two poles in the water all morning long. The bite began to slow at 11:30 a.m.
Out of the 50 nine were Kokes - see attached photo of four. The biggest was just under 20 inches and weighed 3# - 3 ounces. The next size was 2# 4 ounces and the smallest two were 1# 7 ounces. Caught a couple of others that went between 2 & 3 pounds had to throw them back.
Fished between 25 and 35 feet in depth. Had the cheater hooks running 5 feet above the main line. Hooked up with seven sets of doubles - my all time Strawberry high. The best colors today were pink - see attached photo. I used a pink RMT squid on a pink/silver crystal flash dodger on the main line and the fluorescent pink spoon as the cheater. This combo caught most of the doubles & was hot all a.m.
The biggest Cutt was 20-inches: caught a lot that were < 15-inches. Did not take photos of the small Cutts.
I missed a ton of other fish - wished I had a companion this morning. Son-in-law wanted to go; however, could not get up at 4:00 a.m.
Where I was fishing I could stand up in my boat and see schools of fish 10-15 feet deep. Schools would have hundreds of fish swimming. This is the first time I have ever seen this at Strawberry. It was interesting to see their reaction as I passed over head. They would not scatter at all, just go a little deeper.
As piscispursuit stated a week ago - Strawberry is fishing hot right now.
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